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French Jewish history teacher threatened with death in chilling echoes of Samuel Paty case

An investigation has been opened after the death threat targeting a Jewish teacher and his rabbi father was sent to a school south of Paris

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October 13, 2022 13:11

French Jewish history teacher threatened with death in chilling echoes of Samuel Paty case

Lebanon agreement talks take shine off politicos’ holidays

Timing of election should have afforded them a lengthy break but they got called in to study the new gas-field treaty

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October 13, 2022 12:56

Israeli sightseers climb the rock cliff as navy vessels patrol the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), as indirect talks on maritime borders between the two countries, still technically at war, resume under UN and US auspices, on May 4, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Embassies should be in Israel’s true capital city

The JC Leader 14 October 2022

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October 13, 2022 12:46

Dramatic sky over Jerusalem, view from the Olive Mountain, taken shortly before a thunderstorm

The Jewish diaspora is going through an age of mediocrity

A new biography of Joseph Roth shows the contrast with our more affluent, comfortable lifestyles — and the victims of our modern quality of life are great art, music and literature

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October 13, 2022 12:38

The Jewish diaspora is going through an age of mediocrity

'Utterly sick' Channel 4 plans to potentially destroy Hitler art slammed

An antisemitism campaign group says the show 'risks disrespecting the memories' of Holocaust survivors

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October 13, 2022 12:32

'Utterly sick' Channel 4 plans to potentially destroy Hitler art slammed

Art

Arab-Israeli student wins competition to design mezuzah for £100m Magen David Adom building

Muslim Muhammad Saadi, 23, beats 14 other contestants to have his design placed in the entrances of state-of-art centre in Ramla

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October 13, 2022 12:26

Arab-Israeli student wins competition to design mezuzah for £100m Magen David Adom building

UK-Israel relations

Hundreds of British Jews back moving UK embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Board of Deputies president's request attracts 500+ signatures within two days, in outpouring of support from Anglo-Jewry

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October 13, 2022 12:25

Hundreds of British Jews back moving UK embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Boy in The Striped Pyjamas author sinks to new low with the melodramatic sequel

Jews in John Boyne's work are reduced to landscape rather than real characters

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October 13, 2022 12:20

Boy in The Striped Pyjamas author sinks to new low with the melodramatic sequel

Amnesty International

Amnesty UK refuses to sack official who likened Israel’s Gaza policies to the Shoah

Charity's 'country coordinator for Israel and Occupied Palestinian territories' retweeted a message asking how video footage showing Israeli youths shouting at a Palestinian woman was 'any different from Nazi Germany'

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October 13, 2022 12:16

Amnesty UK refuses to sack official who likened Israel’s Gaza policies to the Shoah

Germany

Ebay apologises for selling memorabilia from Nazi era

Third Reich knick-knacks are still being traded despite a ban put in place 20 years ago

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October 13, 2022 12:15

Ebay apologises for selling memorabilia from Nazi era

History

Don't remove statues of old tyrants - they teach us about the past-a, says Loyd Grossman

Tomato sauce expert and public intellectual hits out at attempts to 'erase history' by felling monuments to antisemites such as Edward I

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October 13, 2022 12:04

Don't remove statues of old tyrants - they teach us about the past-a, says Loyd Grossman

Lebanon

Israel-Lebanon offshore gas field deal hailed as ‘step towards peace’

The agreement, brokered during weeks of intense negotiation with French and US help, ends a ten-year dispute and will allow Israel to begin pumping gas within days

1 min read

October 13, 2022 11:43