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Israel

Popular Israeli ice cream chain may have to pay £86m in compensation over ‘sugar-free’ flavours

By Lianne Kolirin

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Fauda

Netflix release date for new season of Fauda confirmed

The show’s fifth series will be the first to depict the events of October 7, 2023, following a two-year hiatus

By Jamie Shapiro

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Israel

Israel on Trial: one judge’s search for truth

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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Air Force One on the tarmac in Turkey with an airport catering container alongside it on July 8. (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Trump smuggled off Air Force One in catering truck after Israeli tip-off of Iran threat to blow jet up – report

By Mark Wood

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Basketball

Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger buy LA Lakers for £8bn

By Jacob Jaffa

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I went to five US shuls in one weekend – all full of life

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Nearly a fifth of 2026 Seattle hate crimes targeted Jews, who make up one per cent of the population

An even more significant proportion of hate crimes in New York were recorded against Jews, according to recently released data

By Menachem Wecker

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A police vehicle near Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, on April 12, 2021 (Getty Images)

Elon Musk

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

The new firm was originally believed to be in talks with tech giant Nvidia, before another major international player reportedly swept in

By Lianne Kolirin

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Elon Musk during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 (Getty Images)

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)

World news

An image taken from a fake AI-generated video posted on social media after migrants poured into Ceuta. (WearForbidden/X)

Antisemitism

Social media posts blamed Jews for Ceuta crisis, new research finds

By Gabrielle Apfel

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Hong Kong

From Hasmonean to Hong Kong: the headteacher who spent nearly two decades at the helm of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Hong Kong’s Jewish community

By Ben Conway

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Mali and Liel Yahalomi missing (Image: Israeli Embassy in Austria)

Vienna

Israeli mother and daughter missing in Vienna as embassy appeals for information

By Jamie Shapiro

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A menorah is lit as people participate in a candlelight vigil at Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on December 16, 2025 (Photo by Audrey Richardson/Getty Images)

Bondi Beach terror attack

Police take more than 800 witness statements in Bondi shooting investigation

By JC Reporter

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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

By Gabrielle Apfel

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Syria

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

By JC Reporter

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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

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Joy as Emilia, 6, becomes 100,000th person to make aliyah through Nefesh B’Nefesh Toronto police make two more arrests for ‘antisemitic signs’ at March protest

UK News

Cambridge University

Cambridge investigates claims Iran dissidents were misquoted in doctorate that ‘whitewashes’ the regime

Shirin Saeidi was awarded a PhD and hired as a professor in the US but was sacked for anti-Israel posts

By Jane Prinsley

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Dr Shirin Saeidi during a lecture at the University of Arkansas department of political science, February 7, 2019 (YouTube)

Countdown

Pini Stimler, the Countdown kingpin from Hendon

Pini Stimler won the maximum eight games in a row on the popular television show and sponsored the kiddush at his shul to celebrate

By Ben Conway

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Pini Stimler appearing on Countdown (Credit: Countdown / Channel 4)

Media

Jewish-American media mogul snaps up ten London West End theatres as part of estimated £4.5bn deal

Ari Emanuel is the brother of Rahm, Obama’s former chief of staff, and from a proud Jewish family

By JC Reporter

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US fashion designer Sarah Staudinger and US talent agent Ari Emanuel in Venice on June 27, 2025 (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ed Miliband

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband meets with Jewish leaders

Board and Jewish Leadership Council raise “concerns” over foreign policy

By Jamie Shapiro

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The meeting between Ed Miliband and Jewish leaders (Image: Board of Deputies)

Opinion

It’s time to strengthen links across the Jewish diaspora

UJS leadership fellow Libbi Myers reflects on a recent trip to New York City to visit the Jewish community there

By Libbi Myers

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By Florit Shoihet

Zoë Garbett has much to learn from Haifa’s first Jewish mayor

Shabtai Levy, nicknamed Abuna – ‘our father’ in Arabic – for his commitment to coexistence, understood that even during a bitter war his responsibility was to all the city’s residents. It is a model of civic leadership worth remembering in Hackney today

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By Naomi Greenaway

Beware the parental minefield on results day

The pressure to achieve top grades can be immense, especially in our tight-knit community. Here’s how I’ll be easing the pressure for my kids – and myself

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By Keren David

Help! I’m a post-menopausal phone addict

We hear a lot about teenagers and their phones. But what about the plight of the older woman, hooked on apps and online shopping?

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By Gill Levy

David Miller’s win is not our loss – it is the law protecting even repugnant beliefs

Saying Israel should not exist is legal – advocating or using violence to make that happen is not. The tribunal drew that distinction clearly; the question is whether those charged with enforcing it will respect that boundary rather than quietly redraw it

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By Yaakov Katz

Most in the West will not get it, but Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump plan is nothing to do with left or right

After October 7, the gap between the prime minister and his two main rivals, Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, on Hamas is far narrower than many imagine. The real question is whether they would stand up to a US president when necessary

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