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Sep 7, 2022, 1:27 PM

Enthusiastic new PM could find herself in need of a rabbi if Bibi returns

Politicians — particularly in America — are often referred to as having a “rabbi”, usually meaning their closest adviser on relations with the Jewish community. I am curious who might fill the role of rabbi to Liz Truss, though judging by her address to the...

Aug 31, 2022, 12:48 PM

Sex and skullduggery down the rabbit hole

I was looking something up online the other day when I fell down a research rabbit hole and happened on an incredible story. It ought to be a film. Perhaps that should be “rabbi hole”, because this was the almost unbelievable story of a kidnapped...

Jul 25, 2022, 6:22 PM

Influential men with so many wives, yet so little awareness

What is it, I idly wonder, with men of a certain vintage, that they collect wives and partners like confetti? And they all seem to fall into similar categories of boundless egos and self-belief, perhaps, I’m guessing, spinning the same self-serving anecdotes to each new...

Jul 12, 2022, 5:53 PM

A new boss, but what is the Jewish Agency for?

Former head of the Jewish Agency, now President of Israel, Isaac Bougie Herzog.

Once upon a time, o best beloved, there was a brand-new state of Israel. There was a brand-new army, and a whole raft of brand-new politicians. And all these shiny new people set out to create a brand-new government for the brand-new state. Except, of...

Jun 29, 2022, 2:36 PM

It’s finally time to fix Israel’s lamentable PR

Have you heard of Amnon Shefler? If it helps, he’s a lieutenant-colonel in the Israel Defence Forces. I’m disappointed to report I’ve only now heard of Lt-Col Shefler — because he is leaving his post as the IDF’s foreign press spokesman after just a year...

Jun 8, 2022, 2:57 PM

Israeli flag has come to signify righteous venom

Jewish Israelis gather with Israeli flags at the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, on May 29, 2022, during the 'Flag March' to mark Jerusalem Day. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

In Britain and Israel in the past several weeks it has been anniversary time, from the Queen’s ‘Platty Joobs’ as I learn we must call Her Majesty’s 70-year-long reign, to Israel’s Independence Day and then Jerusalem Day. Jerusalem Day, of course, was created in order...

May 12, 2022, 9:38 PM

Swarovski Israel should not go on Bella Hadid offensive

I learn that the American-Palestinian model Bella Hadid, well-known, among other things, for her anti-Israel social media activism, has been named as the new face of Swarovski. Those unfamiliar with the brand might recognise its plinky-plonky, ever so twee, glass miniature figures and cutesy jewellery,...

Apr 28, 2022, 4:27 PM

Israel needs levelling up and Tech Hub’s the start

Tel Aviv, a powerful Hi-Tech hub within the Startup Nation, has one of the most developed FinTech scenes in the world.

Jewish News readers will be all too aware of the continuing back- and-forth between supporters of the state of Israel and its opponents, most recently over the ‘A-word’ – apartheid. In a much-disputed report, Amnesty International accused Israel of “perpetrating the crime of apartheid throughout...

Apr 4, 2022, 8:21 PM

Israel keeps balance on a diplomatic tightrope

A Jewish Ukrainian immigrant holds her baby after disembarking from an airplane at Ben Gurion international airport, 6 March 2022. Credit: ilia Yefimovich/dpa/Alamy Live News/ Via Jewish News

It has been more than two years, but I am finally back in Israel; my absence, like everyone else’s, thanks to Covid-19. Inevitably, there are changes and, just as inevitably, Israel is in some sort of turmoil – but actually it is a relatively fascinating...

Apr 1, 2022, 1:47 PM

Israel keeps balance on a diplomatic tightrope

A Jewish Ukrainian immigrant holds her baby after disembarking from an airplane at Ben Gurion international airport, 6 March 2022. Credit: ilia Yefimovich/dpa/Alamy Live News/ Via Jewish News

It has been more than two years, but I am finally back in Israel; my absence, like everyone else’s, thanks to Covid-19. Inevitably, there are changes and, just as inevitably, Israel is in some sort of turmoil – but actually it is a relatively fascinating...

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Jenni Frazer is a freelance journalist.