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Skeletons of Jewish victims of Inquisition discovered in Portugal

August 19, 2015 steve 0

A dozen skeletons found in a rubbish dump were Jewish victims of Portugal’s Inquisition, according to researchers. The excavation team uncovered the remains in Evora, […]

Rabbi Funnye: the ‘first black chief rabbi’

July 13, 2015 steve 0

Rabbi Capers Funnye Jr. is set to be the first “black chief rabbi” of the 21st century. The International Israelite Board of Rabbis, a US-based […]

Global Jewish population nears pre-Holocaust levels, report says

June 29, 2015 steve 0

The global Jewish population is nearing pre-Holocaust levels, according to a new report published by an independent Israeli think tank. The Jewish People Policy Institute’s […]

Britain is more accepting of Muslims, Pew poll finds

June 3, 2015 Religious Reader 0

The majority of Britons hold favourable views towards Muslims, according to the latest research from Pew. Roughly seven-in-ten adults in the UK (72 per cent) […]

The Camondo family: Jewish life in the Ottoman Empire

March 31, 2015 steve 0

More than a century after his death, the legacy of the Sephardic Camondo family invites a different understanding of Jewish life in the Ottoman Empire. […]

Bradford: a beacon for Muslim-Jewish relations

January 27, 2015 Religious Reader 0

The city of Bradford is once again a beacon of Muslim-Jewish relations after the city’s Synagogue Council appointed its first Muslim member. Jani Rashid, who […]

Meet the Muslims who saved Jews from the Holocaust

January 26, 2015 Religious Reader 0

As the unimaginable evil of the Holocaust brought a dark cloud over Europe, where indifference to Jewish suffering become commonplace, some resisted and stood up […]

Happy Hanukkah! But what does it mean?

December 16, 2014 Religious Reader 0

Hanukkah (sometimes spelt Chanukah) begins today and will last until Christmas Eve. The Jewish festival of lights dates back at least two centuries before the […]

Turkey’s historic Jewish Community need protecting

October 13, 2014 Religious Reader 0

My recent visit to the Chief Rabbis office in the heart of Istanbul was one of the highlights of what makes Istanbul unique and so […]

Jane Haining: a Christian missionary who became the ‘Scottish Schindler’

September 25, 2014 Religious Reader 0

Amid the carnage of the Second World War, there are many examples of individual bravery, self-sacrifice and kindness. With that in mind, on the 70th […]

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