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Israel

Two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting

They were reportedly ambushed by armed terrorists near the Huwara checkpoint

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February 26, 2023 12:59

Two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting

Etgar

Etgar Quiz No 226

Start the week with our Jewish knowledge test

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February 26, 2023 12:59

USA

Planned ‘Day of Hate’ against US Jews passes as ‘Shabbat of Peace’

The ADL said heightened security and awareness helped thwart extremists

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February 26, 2023 11:57

NYPD officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn on November 2, 2018 in New York City. - New York police were investigating anti-Semitic graffiti found inside a Brooklyn synagogue that forced the cancellation of a political event less than a week after the worst anti-Semitic attack in modern US history. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour Party

Luciana Berger rejoins Labour after Starmer apologises for 'disgusting' antisemitism

The Jewish former MP said the party fell into 'depths of the abyss' under Jeremy Corbyn

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February 26, 2023 10:35

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger poses for a portrait as she attends the 'Jewish Labour Movement Conference' on September 2, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

UK-Israel relations

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

Mr Cleverly rejected the 'apartheid' descriptor for Israel, but criticised settlements in the West Bank

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February 24, 2023 17:13

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

Holocaust remembrance

German Parliament president pays tribute to Shoah refugees on visit to Liverpool Street Station memorial

Barbel Bas is 'deeply moved' by ceremony and speaking to those who came to the UK on the Kindertransport

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February 24, 2023 17:07

German Parliament president pays tribute to Shoah refugees on visit to Liverpool Street Station memorial

Jordan

Rabbi has tefillin cut by airport security guard while flying to Israel

British-born Rabbi Moshe Haliwa's tefillin were deemed a strangulation risk by guards at Queen Alia airport in Amman

2 min read

February 24, 2023 16:42

2CNDARA Passengers arrive to the Queen Alia International Airport, in Amman, Jordan March 4, 2020.REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

USA

American Jews brace for neo Nazi-organised ‘National Day of Hate’

A number of hate groups have promoted the day online, though it is not centrally organised, and no specific targets have been advertised

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February 24, 2023 15:58

American Jews brace for neo Nazi-organised ‘National Day of Hate’

Tzipi Hotovely

Oxford Union president hit with 'discrimination' allegations for inviting Israeli ambassador to speak

A petition accused Charlie Mackintosh of 'conspiring with foreign agents to promote an apartheid state’

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February 24, 2023 15:22

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on January 11, 2017. / AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

World Jewish Relief

Stars come out for World Jewish Relief as 90th anniversary dinner raises £1.8 million

Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Sir Simon Schama involved as aid charity reflects on an impressive history and its current work in the UK, Ukraine and elsewhere

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February 24, 2023 15:00

Stars come out for World Jewish Relief as 90th anniversary dinner raises £1.8 million

Iran

Iran to close British embassy in Tehran and hit UK with fresh sanctions

Exclusive: Iranian officials revealed the news at a secret London meeting with gulf ambassadors

2 min read

February 24, 2023 12:18

Iranian security forces stand guard outside the British embassy in Iran's capital Tehran on October 27, 2022 as students gather for an anti-Britain demonstration condemning the United Kingdom's support of London-based Iranian opposition TV stations and anti-government protests in Iran. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

USA

Neo-Nazis rally outside play about an antisemitic murder

'Parade' tells the story of a Jewish man lynched in the Deep South in the early 1900s

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February 24, 2023 11:16

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 08: The Bernard B. Jacobs Theater closed during the coronavirus pandemic on April 08, 2020 in New York City. The Broadway League announced today that theaters will remain closed until June 7, effectively ending the 2019-2020 season. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Richard Belzer was a Jewish comedian. Why couldn't the NYtimes say so?

Belzer's proud Jewish heritage was mysteriously absent from the author's obituaries

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February 24, 2023 11:12

MONACO - JUNE 12: Richard Belzer poses for a portrait session during the 52nd Monte Carlo TV Festival on June 12, 2012 in Monaco, Monaco. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)

Mental health

Jami/Raphael merger a major boost for mental health counselling

The charities say that joining forces will enable them to offer counselling to more people, especially those with complex mental health needs

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February 24, 2023 10:59

Jami/Raphael merger a major boost for mental health counselling

Celebrity

Dame Joan Collins laments London’s ‘ruin’ after being struck by cyclist

The Dynasty star urged London Mayor Sadiq Khan to ‘do something’ about dangerous bike users

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February 24, 2023 10:44

British actress Joan Collins arrives for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019, in New York. - The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute. The Gala's 2019 theme is Camp: Notes on Fashion" inspired by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay "Notes on Camp". (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

Mums and daughters enjoy 'amazing bonding experience' on welfare charity's Israel trip

Emunah's half-term visit included an audience with the Israeli President's wife and tours of its projects

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February 24, 2023 10:39

Mums and daughters enjoy 'amazing bonding experience' on welfare charity's Israel trip

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