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Yiddish

So you vant to learn Yiddish?

Is our man meshuggeneh to want to get to grips with his forebears’ language? Will they be kvelling at his progress?

6 min read

March 9, 2023 14:43

Ukraine

Ukraine Holocaust memorial damaged by missile strike

The monument is dedicated to the around 15,000 Jews who were murdered outside Kharkiv in Ukraine's northeast

2 min read

March 9, 2023 14:38

Ukraine Holocaust memorial damaged by missile strike

American Jews: Now you see them, now you don’t

Numbers confirm a 'steep decline' in the Jewish presence in 'academia, Hollywood, Washington, even in New York City'

3 min read

March 9, 2023 14:28

CAMBRIDGE, MA - JUNE 4: Harvard University students at the School of Education hold up books as their degree is announced during commencement ceremonies June 4, 2009 in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, this year marks the 358th year of graduation ceremonies at the university, considered the oldest in the nation. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Brighton

Jewish life in Brighton revitalised as pioneering communal campus opens

Supported by Tony Bloom's foundation, BNJC incorporates a shul, 45 housing units, a restaurant, kosher shop and bakery, nursery and gym

5 min read

March 9, 2023 14:03

Jewish life in Brighton revitalised as pioneering communal campus opens

Israel

Israeli who raised £415k for Huwara victims got 'thousands of death threats'

Yair Fink received so many threatening calls that he couldn’t use his phone for days

4 min read

March 9, 2023 13:55

Israeli who raised £415k for Huwara victims got 'thousands of death threats'

We should not expect Israel to be a light unto the nations

Relinquishing this idea might help put an end to so many of us projecting our preferences and assumptions onto this troubled corner of the Levant

5 min read

March 9, 2023 13:49

We should not expect Israel to be a light unto the nations

Pfeffer's Israel: Protesting pilots zero in on Netanyahu coalition

Two groups of airmen have caused the biggest stir in the strikes against the government's plans for judicial reform

5 min read

March 9, 2023 13:45

Pfeffer's Israel: Protesting pilots zero in on Netanyahu coalition

We still believe in Israel’s dream even if the reality is such sadness

Worries about the current political situation won't blow me off course from my core belief in liberal Zionism

2 min read

March 9, 2023 13:34

Israelis march as they protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 4, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מחאה נגד הרפורמה המשפטית ברחובות ת"א תל אביב הפגנה דגלי ישראל צעדה

Elstree

Elstree and Borehamwood twins with Israeli town

Officials from Shoham come to UK for signing ceremony. There will be collaborations on robotics and a football tournament

1 min read

March 9, 2023 13:30

Elstree and Borehamwood twins with Israeli town

Trade

The ‘start-up’ of a beautiful friendship: Badenoch prepares trade deal with Israel

Trade secretary asks Israeli not-for-profit organisation Startup Nation Central to help identify obstacles Israeli tech companies face when doing business in the UK

2 min read

March 9, 2023 12:42

The ‘start-up’ of a beautiful friendship: Badenoch prepares trade deal with Israel

Technology

Shopping for a deal, Kemi? Trade secretary tests smart Israeli checkout

Badenoch tested Israeli technology used in five UK Tesco stores that lets shoppers walk straight out

2 min read

March 9, 2023 12:34

Trade

Shake on it! Kemi Badenoch’s the business in hi-tech Tel Aviv

Cabinet minister tells the JC of her excitement on her first visit to Holy Land as she helps Israel and the UK prepare to resume trade negotiations

6 min read

March 9, 2023 12:22

Shake on it! Kemi Badenoch’s the business in hi-tech Tel Aviv

Refugees

Association of Jewish Refugees welcomes its newest member... Anne, 103

Anne Callender, whose family fled Berlin, did not know she was Jewish until she was a teeanger

2 min read

March 9, 2023 12:05

Association of Jewish Refugees welcomes its newest member... Anne, 103

9/11

Iran-linked centre under investigation invited 'Jews cheered 9/11’ scholar

Canadian Shia scholar Ahmed Haneef was due to address a special event at the Islamic Centre of England on Wednesday

1 min read

March 9, 2023 11:47

The Islamic Centre of England in Maida Vale (Marc Morris)

Purim

Rabbi at centre of sex assault claims leads Purim party

Despite the local council’s child safety warning, Chaim Halpern was the guest of honour at an event with several young people

3 min read

March 9, 2023 11:46

Rabbi at centre of sex assault claims leads Purim party

Trade Unions

NEU schools strike boss pictured at Fatah founder Arafat's tomb

The teachers' union president Louise Atkinson was photographed standing by monument to the late PLO chairman on trip to West Bank

2 min read

March 9, 2023 11:35

NEU schools strike boss pictured at Fatah founder Arafat's tomb

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