British Jews

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A family memoir is about the search for a Jewish homeland, from Zion to Texas

Rachel Cockerell’s “Melting Point” touches on Zionism, assimilation and a short-lived effort to divert Jewish immigrants from Ellis Island to Galveston.

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British Jewish lawmaker mourns Queen Elizabeth’s death with parliament speech — and a Kabbalah lesson

Baron David Wolfson noted that the numerical values tied to the Hebrew root letters of the word “mitzvah” add up to 96 — the late queen’s age at the time of her passing.

Liz Truss and Yair Lapid.

On Jewish issues, new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss looks to continue in Boris Johnson’s footsteps

The conservative politician has pro-Israel credentials and comes from a background similar to that of many London Jews.

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Orthodox rabbis don’t enter churches. So why was Britain’s chief rabbi at St. Paul’s Cathedral?

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British Orthodox school fined for taking children hiking in an ice storm

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England’s one-time capital to honor Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish businesswoman murdered there in 1277

Synagogue window shed Cardiff

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Historic Welsh synagogue’s long-lost stained-glass windows resurface in British man’s award-winning shed

The permanent display at the Manchester Jewish Museum in Manchester, UK celebrates the blue-collar roots of the community, when many of its members worked in steel and textile. (Chris Payne)

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Manchester’s revamped Jewish museum celebrates the community that left it behind

Eli Seliger looks at a baby in London, UK in April 2021. (Courtesy of Eli Seliger)

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This Orthodox dad leaned on his Jewish community to survive a 2-month COVID coma

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Earliest evidence of kosher diet in UK found in 800-year-old animal bones from Oxford

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