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Writer: Raine Marcus

September 28, 2012
9:43 pm

A large German Third Reich paperweight (photo credit: Courtesy, JP Humbert)

UK Holocaust charity rejects donation offer from auction house that sold off Nazi memorabilia

After Yom Kippur auction, Britain’s Holocaust Educational Trust says it won’t take money ‘from sale of items associated with Nazi regime’

By Raine Marcus

September 24, 2012
5:02 pm

Hitler Youth buckle for girls (photo credit: Courtesy, JP Humbert)

A swastika buckle, Hitler youth armbands and other Nazi memorabilia go on auction in the UK — on Yom Kippur

‘In no way do we wish to glorify the Nazi regime,’ says auctioneer. ‘I turned away a cosh used at Bergen Belsen and a book entitled Covenant with Death with horrific photos’

By Raine Marcus

July 8, 2012
9:21 pm

Frank Meehan of Horizon Ventures at Innovate Israel 2012. The venture capital fund has invested in 13 Israeli start-ups in a 12-month period. (photo credit: Blake Ezra Photography)

Thumbing a nose at BDS campaigns, London conference courts Israeli start-ups

Israelis ‘think global; they think big; they work hard and drive fast,’ says venture capitalist Frank Meehan — and they are finding favor in British investors’ eyes

By Raine Marcus

June 7, 2012
12:56 pm

Organizer Michael Leventhal (left) with Rabbi Natan Levy and members of the Church of England support the Rabbi Relay launch. (photo credit: Courtesy)

British rabbis choose pedal power

Some 20 rabbis are participating in a 21-day cycle relay ride, kicking off this Sunday, to raise pounds and awareness for environmental causes

By Raine Marcus

April 9, 2012
6:02 pm

Founder Michael Leventhal with a volunteer at Gefiltefest. (photo credit: Chaim Bacon)

A celebration of food, glorious Jewish food

Created ‘by accident’ in 2010, the London-based Gefiltefest enters its third year

By Raine Marcus