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Josh Kaplan

Josh Kaplan

Josh Kaplan is the JC's head of digital.

You can reach him at JKaplan@thejc.com

Latest from Josh Kaplan

Review: Summer at Eyal Shani’s Lilienblum

Clotted cream and an outstanding mountain of leaves are just some of the surprises at the eccentric chef’s grown up London outpost

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Bassem Youssef on the Theo Von Youtube show

Bassem Youssef is not a satirist, he’s a dangerous conspiracy theorist

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Is When Harry Met Sally the perfect non-Jewish Jewish film?

Is When Harry Met Sally the perfect non-Jewish Jewish film?

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Agi’s Counter is a slice of the Old Country in a hipster paradise

Agi’s Counter is a slice of the Old Country in a hipster paradise

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More from Josh Kaplan

Meet the Lower East Side’s last Jewish pickle maker

Alan Kaufman, aka The Pickle Guy, is keeping Old Country traditions alive and making new ones – and it’s all kosher

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July 12, 2024 08:30

Meet the Lower East Side’s last Jewish pickle maker

Labour’s David Pinto Duschinsky takes Hendon by just 15 votes

The son of a Holocaust survivor won the second most Jewish constituency in London for Labour for the first time since 2010

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July 5, 2024 08:03

David Pinto Duschinsky at the count in Hendon (Liron Woodcock-Velleman/X)

‘We don’t have a vetting problem,’ insists Greens deputy leader

Zack Polanski said the Board should be renamed “Board of Deputies for the Israeli government” in combative interview with the JC

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June 21, 2024 13:32

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 07: Zack Polanski, deputy leader of the Green Party speaks to delegates at Brighton Centre on October 07, 2023 in Brighton, England. The Green Party convenes in Brighton for its annual conference. Deputy Leader, Zack Polanski, addresses the conference today. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Breaking Dad Amazon Prime review: A mediocre story stretched too thin

The documentary’s title writes cheques that the story can’t cash

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June 18, 2024 15:20

Breaking Dad Amazon Prime review: A mediocre story stretched too thin

IDF rescues 4 hostages from Gaza, in ‘complex daytime raid’

The IDF announced a joint operation with police and security services

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June 8, 2024 10:48

IDF rescues 4 hostages from Gaza, in ‘complex daytime raid’

The All Eyes on Rafah Instagram post is another vapid, lazy way to say “I care”

It says nothing productive. Which is presumably why so many people have shared it.

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May 29, 2024 10:25

The All Eyes on Rafah graphic

French TV channel mistakenly reports Mossad agent ‘Eli Copter’ behind Iran president crash

A presenter for the French language version of i24 reported a joke from Telegram

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May 20, 2024 11:35

French TV channel mistakenly reports Mossad agent ‘Eli Copter’ behind Iran president crash

If we want to retain credibility on Israel, we need to be brave enough to condemn settler violence

We must raise up the voices in Israel that promote moderation over division, who see a future - and not just nihilism and hate

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May 17, 2024 11:01

A burnt car following a reported settler attack in Burqah near Nablus on 16 May 1(Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Why we shouldn’t shut down student protests for Palestine

The more oxygen these protests are given, the more ordinary people see through them

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May 3, 2024 16:47

People rally on the campus of Columbia University which is occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters in New York (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Curb Your Enthusiasm finale review: A rocky ending to a once-great show – and era of Jewish comedy

Larry David’s Curb was one of the last great examples of Brooklyn Jewish humour

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April 8, 2024 22:31

Larry David in the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12 (HBO)

Why Israel’s tech sector is still firing even after October 7

Foreign investment plunged amid political protests and war – but insiders say business is adapting

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April 3, 2024 09:20

Event at SNC marking 3 years of the Abraham Accords

Israel? Feisty, brash – yep, same as ever

I expected to get off the plane to a radically altered Israel. I was wrong

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March 27, 2024 18:13

Israel? Feisty, brash – yep, same as ever

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