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If the  far right get in, Netanyahu will get them out

The last thing Netanyahu wants is to return to office as the leader of a pariah government

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October 27, 2022 15:23

Campaign posters in Tel Aviv, prior to the upcoming Israeli general elections, October 26, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?????? ????? ??? ?? ????

Australia’s style queen is in town - and she here's to put antipodean culture on our map

Philanthropist, academic and expert on art, fashion and architecture Dr Gene Sherman has just lost her husband of 54 years, but she has lost none of her zeal for her many passions

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October 27, 2022 15:15

Australia’s style queen is in town - and she here's to put antipodean culture on our map

It’s no surprise that King Charles plans to accommodate the Chief Rabbi

The King has repeatedly stated his desire to be defender of all faiths

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October 27, 2022 15:11

Britain's Prince Charles (R) meets Lord Jonathan Sacks (C) and his successor Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (L) before Mirvis was formally inducted as 11th Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the UK and the Commonwealth at a ceremony at the St John's Wood Synagogue in north London on Spetember 1, 2013. AFP Photo / POOL / STEFAN ROUSSEAU (Photo credit should read STEFAN ROUSSEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Liberal Judaism

World Progressive Judaism president encourages closer ties on first UK visit

Rabbi Sergio Bergman meets Liberal and Reform leaders and visits shuls and Leo Baeck College, saying: 'This is just the beginning of a programme of collaboration'

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October 27, 2022 14:14

World Progressive Judaism president encourages closer ties on first UK visit

Antisemitism

Holocaust-denying bishop holds hate services in London library

Richard Williamson has been conducting rabidly antisemitic 'services' in building in Earlsfield, South London

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October 27, 2022 13:57

Holocaust-denying bishop holds hate services in London library

Austria

New art installation inflames row over Vienna’s statue of antisemite

Attempt to defuse a long-running dispute about a statue of mayor lauded by Adolf Hitler backfires as protesters claim it 'colourfully window-dresses' Jew hatred

2 min read

October 27, 2022 13:56

ErÃ¶ffnung der "Installation Lueger temporÃ¤r" von Nicole Six und Paul Petritsch mit KÃ–R Kunst im Ã¶ffentlichen Raum Wien, KulturstadtrÃ¤tin Veronica Kaup-Hasler und Bezirksvorsteher Innere Stadt Markus Figl.

Schools

Jewish child abuse victim recalls how a school pastor ‘made me admit guilt for death of Jesus’

Mike Bralowski, who says he suffered racist abuse at a council-run home in Essex during the mid-1950s, tells the JC both the Church of England and the local authority have denied responsibility

4 min read

October 27, 2022 13:56

Jewish child abuse victim recalls how a school pastor ‘made me admit guilt for death of Jesus’

Israel

New play exposes terrifying limbo of gay Arabs seeking Israeli refuge

After horrific beheading of 25-year-old in Hebron this month, Israeli playwright Tomer Aldubi wants to shine light on the tragic plight of these young men

3 min read

October 27, 2022 13:51

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 3: (ISRAEL OUT) Israeli homosexuals kiss during a party at a gay bar November 3, 2006 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have been rioting in protest against a gay pride parade due to be held in the city November 10. Growing concern among city leaders over the potential for violence is high and officials are hinting that the event may not go ahead. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Israeli Politics

The three key factors that will determine the Israeli election

The 2014 change to the electoral threshold, the turnout in the Arab community and who the right-wing voters will turn to will play crucial roles

4 min read

October 27, 2022 13:06

The three key factors that will determine the Israeli election

Help — I’m older than our new Prime Minister!

A top consultant and a head teacher I can just about stomach, but when I see the man in No10 was born after me......

3 min read

October 27, 2022 12:59

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a statement after taking office outside Number 10 in Downing Street on October 25, 2022 in London, England. Rishi Sunak will take office as the UK's 57th Prime Minister today after he was appointed as Conservative leader yesterday. He was the only candidate to garner 100-plus votes from Conservative MPs in the contest for the top job. He said his aim was to unite his party and the country. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Film

A new film about Adolf Eichmann's trial sees the event through the eyes of Israel

Jake Paltrow’s June Zero offers a new take on the historic legal proceedings, by exploring them through the experiences of three disparate characters — a boy, a prison guard and a Holocaust survivor

5 min read

October 27, 2022 12:39

A new film about Adolf Eichmann's trial sees the event through the eyes of Israel

For the BBC, Jews really don’t count

It seems there is an exception to the ways BBC impartiality rules are applied – when the hate speech victims are Jews, and especially Zionist Jews

3 min read

October 27, 2022 12:18

London, United Kingdom - January 17 2021: Broadcasting House, BBC headquarters in Central London, exterior view.

Obituary

Obituary: Lady Greengross

Age UK pioneer who promoted and celebrated active living

2 min read

October 27, 2022 11:58

Holocaust

BBC’s Bargain Hunt star is selling Nazi memorabilia

A yellow star worn by a Dutch Jew, an SS dagger and scabbard and a swastika patch are among items sold, or still on sale at TV antiques expert Charles Hanson's auction house

1 min read

October 27, 2022 11:07