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Georgia L. Gilholy

Georgia L. Gilholy is a journalist and writer in the U.K.

The June 4 wedding of Roque Pugliese and Ivana Pezzoli in Calabria, Italy. Credit: Shavei Israel.

Unrecognized Jewish communities in south Italy say they are mistreated

Barbara Aiello, who calls herself Italy’s first female rabbi, runs a synagogue associated with Reconstructionist Judaism. According to Italy’s Jewish community, she represents only herself.

Georgia L. Gilholy

September 1, 2023

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London. Credit: Freepik.

Hundreds flock to London for global Jewish genealogy conference

The historic conference crossed the Atlantic for the post-COVID summit.

Georgia L. Gilholy

August 29, 2023

Leaflet for the official England and Wales census, February 2021. Credit: Ink Drop.

UK government defends census amid charges it undercounted Orthodox kids by up to 35%

“The census data must now be interpreted cautiously when it concerns the haredi community,” Joel Friedman, a spokesman for U.K. Orthodox Jewry, told JNS.

Georgia L. Gilholy

August 23, 2023

An anti-Israel BDS movement protest in London. Credit: Claudia Gabriela Marques Vieira via Wikimedia Commons.

Scotland has ‘no power’ to reject BDS clampdown

Scottish lawmakers can't block a bill banning anti-Israel boycotts if it's passed by the U.K. parliament, says UK Lawyers for Israel CEO.

Georgia L. Gilholy

August 22, 2023

A researcher in a medical lab. Credit: Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock.

Study: Current models overestimate Ashkenazi breast-cancer risk

“Continued research to improve the accuracy of ethnicity-specific breast cancer risk prediction algorithms is required,” the researchers wrote.

Georgia L. Gilholy

August 15, 2023

A promo from the film “Bawaal.” Source: YouTube.

Controversy swirls around Bollywood romcom and use of Shoah references

“Amazon Prime should stop monetizing ‘Bawaal’ by removing this banal trivialization of the systematic murder of millions of victims of the Nazi Holocaust,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Georgia L. Gilholy

August 2, 2023

A group of working journalists visit Israel in an effort to learn more about the Jewish state. Credit: European Israel Press Association.

Approaching year 12, European Israel Press Association aims to grow

The nonprofit, which promotes an accurate understanding of Jewish state, claims significant success in educating journalists about Israel.

Georgia L. Gilholy

July 26, 2023

A street in the old medina of Tétouan in northern Morocco. Photo by Swiss aviator and photographer Walter Mittelholzer (1928) via Wikimedia Commons.

Rediscovering the graves of three ‘esteemed’ Moroccan rabbis after 60 years

The London-based Sephardic genealogist Jacob Marrache is one of those working hard to uncover lost Jewish history in the country.

Georgia L. Gilholy

July 24, 2023

Cricket. Credit: Pixabay.

London exhibit explores the ‘triumphant’ Jewish history of cricket

And the search for the “mystery” Jewish woman who started the BBC Test Match Special’s cake trend continues.

Georgia L. Gilholy

July 17, 2023