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G’mar Chatimah Tovah from the Deputy Prime Minister

Angela Rayner’s message to Jewish communities ahead of Yom Kippur

By Angela Rayner

1 min read

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Palestinian youths inspect a fallen projectile after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah and other Iran-backed militants, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on October 1, 2024. Reports said Iran fired between 150 and 200 missiles in the attack, the country's second on Israel after a missile and drone attack in April in response to a deadly Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Yaakov Katz

The compelling case for an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear programme

Sometimes Israel must prioritise its security above all else

2 min read

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 28: Singer Matisyahu performs at the official opening ceremony of the European Maccabi Games at the Waldbuehne on July 28, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Over 2,000 Jewish athletes from Maccabi clubs all over the world will compete for the next week in Berlin at the Olympiastadion where in 1936 Nazi Germany held the Olympics and excluded its own Jewish athletes. The Maccabi games take place every four years and first took place in Prague in 1929. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Cancelling all Jews has become the latest obsession of Israel’s enemies in the US

Jews in the creative industries have been the target of intense protests

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Emily Hand and her father Tom Hand for the Channel 4 documentary One Day in October. (Photo: Channel 4)

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Why is the Guardian shocked that terrorists are portrayed as monsters?

The paper’s review of October 7 documentary One Day in October is amoral in criticising the film for sympathising with the massacre victims

3 min read

As the October 7 wars rage, don’t be afraid to ask for psychological support

The date will mark a new collective trauma

By Shirah Herman

1 min read

Tanya Gold

This feels like the last word on Roald Dahl’s hatred of the Jews

The Royal Court’s Giant is subtle and clear sighted

3 min read

Zoe Strimpel

By Zoe Strimpel

I lost my temper over a keffiyeh in north London

I should have stayed calm – but that’s difficult if you see things for what they really are

3 min read

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By Stephen Pollard

Postmodernism and moral relativism have led us to disaster

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RE'EIM, ISRAEL - MAY 13: A woman mourns near a photo of a woman killed at the 'Nova Festival' attack by Hamas during Israel's annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and civilian victims of terror on May 13, 2024 in Re'eim, Israel. On Yom HaZikaron, Israel Memorial Day, Israeli society comes together to mourn fallen soldiers who died for the nation's independence, as well as civilian victims of terror. This year, from sundown on May 12 to sundown on May 13, the day of grief is marked by ceremonies held at military cemeteries across the country. Yom HaAtzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, follows in celebration. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer

By Sir Keir Starmer

I urge world leaders to do all they can to bring hostages home

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30/09/2024. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with the families of hostages and the bereaved at a commemoration event in 10 Downing Street ahead of the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

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By Howard Jacobson

‘Politics stepped in where pity alone, at least for a while, should have spoken’

The great novelist and writer reflects on the first anniversary of the October 7 pogrom

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Scenes of houses destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri, and 30 other nearby communities in Southern Israel on October 7, murdering over 1200 people and seizing over 200 hostages (Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90

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