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The songs of anguish they wrote and sang in the Polish ghettos and camps

This book of songs from the Shoah was conceived and written in passion, and the unsparing efforts of the authors to trace their composers is laudable

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May 14, 2026 17:03

Words for horror: lyricists Shmerke Kaczerginski (far left) and Abraham Sutzkever (second left) with two other survivors in a portrait taken in Moscow after the war

Labour

Jewish MP steps down to make way for Andy Burnham to run for Parliament

Manchester Mayor says he will seek election as Josh Simons bows out

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May 14, 2026 17:03

Labour's Josh Simons (front centre). Credit: Josh Simons, Twitter/X

The ‘Israeli rape dogs’ blood libel fits a long, troubling tradition at The New York Times

From downplaying Hitler’s antisemitism to calling the Völkischer Beobachter ‘semi-official’, the Gray Lady helped smooth the jagged edges of the Nazi project. Today, it does the same with Iran

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May 14, 2026 17:01

Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. (Image: Getty Images)

Austria

Austrian Jewish students forced to hold Eurovision watch party under police guard over ‘threat of terror attack’

‘It is crazy and scandalous to believe that in the year 2026 in Austria, Jewish students aren’t able to have a public viewing,” said Lia Guttmann of the Austrian Union of Jewish Students

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May 14, 2026 15:51

Milli Li Rabinovici (L) and Lia Guttmann (R) of the Austrian Union of Jewish Students (Michelle Wigdorovitz)

shomrim

Orthodox men egged in Stamford Hill on way home from shul

The attack is the latest of a series in the same heavily-Jewish neighbourhood in recent weeks

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May 14, 2026 15:41

Canada

Canada deports British activist who praised October 7 as ‘important resistance’

Anas Altikriti suggested the massacres were the Palestinians’ response to being ‘subjugated, victimised, abused, violated, murdered and tortured’ by Israel

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May 14, 2026 15:05

Sir Keir Starmer

What is the record of Labour’s leadership contenders on the Jewish community and Israel?

The JC looks at the likely challengers to Sir Keir Starmer

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May 14, 2026 15:01

Health Secretary Wes Streeting on a hospital visit with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty Images)

Adeni Jews

My father’s new-found chutzpah is causing mayhem

During my childhood Dad was unsmiling and only spoke when when it was strictly necessary. Now he is a chaos merchant – with a cheeky grin

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May 14, 2026 14:48

My father’s new-found chutzpah is causing mayhem

How did we cope without Prince Harry’s wisdom on the Middle East, Anglo-Jewry and Judaism?

According to the Duke of Sussex, some of us have ‘mischaracterised’ anti-Israel protests. He doesn’t spell out how, but the only one way we are ever accused of ‘mischaracterising’ these protests is by pointing out their antisemitism

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May 14, 2026 14:30

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Image: Getty Images)

Silvermans

Silvermans’ owner raises funds for family of much-loved employee

Arthur Muponda died two-and-a-half years after being diagnosed with stomach cancer

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May 14, 2026 13:31

Prince, who worked at Silvermans, is sadly missed by its customers (Photo: courtesy)

Protests

Met Police warn of potential for ‘disorder and criminality’ ahead of rival pro-Palestinian and far-right protests

4,000 officers to be deployed in London with FA Cup final also taking place on Saturday

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May 14, 2026 13:30

London, with St James' Park in the middle of where the two marches will end (Image: Google)

Royal Family

King meets Jewish stabbing victims in solidarity trip to Golders Green

Chief Rabbi accompanies King Charles in ‘enormously appreciated’ visit to community under siege

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May 14, 2026 13:00

King Charles arrives on a Jewish community solidarity trip, two weeks after two members of the community were stabbed in Golders Green (Credit: grainge photography ltd)

Israel got talent – and most ordinary people just want to enjoy it

The hate-filled mob understands the power of culture, which is precisely why it does not want charming, gifted artists and athletes from the Jewish state performing abroad: it undermines their efforts to demonise the country

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May 14, 2026 12:41

Israel

Netanyahu to sue New York Times over rape dog article

The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that a defamation suit would be filed on behalf of the Israeli leader and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

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May 14, 2026 12:33

The New York Times office building (Getty Images)

Yom Yerushalayim

‘My thoughts and heart are always in Israel – it’s the country that I fought for’

Ben Conway speaks to Aron Cohen, 97, one of the first people to walk into the Old City with Yitzhak Rabin and Moshe Dayan during the Six-Day War

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May 14, 2026 12:20

Jewish celebrities

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

The creator of Captain America is “widely recognised as the most prolific and arguably most important creator in the history of the comic book,” according to the Centre for Jewish History

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May 14, 2026 12:02

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

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