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The Jewish Left The Pickle UK

The fall and rise of London’s Yiddish scene

After decades of decline, the once thriving culture is bouncing back, writes Tamara Micner.

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Essay Jewish Culture The Jewish Left

The forgotten women’s rituals of Yom Kippur

Cemetery- and grave-measuring were part of the female clerical role in Ashkenazi Jewish life, and powerful tools of ancestral connection.