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EastEnders
April 4, 2022, 2:34 pm
EastEnders legend June Brown dies, aged 95
The actress, known for playing chain-smoking Dot Cotton, uncovered her Jewish maternal line late in life on the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are?
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Jewish News Reporter
January 31, 2022, 1:40 pm
EastEnders actor Leonard Fenton, who played Dr Legg, dies aged 95
Star who was born Leonard Feinstein was thought to be the only identifiably Jewish role in British soaps and featured in episodes tackling Judaism and antisemitism
May 24, 2021, 6:26 pm
EastEnders star Rita Simons prepares for Hairspray reprise
Actress ill tread the boards as Velma Von Tussle when the show returns for a limited season at the London Coliseum next month.
July 9, 2020, 3:17 pm
Danny Cohen on his life, career and books that inspire him
President of Access Entertainment and former director of BBC Television picks out his favourite page turners, including books by Charles Dickens and footballer James Milner
By
Zaki Cooper
November 13, 2019, 12:13 pm
Tracy-Ann Oberman: UK Jews caught in ‘pincer between far-right and hard left’
The former EastEnders actor argued the British Jewish community was facing a “critical moment”, caught in a “pincer movement between the far right and hard left”
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Jewish News Reporter
April 17, 2019, 12:15 pm
Fighting fit! Dad-of-three organises charity football match after beating cancer
Fitness professional Gideon Josephs, who overcame bowel cancer last year, is raising money for Chai with a special football match against Arsenal Legends
By
Francine Wolfisz
February 15, 2019, 9:47 pm
EastEnders’ Jewish character Dr Legg dies after antisemitism storyline
Long-time character exits famous show with storying recalling how he met his wife at the Battle of Cable Street
By
Jewish News Reporter
November 16, 2018, 5:21 pm
EastEnders tackles antisemitism with storyline about vandalised Jewish grave
Character of Dr Harold Legg, who is Jewish, is confronted by hateful graffiti as he visited his parents' grave
By
Jenni Frazer
July 26, 2018, 10:34 am
EastEnders: Jewish actor Leonard Fenton to return as Dr Legg
Fenton, 92, who is himself Jewish, appeared in the very first episode of the BBC One soap more than 30 years ago and left in 1999
October 31, 2017, 2:50 pm
Switching off for Shabbat, I really enjoyed the silence
What happened when TV and radio presenter Nick Ferrari opted out of modern living in favour of a 24-hour digital detox for ShabbatUK?
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Nick Ferrari
April 5, 2017, 12:37 pm
Tracy Ann Oberman ‘reeling’ after resigning from Labour over Livingstone
Ex-EastEnders star says she 'feels so let down' by decision to not expel Ken Livingstone from Labour
January 10, 2017, 2:53 pm
Rita Simons: ‘My heart will always be with EastEnders’
Departing soap actress, also the niece of businessman Lord Alan Sugar, speaks out on life after Albert Square
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