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King's Birthday Honours

Change-makers, educators and charity heads recognised in King’s Birthday Honours List

Raymond Simonson of JW3 has been made MBE

5 min read

June 12, 2026 21:30

Palestine Action

Palestine Action activists jailed over Elbit factory raid

Four defendants sentenced to seven years and eight months, five years, five years, and four years and eight months, respectively

5 min read

June 12, 2026 18:07

Protesters outside Woolwich Crown Court ahead of a hearing where Palestine Action activists were jailed on June 12, 2026 (PA)

Ireland

Ireland v Israel to take place at neutral venue and without fans over pro-Palestine protest fears

Ireland had been scheduled to host Israel in the Uefa Nations League in Dublin on October 4

2 min read

June 12, 2026 17:02

Palestine flags among the Irish fans during a Euro 2024 qualifier match against Greece on October 13, 2023 (photo: Charles McQuillan / Getty Images)

Theatre

Allegra review: Maureen Lipman is the clowning glory ★★★

Quilter’s goofy comedy reminds us that Dame Maureen is, in the best possible sense, a clown

2 min read

June 12, 2026 16:44

Comic superpower: Maureen Lipman with Bailey Patrick Credit: Marc Brenner

For me, Amsterdam has been about canals, cycling and Shabbat dinners – not antisemitism

I think sometimes adults accidentally trap young Jews inside narratives of fear. Yes, the hatred is real but I do not want it to become the defining story of my year abroad

3 min read

June 12, 2026 16:24

View of one of the canals in Amsterdam.(Image: Getty Images)

Obituary

Holocaust survivor Tom Reichental, who taught thousands of Irish students about the Shoah, dies at 90

Slovakia-born Bergen-Belsen child survivor who moved to Israel after the war before starting a new life in Ireland, where he made Holocaust education his final mission

3 min read

June 12, 2026 16:18

Tomi Reichental. (Photo courtesy of Holocaust Education Ireland)

Obituary

Obituary: Norman Balon

“Rudest landlord” whose gruff manner betrayed a soft, kind heart

4 min read

June 12, 2026 16:07

2BKXFT7 Norman Balon,Coach and Horses Soho London. (credit image©Jack Ludlam)

Court and Crime

Palestine Action activists will be sentenced as terrorists over Elbit raid

More than 70 protestors arrested outside court on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation

2 min read

June 12, 2026 15:53

(Illustrative) Protesters outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, on June 12, 2026, ahead of a hearing where Palestine Action activists are due to be sentenced over a break-in at the UK base of an Israel-based defence firm, Elbit Systems (PA)

Gaza flotilla

Flotilla leader sanctioned by US over ‘Hamas links’ invited to Parliament

‘Astonishing’ event involved Green, Labour and Independent MPs

2 min read

June 12, 2026 15:28

Kamel Abu Keshek (centre) at the event in Parliament (Photo: Instagram)

Sports

Meet Mr Strong, Britain’s Jewish powerlifting champion

Synagogue-goer Craig Strong of Chigwell, Essex, took up the sport four years ago as a hobby – and now he’s a local Samson

3 min read

June 12, 2026 15:05

Golders Green

Huge fire causes £3m of damage to Jewish-owned events company in Golders Green

The London Fire Brigade says it is not currently treating the incident as suspicious

2 min read

June 12, 2026 13:14

The fire in Brent (Image: X/@yedisdroneshots)

Journalism

Apple News urged to remove pro-Hamas, conspiracy theory articles by Palestinian-born commentator

Apple urged to ‘exercise basic quality control over the news content it curates’ over pieces by Abdel Bari Atwan

3 min read

June 12, 2026 12:58

Abdel Bari Atwan on his YouTube channel (Youtube)

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren denounces ‘evil forces’ in Israel in wake of ‘Zionist b****’ video

The actor famously portrayed Golda Meir in the 2023 biopic and has previously opposed cultural boycotts of Israel

2 min read

June 12, 2026 12:34

Dame Helen Mirren, photographed in 2025, spent time on a kibbutz shortly after the Six Day War (Photo: Getty)

Helping hand or bad tutor? The debate over AI

Rabbis are wrestling over the merits of ChatGPT as an aid to Jewish study

3 min read

June 12, 2026 12:20

Helping hand or bad tutor? The debate over AI

Network at 50: the film that predicted our disordered world

Written by Sidney “Paddy” Chayefsky, the Jewish genius of American screenwriting, the brilliant movie foretold reality TV, the hard left and the ebbing of liberal democracy

4 min read

June 12, 2026 12:03

In a pivotal moment of the film Network, the character Howard Beale (Peter Finch) exhorts his audience to resolve "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" (Image: Wikiepedia)

Court and Crime

Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell attends protest in support of convicted Palestine Action activists

The four defendants, who have been convicted of criminal damage, could be sentenced as terrorists

1 min read

June 12, 2026 12:00

John McDonnell presents a letter, alongside members of the Palestine Coalition, to New Scotland Yard on April 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

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