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The clash that could remove New York's last Jewish Congressman

Tomorrow's primary might change the face of New York politics

6 min read

August 22, 2022 13:18

The clash that could remove New York's last Jewish Congressman

Israel

Cyprus to buy Iron Dome defence system

The island nation is set to purchase technology from Israel that will be capable of intercepting Turkish drones

1 min read

August 22, 2022 12:21

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (R) and Israeli President Isaac Herzog give a joint press conference in Nicosia during an official visit by the latter on March 2, 2022. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / POOL / AFP) (Photo by IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Forgotten Yiddish literature is a peephole to a vanished world

The arrival of Eastern European Jews in the mid-1880s led to London becoming a hive of Yiddish culture, now all but lost

5 min read

August 22, 2022 09:44

Forgotten Yiddish literature is a peephole to a vanished world

Travel

A week in Provence

Find more than lavender during an escape to Provence, with art, vineyards and plenty of luxury

5 min read

August 21, 2022 16:30

Jewish Education

Texas superintendent says Anne Frank book will be back in schools ‘very soon’ after outcry

Administrators in Fort Worth had decided to withdraw and review over 35 contentious books

4 min read

August 21, 2022 12:55

Texas superintendent says Anne Frank book will be back in schools ‘very soon’ after outcry

Terrorism

IDF launches manhunt after gunshots fired at full Israeli bus near West Bank

At least eight bullets hit a bus full of passengers driving along a major road in the West Bank on Saturday

2 min read

August 21, 2022 10:56

Israel

Israel raids Palestinian NGOs accused of terror links

Early Thursday morning Israeli authorities raided the offices of multiple Palestinian advocacy and aid groups it says are terror organisations

3 min read

August 19, 2022 16:39

A picture shows the closed door of Palestinian NGO Defence for Children International after it was raided by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on August 18, 2022. - Israel designated six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed "terrorist organisations" in October 2021, in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority and international human rights groups. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Union of Jewish Students

New UJS President: 'I’m not going to take my kippah off for anything'

Joel Rosen talks Jeremy Corbyn, fighting antisemitism, Jewish student life, and his goals for the year ahead

7 min read

August 19, 2022 15:53

New UJS President: 'I’m not going to take my kippah off for anything'

Israeli Politics

Will new kid on the block Eisenkot rise to the top of the political tree?

Every former chief of staff is hot political property but Mr Eisenkot's also that rare candidate who can appeal to more right-leaning predominantly Mizrahi voters

5 min read

August 19, 2022 12:11

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkott speaks at a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on January 02, 2018. Photo by FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** תמונות של הרמטכל אייזנקוט ואהרון ברק בכנס צה"ל והחברה הישראלית שהתקיים במרכז הבינתחומי בהרצליה

Science

How a young Jewish electronics expert helped win the War

The information young Londoner Jack Nissenthall gathered on a daring mission in Nazi-occupied Normandy played a vital role in D-Day planning

3 min read

August 19, 2022 12:09

How a young Jewish electronics expert helped win the War

Jewish heritage

Licoricia of Winchester Book review: A fascinating look at the richest woman in medieval England

The story of this remarkable woman reads like a blueprint for many later expulsions and destructions of Jewish communities

1 min read

August 19, 2022 12:00

Licoricia of Winchester Book review: A fascinating look at the richest woman in medieval England

USA

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

Jews were an important part of the South's history

2 min read

August 19, 2022 11:59

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

Sometimes, theatre can get Jewishness right

It is fabulous to see your own community on stage, but toe-curling when it hits a bum note

3 min read

August 19, 2022 11:57

Sometimes, theatre can get Jewishness right

Music

Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 TV review: A Sixties dream turns into a Nineties nightmare

Netflix's portrayal of how an attempt to replay the famous festival three decades on is a detailed autopsy of the decline and fall of teenagekind

2 min read

August 19, 2022 11:44

Clusterf**k: Woodstock '99. XXX in Clusterf**k: Woodstock '99. Cr. Netflix © 2022

Obituary

Obituary: Paul Ginsborg

Historian who analysed changes in contemporary Italian society

4 min read

August 19, 2022 11:33

Film

‘I love playing villains; I try to understand them’ says actress Isabelle Fuhrman

The American reprises the shocking character of Esther, a young Estonian girl adopted by an American family, in prequel Orphan: First Kill

6 min read

August 19, 2022 11:32

‘I love playing villains; I try to understand them’ says actress Isabelle Fuhrman

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