Skeletons of Jewish victims of Inquisition discovered in Portugal
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, […]
Judaism
Rabbi Funnye: the ‘first black chief rabbi’
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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’
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 […]