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Jan 5, 2021, 5:13 PM

Learning to share our vulnerabilities

Sanitising a synagogue. (Vladimir Gerdo/TASS via Jewish News

On the last day of Chanukah my parents got the biggest present they could have imagined – the Pfizer Covid vaccine. It marked the beginning of the end of nine months of fraught daily living. Ever since Purim when we snuck in a final festive meal,...

Sep 11, 2019, 12:25 PM

Rediscovering the essential role of Jewishness in Israel-diaspora bonds

Western wall (Golasso/WIkipedia via Jewish News)

The ‘Our Common Destiny Initiative’ was launched this week- a project of the State of Israel and the Genesis Philanthropy Group. The star cast includes rabbis and world-leading Jewish intellectuals, who are drafting a ‘declaration’ that will be presented to President Rivlin, and then debated...

Aug 20, 2019, 4:38 PM

Communicating our true belief in Israel in the digital age

Israel and British flags (Jewish News)

Our community has called out the antisemitism endemic in Labour and at the same time shed light on the hold that Momentum has on Jeremy Corbyn. In this febrile environment, where antisemitism is often displayed by anti-Israel activists, it is perhaps not surprising that some...

Dec 3, 2018, 3:09 PM

Fighting the battles of the mind

World Aids Day concert at West London Synagogue, with Mark Regev, in partnership with JAT and Israel AIDS Task Force. Photo credit: Elliott Franks

Last Saturday night I reported on a concert marking World AIDS Day. Witnessing the atmosphere of support and hope amongst the 300-plus crowd at West London Synagogue was a reminder that the battle to defeat HIV/AIDS has come a long way, but is not yet...

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James Martin is a Communications strategist and journalist.