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Russia Ukraine War

'I had to tell the world about Russia's crimes' says UK's former woman in Kyiv

Dame Melinda Simmons said that her Jewish heritage meant she had to speak up when stationed in Ukraine

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September 12, 2023 11:29

Dame Melinda Simmons, the UK's new ambassador to Poland

Labour Party

Labour reaches settlement with nine whistleblowers in antisemitism legal battle

The nine people taking the action were all members of Labour Against Antisemitism

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September 11, 2023 18:17

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 22: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn meets with asylum seeker brothers Somer Umeed and Areeb Umeed at Possilpark Parish Church on August 22, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeremy Corbyn met with asylum seeker families in Glasgow threatened with eviction by Serco and called for such services to be delivered by public bodies. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

We won't stand by and watch Israel descend into a country we don't recognise

This should not be a matter of left versus right, this is a matter of common sense

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September 11, 2023 17:01

2RT3AYN Trafalgar Square, London, UK. 10th Sept 2023. Protest rally in Trafalgar Square against judicial reform in Israel. Credit: Matthew Chattle/Alamy Live News

Judicial reform protests

Diaspora Israelis turn out to Trafalgar Square to protest judicial reform

Sunday's Defend Israeli Democracy UK demonstration in Trafalgar Square drew up to 1,500 British and Israeli Jews

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September 11, 2023 17:00

Judaism

York's first rabbi since 1290 expulsion heralds new era for Jewish community

Elisheva Salamo, the first rabbi to live within York's city walls in over eight centuries, has ambitious plans

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September 11, 2023 16:50

York's first rabbi since 1290 expulsion heralds new era for Jewish community

El Al

El Al food just got better thanks to a Michelin-starred Israeli chef

Assaf Granit of Machneyuda and Coal Office fame is taking his food to new heights

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September 11, 2023 16:31

Israeli chef Assaf Granit speaks during a conference with science ministers from around the world in Jerusalem on May 2, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Covid

Israel’s response to Covid-19 pandemic was 'a model to the world’, says top scientist

Professor Khitam Muhsen, head of Tel Aviv university’s department of epidemiology, also stressed the importance of global coordination when it came to vaccine distribution

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September 11, 2023 16:25

Israel’s response to Covid-19 pandemic was 'a model to the world’, says top scientist

Poland

Family killed by Nazis for sheltering Jews beatified by Catholic church

Jozef Ulma, his wife Wiktoria and their seven children were given one of Catholicism's highest honours

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September 11, 2023 15:39

The family grave of family Ulma is pictured in Markowa on September 10, 2023 during the beatification of the Ulma family. A Polish couple and their seven children, murdered in 1944 by the Nazis for hiding Jews, were beatified in Poland, a first for an entire family in the Catholic Church. (Photo by BARTOSZ SIEDLIK / AFP) (Photo by BARTOSZ SIEDLIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia Ukraine War

Heroic Jewish aid worker Emma Igual killed in Ukraine by Russian shell

‘I don’t know how long my luck will last’ she told the JC recently

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September 11, 2023 13:35

Heroic Jewish aid worker Emma Igual killed in Ukraine by Russian shell

Keir Starmer

'Everyone has a duty' to tackle rising antisemitism, says Keir Starmer

The Labour leader also pledged to increase co-operation with the CST if his party wins next year's general election

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September 11, 2023 13:30

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 8: Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom talks with others in the meeting on September 8, 2023 in London, England. Labour's six Metro Mayors and the Leader of the Labour Party met with candidates Richard Parker (West Mids) and Claire Ward (East Mids) ahead of Midlands Mayoral Elections due to take place next May. (Photo by Belinda Jiao/Getty Images)

Antisemitism is the ideology that has defined Mahmoud Abbas's life

The pattern is always the same - he comes out with an antisemitic rant, it's condemned then is all conveniently ignored

4 min read

September 11, 2023 12:50

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 16: Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, speaks to the media with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) following talks at the Chancellery on August 16, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. The two leaders discussed bilateral issues, the current situation in the Palestinian territories as well as perspectives on a possible peace process between Palestine and Israel. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Film

First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

Anthony Hopkins stars as the British stockbroker who rescued dozens of children from the Holocaust

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September 11, 2023 12:35

First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

Grant Shapps

Grant Shapps pays tribute to 'optimistic' father Tony, who has died aged 91

Tony Shapps was a respected figure in the Jewish community and led his shul's Cub Scouts group

2 min read

September 11, 2023 12:15

Britain's Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps speaks during "Power Of Transformation: Building Back Better In The Energy Sector" session on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on June 21, 2023. Leaders and representatives from more than 60 countries are in London for a two-day conference to secure funding to help Ukraine recover from the ravages of war. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Mossad

Mossad thwarted 27 Iranian terror attack threats against Israel

Director David Barnea vowed to target Iran's highest authorities if 'any harm is done to any Israeli or Jew'

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September 11, 2023 11:39

Cruise missiles on the background of the flag of Iran. The concept of a military conflict in the Persian Gulf. The threat of war.

Uman

Netanyahu warns Charedi pilgrims against Uman visits

‘God has not always protected us in Europe,’ said the PM

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September 11, 2023 10:59

UMAN, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 26: Orthodox Jewish pilgrims perform tashlikh, a Jewish atonement ritual, at the bank of a lake formed by the Umanka River September 26, 2022 in Uman, Ukraine. Thousands of Hasidic pilgrims, mostly men, arrived in Uman to mark the new year, which began at sundown yesterday. Uman contains the burial site of a revered 18th-century rabbi, Nachman of Breslav, and in a typical year might see tens of thousands of pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah. Fewer are expected this year, amid warnings from Israeli and Ukrainian officials to not travel. (Photo by Byron Smith/Getty Images)

Elon Musk

Benjamin Netanyahu set to meet Elon Musk amid ADL antisemitism row

The Israeli prime minister is expected to see the Twitter boss during a visit to the US next week

2 min read

September 11, 2023 10:58

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 27, 2023. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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