Eliana Jordan

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“It’s very rare to see people who might be known in other guises actually sit round and talk about their faith, this very intimate thing,” said Lederer, whose Czech-Jewish father’s side of the family was largely decimated by the Holocaust. Lederer said her Protestant mother had her christened as a child and, though she felt a cultural connection to her Jewish background, her father and paternal grandparents never talked about faith.

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Organisers began the annual convoy in 1974 to lift Jewish spirits in the wake of the Yom Kippur War. It has since spread to other cities around the world, including Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Toronto, Manchester, and even several parts of Ukraine.

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Macron added that the move would allow France to "be clear in our fight against those who deny Israel's right to exist – which is the case with Iran – and to commit ourselves to collective security in the region”. It would make France the 12th EU country to recognise Palestinian statehood after Ireland, Spain and Slovenia announced their recognition in 2024.

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George Summerfield, a German-born Jewish refugee who escaped the Holocaust on one of the last trains from Berlin to the UK in 1939, passed away at the age of 91 on Monday. Born Heinz Günther Sommerfeld in June 1933 alongside his twin brother Peter, George was the son of Franz and Margot, his father a civil servant who lost his job shortly after Hitler came to power and his mother a couture dressmaker who became the family breadwinner.

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In a corner suite at the Bulgari hotel in Knightsbridge, Julia Haart is sipping from a takeaway Starbucks cup at the tail end of a three-day stint in London. She is wearing what she calls her “travel pyjamas”: a leopard print onesie with the V-neck zipped low, a pendant shaped like the outline of Israel dangling between her breasts.