AustraliaDriver charged with hate crime after pick-up truck rammed into gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogueThe Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies said the community has been left ‘deeply distressed’By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
IranIran could plan attacks abroad if US launches strikes, Western officials warnUS and Iranian negotiators are due to meet on Thursday for the latest round of talks aimed at limiting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme and staving off a military clashBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
DeathEric Dane, Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star, dies at 53The actor, who was raised in the Jewish tradition, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease less than a year agoBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
OlympicsIsrael pulls its bobsleigh team after fake illness report to officialsOne athlete falsely claimed to be unwell to allow a substitute to compete to become the Jewish state’s first-ever Druze OlympianBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
Iran protests 2026Iranian students hold first large anti-regime rallies since crackdownBasij officers reportedly faced off against protestors commemorating the thousands of people killed during last month's demonstrationsBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
BooksEli Sharabi memoir ‘Hostage’ named Book of the Year at National Jewish Book AwardsThe book is ‘my testimony, a story of my survival, written so others could bear witness,’ the author saidBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Winter OlympicsGolden girl! US women’s ice hockey team triumph at Winter Olympics with goalie Aerin FrankelFirst Jewish gold medal winner at 2026 Games after victory in final against CanadaBy Ben Conway3 min read
Brit milahBelgian government comments on circumcision row ‘misleading’An adverse ruling in the probe into Antwerp mohalim – denounced by the US ambassador as antisemitic – could be ‘weaponised’ to ban brit milah, says Jewish community leaderBy Simon Rocker2 min read
Francesca AlbaneseAntisemitism campaigners urge UK to call for removal of Francesca Albanese as UN rapporteurFrance and Germany have already demanded human rights expert should go after long history of anti-Israel bias and controversyBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read
GazaBoard of Peace commits $17bn to Gaza reconstructionAs the announcement was made, it was reported that Hamas was holding elections in the Strip ahead of disarmament negotiationsBy Jacob Jaffa3 min read
GazaInside Gaza, the ceasefire holds… at least for nowThere is an eerie calm across the border with the IDF – but the margin for error is thinBy Jonathan Sacerdoti6 min read
AustraliaAustralian bar shut down over posters depicting ‘Netanyahu in Nazi uniform’The closure was enforced under new hate crime laws passed last year, criminalising the display of Nazi imageryBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Emily DamariEmily Damari visits Bondi Beach to meet survivor of Chanukah terror attackThe British Israeli hostage also ridiculed the ‘Queers for Palestine’ campaign as she recounted her experience of hiding her sexuality while in captivityBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Gaza Board of PeaceBoard of Peace set to hold first Washington summit todayWorld leaders and senior officials, including Sir Tony Blair, are expected to attend, though the UK and EU, as well as the Pope, will be notable absenteesBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
PsychologyPsychologists’ coalition opposes Jewish ethnic association because ‘most Jewish-Americans identify as white’The Coalition of National Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations said antisemitism is a form of religious, rather than racial, discrimination and that Jews are ‘not under-represented’ in their fieldBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
AfD‘An insult to our name’: Family of Jewish founders of German motorcycle firm call on AfD to stop using its bikesMembers of the Simson family, whose ancestors were forced to sell the company by the Nazis, accused the far-right party of ‘appropriation’By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
