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Elisa Bray

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‘In art therapy, you just pour your feeings on paper’

Art therapists Yafit Nahari and Simona Rotman Shats tell the JC why they are holding a creative session to mark the first anniversary of October 7

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Studio Pituach art therapists (l-r) Simona Rotman Shats and Yafit Nahari (Photo: Studio Pituach)

Marks of respect: Ink's artists at work

Why survivors of the October 7 massacre are tattooing over their scars

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Performing Just Wanted I Always Wanted in 1982 on Top of the Pops with Mari Wilson and the Wilsations (Melvyn J Taub is centre of the trio of backing singers)

Pop singer and tour manager Melvyn J Taub mourned

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Autumn highlights: (left to right) Cable Street, Giant and Nobody Wants This. (Photos: Jane Hobson, Netflix. Compiled by Jordi Pol)

The shows you won’t want to miss – on stage and screen

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More from Elisa Bray

The brilliance of beige: How a palette of neutrals packs a positive punch

Interior designer – and new mum – Elana Ilan welcomes the JC into her home of warm muted tones

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September 30, 2024 12:12

Slim Shaker-style kitchen in unconventional terracotta clay shade, with antique brass finishes and quartz top counters.

The Vagina Business: Taking the stigma out of women’s health

Marina Gerner’s new book uncovers myriad health innovations for women, offering eye-opening solutions to the ways our medical system snubs female pain

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September 30, 2024 11:40

(Photo: Unsplash; Collage: Jordi Pol)

Why we’re sharing our delicious soup recipes for good

Meet the foodbank founders hoping to raise funds with their new cookbook

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September 27, 2024 08:30

Why we’re sharing our delicious soup recipes for good

Charity publishes guides to help people with eating disorders over Yom Kippur

Noa Girls said the day could be particularly challenging

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September 25, 2024 12:57

Noa Girls has published booklets to support people with or recovering from an eating disorder to help them through Yom Kippur. There are also booklets for carers, communal leaders and medical professionals (Photo: Noa Girls/thejc)

Jesus College hosts first Jewish wedding in its 500-year history

Newlyweds reveal how they fused two traditions to create their special day

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September 18, 2024 14:04

Jesus College hosts first Jewish wedding in its 500-year history

The Talmud is very clear on Oasis ticket pricing

Jewish law and custom make plain that exploitative or unjust price inflation are both morally wrong

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September 18, 2024 10:17

A new mural depicting Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis, created by Manchester street artist Pic.One.Art., on the side of the Sifters Record store in Manchester, after the band announced they are due to reunite (Getty Images)

‘My mission to help motherless Jewish daughters like me’

The death of her mum at the age of 15 is the defining event of Lynda Dullop’s life. Now she is bringing women together to share their own similar stories of loss

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September 11, 2024 15:57

Mum's the word: a mother and daughter embrace

‘Italians play Jews – why can’t Jews play Italians?’ asks Friends’ Adam Goldberg

The actor said that in his career he has been described as ‘not being all-American enough’

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September 11, 2024 08:43

Goldberg (left) played Chandler’s rebound roommate Eddie in the second season of Friends in 1996

Dance performance outside Liverpool Street Station to mark 85 years since Kindertransport

Forty local young people from Jewish, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds will be performing

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September 5, 2024 17:08

From Here On dance performance, about the Kinderstransport, which will be shown outside Liverpool Street Station (Photo: Good Chance/Gecko/Malachy Luckie)

Couple launch kosher food parcels to support the Jewish community

Dr Shara Cohen and Leon Pein set up the initiative for those who need it most

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September 4, 2024 15:01

Leon Pein and Dr Shara Cohen outside Buckingham Palace where they attended the King's garden party in May

Full cast announced for new play What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

Nathan Englander’s play stars West Wing and Scandal star Joshua Malina in his London stage debut

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September 4, 2024 09:06

Full cast announced for new play What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

From London to Lithuania: a Torah scroll brings communities together

The loan marks a major step in the renaissance of Jewish life in Vilnius

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September 2, 2024 14:47

Precious handover: (Left to right) Rabbi David Maxa, Andrew Keene, Viljamas Zitkauskas and Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich (pic: Susannah Fields)

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