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Mitzvah Day

MPs come together as Mitzvah Day 2023 launches in Parliament

This year’s event is based around the theme of tikkun olam - or repair the world

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November 9, 2023 13:12

MPs come together as Mitzvah Day 2023 launches in Parliament

Abuse

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis urges abused women to turn to JWA

His intervention follows a report in the JC on the sharp decline in referrals to the charity after the terrorist attacks in Israel

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November 9, 2023 13:09

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. The commemorative event, attended by religious leaders, heard testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust, in which millions of predominantly Jewish people were killed. National Holocaust Day on February 27 marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Charity cycle

Best friends design and complete their own Ironman challenge across London

Alistair Marks and IDF veteran Dor Zakai raised £30,000 for Yad Sarah

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November 9, 2023 13:01

Best friends design and complete their own Ironman challenge across London

The IDF is unleashing its full power on Hamas — and it may be working

In a vivid dispatch from Gaza, our reporter is taken on a tour by the IDF and discovers a deserted landscape - and far less resistance from the terrorists than had been expected

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November 9, 2023 12:49

The IDF is unleashing its full power on Hamas — and it may be working

Australia

Jewish man feels 'lucky' to be alive after a violent attack in Sydney

The 44-year-old was left with a head injury and a fractured spine for which he spent four days in hospital

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November 9, 2023 12:40

Protesters show their support for Palestinians during a rally in front of the Opera House in Sydney on October 9, 2023. Israel relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip overnight and into October 9 as fighting with Hamas continued around the Gaza Strip, as the death toll from the war against the Palestinian militants surged above 1,100. (Photo by Izhar KHAN / AFP) (Photo by IZHAR KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden can’t win in 2024 on Israel — but he can lose

Events in the Middle East can have an influence on US elections - and that influence often damages the incumbent president

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November 9, 2023 12:26

Biden can’t win in 2024 on Israel — but he can lose

USA

Holocaust survivor pens letter to Steven Spielberg urging him to break his silence on Israel

'Jews will never be safe until Israel is safe and secure' says 94-year David Schaecter in open letter to Spielberg

1 min read

November 9, 2023 12:13

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 25: Steven Spielberg attends the "Back To The Future: The Musical" Gala Performance at Winter Garden Theatre on July 25, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Israel Hamas war 2023

Outrage as BBC journalist who called Israel ‘terrorists’ returns to cover war

Layla Bashar al-Kloub works for BBC Arabic

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November 9, 2023 12:09

Outrage as BBC journalist who called Israel ‘terrorists’ returns to cover war

Israel Hamas war 2023

Israeli university which lost 54 staff and students finds a wartime role

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev president Professor Daniel Chamovitz tells of how his students have rallied to offer support to those affected by October 7 attacks

3 min read

November 9, 2023 11:58

Israeli university which lost 54 staff and students finds a wartime role

Israel Hamas war 2023

Inside the anti-Israel plot to bring London to standstill

10 stations to be hit at once in new plan which sees Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion and Keir Starmer's glitter attacker join forces

4 min read

November 9, 2023 11:56

Demonstrators take part in a protest inside Charing Cross station following the 'London Rally For Palestine', in central London on November 4, 2023, as they call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Letters to the editor, November 10 2023

Stop with the fear

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November 9, 2023 11:41

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 4: Royal British Legion poppy sellers look on as they are surrounded by people staging a sit-in inside Charing Cross train station during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on November 4, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. The action is being held to call for a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel conflict. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Israel Hamas war 2023

The toll of capturing the horrors of Hamas at kibbutz Kfar Aza

Photographer Gianluca Cecere, who flew to Israel on a one-way ticket as soon as war broke out, says he will never be able to forget what he saw

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November 9, 2023 11:40

The toll of capturing the horrors of Hamas at kibbutz Kfar Aza

Israel Hamas war 2023

Jewish stars urge Labour to drop unions that back ‘hate march’ organiser PSC

Letter sent to leader Sir Keir Starmer signed by JK Rowling’s literary agent Neil Blair, film producer Lisa Bryer, Countdown presenter Rachel Riley and actress Tracy-Ann Oberman

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November 9, 2023 11:15