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The turbulent life of Jewish hero Natan Sharansky

An Israeli statesman, politician, author, human rights activist, refusenik, former political prisoner, mathematician and chess prodigy, Natan Sharansky, who was born Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky in today’s war-torn Ukrainian city of Donetsk, is a Jewish hero known throughout the world. In 1977 when only 29 years …

A Modern Queen Esther

Once upon a world ago, Iran was the world centre of Jewish life. Known once as Persia, Jewish people first …

The Blessings of Giving

Since the war in Ukraine broke out, there has been the occasional article in the Israeli press, about Christian aid, …

Giants in Uniform

Among what seems to be the 24/7 streaming of bad news coming out of Europe, Israeli news is working hard …

Gerda and Goethe

“Noble be man, merciful and good,” wrote the German poet Goethe. It was a sentence to be repeated well over …

The Man Who Never Gave Up

In 1941, Boris Romantschenko was only 15 years old when the Nazis invaded his home town in Ukraine. But it …

The Jewish Google

On an unusually very cold and cloudy day in March 2022, major roads in central Israel were closed for hours, …

Love Your Neighbour

The often-misunderstood Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has come up with a very innovative idea based on one of the most prominent …

The Long Run Home

Most immigrants to Israel, no matter where they have come from, will readily acknowledge that while aliya – for most …

In Tune to the Other

Tal HartuvTal Hartuv Micah Hendler always believed that putting emotions to music is better than expressing them in words. Ten …

Legend of the Destruction

With news of its imminent release in cinemas all over the country, the film “Agudat HaHorban” (Legend of the Destruction) …

Ambassador of Music

In the world of music, it is extremely rare to find an artist who appeals to all ages and all …

Hollywood and the Holocaust

Right in the middle of World War Two, buried deep in the November 25th, 1942 edition of the New York …

The Overcomer

Back in the 19th century when Jewish people in the Tzarist Russian Empire could not live outside the Pale of …

Nowhere to Lay His Head

Tal HartuvTal Hartuv What Churchill was to Britain with his command of the English language, Abba Eban was to Israel. …

Great Minds Think Alike

There is an old and rather cynical feminist joke that says, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs …

The Power of the Mind

Like many young people, when he was seventeen Perth-born Jason Blankfield was not sure what he wanted to do with …

The Village that Never Was

Fiddler on the Roof is one of the most-loved and long-lasting musicals ever to hit the Broadway stage. It is …

The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (4)

We go home today. It takes almost three hours to travel from the location where we spent the night to …

The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (3)

After 270 kilometers and a three-and-a-half-hour drive through Moldova, we arrive in Kishenev, the capital of Moldova. From there, The …