Earlier this year, NHS England together with Jnetics and Chai Cancer Care, launched the NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme. It provides free BRCA gene testing for anyone living in England who is aged 18 or over, male or female, and has one or more Jewish grandparent. The reality for our …
The Jewish heritage sites in Greece once abandoned or demolished or serving other uses, are now slated for reconstruction and reuse as synagogues, nearly 80 years after the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, 87% of the Jewish community in Greece perished. The destruction took a heavy toll in Jewish heritage as …
World Jewish Relief’s Approach Then and Now – by Maurice Helfgott As a lifelong supporter of World Jewish Relief, I have long admired how the organisation empowers people to reach their full potential. From assisting individuals to find employment, to improving resilience so communities can better respond to disasters, and …
JewThink.org is looking for Rosh Hashanah contributors from regional communities….. “We are putting together a Rosh Hashanah issue for JewThink.org (an non-profit platform for diverse voices for and about Britain). “We are particularly interested in non-metropolitan Jews and how they will celebrate this year, whether they’re looking forward to it, …
With Group Prayer and Synagogue Services suspended, many are taking to Video Conferencing, such as ZOOM.US and Social Media to try and maintain some semblance of daily prayer and learning. Here are just some. Please add any new ones you know of by leaving a comment at the bottom …
In the Jewish Chronicle 30th November: Barry Toberman writes… The Jewish Small Communities Network has grown to involve 100 communities and congregations in 80 locations. Ed Horwich acknowledges that “every organisation has someone who says they look after small communities. But they struggle because of resources.” Drawing on his own …
Born of Jewish parents and brought up in New York, Kubrick famously directed films like 2001 a Space Odyssey, Dr Strangelove, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange. His final film Eyes Wide Shut is based on a Jewish novella, but seemingly excludes nearly all Jewish references. Take a seat with …
Today, most people agree in theory that every Jewish child should have access to Jewish education. However, for many Jews in many Jewish communities around the world, this has been a near impossibility. For example, those who live in smaller Jewish communities are not blessed to have access to Jewish …
The Endless Night in the Killing Fields On returning from the Holocaust sites of Poland by Fran Horwich Last night I returned in the inky blackness of the hour before midnight. My journey had begun three days before, in the cold darkness of the hours before dawn. I …
The Jewish community has had a presence in Northern Ireland since the mid-18th Century. At its peak, there were about 1,500 members but the population has been in sharp decline. The last remaining Northern Ireland synagogue, in north Belfast, has seen its numbers drop to just 76 – most of whom are …
