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Jacob Elordi (L) and Scarlett Johansson (R) (Getty Images)

Film

Jacob Elordi ‘in talks’ to star opposite Scarlett Johansson in Jewish director’s A24 thriller

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Ed Miliband

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband meets with Jewish leaders

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s SpaceX considering a multi-billion-dollar buyout of Israeli AI startup

By Lianne Kolirin

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Housing Minister Haim Katz, who also hold the health portfolio, attends a Health Committee meeting at the Knesset on February 18, 2026 (Flash90)

IDF

Israel announces major home discount scheme for IDF reservists

By Lianne Kolirin

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'You're fired!'...Lord Sugar 'sacks' a contestant on The Apprentice (BBC)

Lord Alan Sugar

‘Bunch of Idiots!’ Lord Sugar blasts American Express after he is denied credit limit increase

By Mark Wood

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Latest UK News

Former hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen performs deeply moving concert of songs conceived in Gaza

The concert was broadcasted to an audience in London, live from Kibbutz Nir Oz

By Ben Conway

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Dekel-Chen singing on the live broadcast (photo: Ben Conway)

Courts

Stalker who sent antisemitic abuse and Holocaust references to judge detained in hospital

Court heard that Richard Kendal suffers from psychosis and harbours ‘deep suspicions of a judicial conspiracy’

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Exterior view of Kingston Crown Court (Getty Images)

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Tracy-Ann Oberman reveals why she hugged one of her online trolls

Star also says in new interview she never wants another actor ‘to think they’ve got to hide their Star of David’

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Tracy-Ann Oberman attends the WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 at Prince Of Wales Theatre on February 12, 2023 (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)

Noa Kirel

‘A total star’: Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham praises Israeli Eurovision singer Noa Kirel

Waddingham hosted the 2023 song contest, in which Kirel came third for her song ‘Unicorn’

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English actress Hannah Waddingham attends the LA FYC screening of Apple TV's "Ted Lasso" at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Unique Nicole / AFP via Getty Images)

Latest US News

Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani accused of excluding prominent rabbis from Jewish community roundtable

One rabbi called the New York mayor’s decision not to invite the New York Board of Rabbis ‘classic Mamdani’

By Rikki Zagelbaum

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on Universal Child Care at Bedrock Preschool in the Bronx on August 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

Universities

‘Zionist Jews are welcome’ declares US liberal arts college while settling antisemitism lawsuit

The plaintiffs had alleged that professors had used antizionism as a ‘cover for hating Jews’

By Aaron Bandler

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President of Haverford College Wendy Raymond testifies during a hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2025 (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Trump kept Kabbalah text ‘close to his heart for protection,’ claims ex-wife

Marla Maples also recounted how she began spontaneously reciting the Shema during a life-threatening emergency in Nigeria

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US actress Marla Maples at the Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025 (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Trump appoints Jewish lawyer as new White House counsel

Will Scharf will also serve as ‘assistant to the president’

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Then-White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf attends a bill signing in the Oval Office on February 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

Latest Israel news

Israeli man quarantined due to suspected Ebola infection

The Health Ministry confirmed the individual recently returned to the Jewish state from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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(Illustrative) Israeli medical personnel during an Ebola virus preparedness drill at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv on October 17, 2014 (GPO/Getty Images)

Colombia

Israel offers to send ‘all possible assistance’ to Colombia as earthquake leaves 130 dead

The move is a sign of strengthening ties between the two nations, with Bogotá promising to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights

By Lianne Kolirin and Gabrielle Apfel

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A collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on August 10, 2026 (Getty Images)

Aliyah

Joy as Emilia, 6, becomes 100,000th person to make aliyah through Nefesh B’Nefesh

Non-profit organisation hits milestone for helping people move to Israel from US and Canada

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The Douglas family (Yonit Schiller, Oz Schechter, Jerusalem News Syndicate)

Charity

Surf’s up! Jewish and Arab children with special needs lap up the waves off Jaffa

The programme, set up by non-profit organisation HaGal Sheli, teaches life skills through surfing

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Taim Abd Elrazek Awwad surfing (Image: HaGal Sheli)

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Syria

US brokers deal for atomic agency to remove ‘dirty bomb’ material from secret site in Syria

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Toronto police make two more arrests for ‘antisemitic signs’ at March protest

A 40-year-old woman, and a 63 year-old man, face charges of wilful promotion of hatred and public incitement of hatred, bringing the total number charged over the incident to eight

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Israel will reject roadmap plan for IDF to withdraw from Gaza until Hamas disarms says Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime minister insists there must be ‘real not fictitious’ disarmament by terror group

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Israel opposes Gaza peace plan ‘in its current form,’ says energy minister

Hamas said it is willing to move forward with second stage of the US-brokered framework, calling on Washington to exert pressure on Jerusalem.

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Politics

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Former defence secretary Sir Grant Shapps outside Downing Street (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images).

Conservative Party

Blocking Sir Grant Shapps from standing at next general election is ‘unfathomable’ says ex-minister’s local association

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Tories ‘must end arrangement’ giving Restore’s Rupert Lowe seat on top Commons committee

Conservative Party spokesperson defended the decision despite furore over offensive comments by Restore’s co-founder Charlie Downes

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Nick Timothy condemns London Islamic march as ‘celebrating antisemitic and terrorist state of Iran’

Images from the march showed attendees holding Iranian flags and images of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

By Jacob Jaffa

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Restore Britain co-founder Charlie Downes appears to suggest Farage was ‘bought’ by Jews

Meanwhile, the party's leader, Rupert Lowe, refused to say during an interview this week whether King Charles could be considered a ‘white Briton’ under its definition of the term

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Showbiz

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Jewish actors

Jesse Eisenberg: ‘For me, being Jewish has always been a positive thing’

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Gal Gadot posts video revealing tough training regime ahead of new film The Runner

Israeli star shared clip showing former Olympic athlete Malachi Davis holding her back with elastic as she runs

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Boy George: I’ll sack bandmates who refuse to play pro-Israel song

The Culture Club frontman also defended the use of AI in creating the track, saying human musicians would have ‘gotten in his way’

By Jacob Jaffa

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Jewish producer Amy Pascal says new James Bond could be revealed this year

Several actors have been tipped for the role, including Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Callum Turner, Jacob Elordi, Harris Dickinson and Sir Idris Elba