In case you missed it…five must-read stories from the past week!
Superman's flying visit to the Kotel, Israel being shock early Eurovision favourites and an online broigus are among this week's top picks
Relive the past week on jewishnews.co.uk with our top-five must-read stories from the past seven days…
Scroll down to read our pick of this week’s stories, which saw Israel being put forward as early Eurovision favourites, Lord Sack’s tribute to Stephen Hawking, Superman star Dean Cain in Israel, how the Jewish Museum is being trolled by Polish nationalists and an online broigus that went viral!
1) Israeli Eurovision entry is shock early favourite to win contest – Netta Barzilai’s ‘Toy’ has been praised for being “current, catchy and powerful”, riding the wave of the #MeToo movement
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2) Lord Sacks’ tribute to Stephen Hawking – Emeritus Chief Rabbi says the scientist ‘changed our understanding of the universe’, and that it was a ‘privilege’ to be college fellows with him at university
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3) Superman pays flying visit to the Kotel during trip to Israel – Dean Cain prays at Judaism’s holiest site before meeting Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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4) Jewish Museum targeted by Polish nationalists – Camden centre is being trolled with 3,000 ‘disturbing’ daily emails by Polish nationalists
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5) Jewish man’s heated exchange with aunt about non-Jewish girlfriend goes viral – a lawyer, known only as ‘Moshe’ had a heated argument with his Jewish aunt relative, who tried to get to him to dump his non-Jewish girlfriend
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