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British Jewry

This Hebrew School Teacher Was the First World Weightlifting Champ

Strongman, educator, culture critic, civil society leader, journalist, publisher and historian. Edward Lawrence Levy was all of these and more.

Zack Rothbart | 05.08.21

Did an Illicit Relationship Lead to the Expulsion of England’s Jews?

The story of two courageous converts, their Jewish wives and institutional anti-Semitism

Zack Rothbart | 15.07.21

Is Fish and Chips a Jewish Delicacy?

The little-known Jewish connections to a few of the world’s favorite foods

Joel Haber | 15.06.21

Two-Gun Cohen: Artful Dodger Turned Chinese Legend and Hero of Israel

“He was like a character out of a book. He was like something somebody wrote.”

Daniel S. Levy | 20.12.20

In Memoriam: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and “The Home of the Book”

In his own words, what does a new library for the Jewish world in Jerusalem mean?

National Library | 11.11.20

Clothing to Corona, the Life and Legacy of Sir Montague Burton of Leeds

Born Moshe Dovid Osinsky, he was a giant of industry, welfare and charity knighted by the king

Nigel Grizzard | 06.08.20

The Housewives Who Took on the USSR to Help Soviet Jewry

How a women’s protest group made a difference by raising the cause of Soviet Jewish political prisoners during the Cold War

Shai Ben-Ari | 03.11.19

Let My People Serve! How a Jew Became Mayor of London Against the Odds

David Salomons made it his life’s mission to put an end to the religious restrictions imposed on the Jews of England that forbid them from participation in political and civil life.

Ro Oranim | 12.07.18

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