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Lord David Young, British-Jewish politician and favorite fixer for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 90

Young also worked as a businessman and ran Jewish charities before and after becoming a favorite fixer for Margaret Thatcher in the British government.

|ByDAVID I. KLEIN/JTA
Lord David Young holds his insignia of member of the Order of the Companions of Honour after it was presented to him by the Prince of Wales in London, May 15, 2015.
UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to a crowd in Jerusalem alongside prime minister Shimon Peres in May 1986

Thatcher and Israel

Margaret Thatcher was aware of, and sensitive to, the concerns of an electorally important group of voters in a constituency which she always treated as if it were highly marginal.

|ByROBERT PHILPOT
UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to a crowd in Jerusalem alongside prime minister Shimon Peres in May 1986

The Iron Lady and the Jewish state

A new study of the famed British leader shows that the more things in Israel change, the more they stay the same.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Laundry hung out to dry.

Netanyahu suing own office to keep from airing dirty laundry

Israeli media have focused in the past on food and beverage expenses at Netanyahu's official and private homes.

|ByREUTERS

Picturing the Bard’s word

A British troupe brings Shakespeare’s ‘3D thinking’ to life in theaters around the world, including to audiences that understand little English.

JANUARY 5, 2015ByBARRY DAVIS
TNT music theater

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The Farewell Party

DECEMBER 28, 2014ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
The Farewell Party