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We Believe in Israel director Luke Akehurst elected in North Durham
The non-Jewish Zionist candidate has ensured the Labour Party holds the north England seat
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Best friends create app to help curb political extremism
Tiger Solomons-Tibi is Jewish and Kevin El-Sayed is Christian with Middle Eastern heritage
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University professor arrested for stealing pro-Israel signs from synagogue property
The Drexel University professor said the signs were ‘representative of genocide’
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The key to a 70-year marriage? Laughing and keeping schtum
Cynthia and Bernard Isow have just celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary
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Orthodox protesting against IDF conscription get ‘skunk sprayed’
Strictly-Orthodox young Jewish men will now no longer be exempt from serving in the Israeli military, the country’s High Court has ruled
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Eden Golan receives standing ovation in London for October Rain performance
The Letters Light and Love evening sought to raise funds to rebuild Kibbutz Be’eri, eight months after the town was devastated by Hamas terrorists
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Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ member Jamaal Bowman suffers landslide loss to pro-Israel moderate candidate
Left-wing pundits in America blamed a pro-Israel lobbying group for the loss despite numerous controversial statements by Bowman in recent months
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Holocaust Centre North awarded prestigious King Charles award for contributions to volunteering
The Centre was one of 262 local charities across the UK to be recognised this year
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Largest ever Maccabi GB Fun Run raises money for over 85 charities
Over 7,500 people participated in the annual event, which included an Israel Festival for the first time
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Chief Rabbi pays tribute to UK veterans at Ajex D-Day ceremony at JFS
The event was attended by leaders and religious figures from across the community
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20 Barclays branches across the UK vandalised in coordinated effort by anti-Israel activists
Palestine Action and Shut the System took responsibility for the vandalism over the bank’s alleged ties to Israel
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Keith kayaks across The Channel to mark D-Day
Keith Breslauer and his team made the overnight journey to raise awareness of the Royal Marines charity
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Largest ever publicly accessible online archive of Second World War memorabilia goes live today
‘Their Finest Hour’ is a University of Oxford project that over several months collected and digitised over 25,000 items of value
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Jewish D-Day veterans recount liberating the Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen
Two 99-year-old Jewish veterans of D-Day have spoken with the JC about their experiences fighting through Europe and each taking part in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen
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‘University should have done more to protect us’ says departing Jewish university chaplain
Rabbi Zecharia and Nava Deutsch were sent hundreds of threatening and intimidatory messages after the rabbi returned to Leeds University after reserve duty in Israel
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Rachel gets the chop for a good cause
The JC’s new social media editor has had her head shaved for charity
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