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Jewish Women's Aid

Misogyny often starts online. We can no longer afford to ignore it

Jewish Women’s Aid works with young people to prevent the normalisation of toxic behaviour before it escalates

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February 12, 2026 12:54

Young people can be easily influenced by toxic language and behaviour they see online (Photo: Getty)

Sidrah

The blood of the covenant: this week’s parashah, Mishpatim

“Moses took half the blood…” (Exodus 24:7)

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February 12, 2026 12:50

Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness (The Bible and Its Story/Wikimedia Commons)

Calendar

Shabbat times from February 13 to February 20

Shabbat times for the week

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February 12, 2026 12:26

Shabbat times from February 13 to February 20

The man who personally saved the lives of 1,000 musicians

Bronislaw Huberman was an infant prodigy who, by the time he was 12, had played Brahms on his violin… er… to Brahms.

4 min read

February 12, 2026 11:11

Arturo Toscanini and Bronislaw Huberman after the 1936 inaugural concert of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, later renamed Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Immanuel College

Teacher loses unfair dismissal claim against Immanuel College over ‘inappropriate messages’ with students

Former head of French Sarah Perlberg had taken the school to an employment tribunal

1 min read

February 12, 2026 10:54

Bondi Beach terror attack

‘Modern antisemitism strikes on our ability to live openly as Jews’

These remarks were delivered by the attorney general to the Great Synagogue in Sydney during his visit to Australia, where he paid tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack

5 min read

February 12, 2026 10:28

Attorney General Richard Hermer KC pays his respects at the memorial at Bondi Beach (Image: AGO/X).

Iran

Trump ‘insisted’ Iran talks continue in White House meeting with Netanyahu

The US president said he held out hope that a diplomatic deal with the Islamic regime could be ‘consummated’

1 min read

February 12, 2026 10:05

President Trump meets Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House on February 11, 2026 (GPO)

Online hate

Exclusive: Reddit hosting flood of antisemitism disguised as memes

Online Safety Act must be overhauled to combat hate content in mainstream social media, warns Antisemitism Policy Trust

5 min read

February 12, 2026 09:58

Anti-Jewish propaganda shared for people 'in the know' is spreading from smaller online platforms to the largest sites without being detected by moderators, a new report from the Antisemitism Policy Trust and Mozaika has found (APT)

To shut down this pipeline of hate flowing into UK society, we must follow it to its source

Anitsemitism Policy Trust chief executive Danny Stone has a plan to stop the surge in vile racism online

2 min read

February 12, 2026 09:57

Nazi iconography is another key characteristic of the memes (APT)

Israel

Almost a quarter of Israelis will be Charedi by 2050, new study finds

The Israel Democracy Institute’s report suggested that changing demographics and a lack of Charedi integration could cause a drop of 10 per cent in GDP per capita

1 min read

February 12, 2026 06:24

Charedi Jews from the Belz Chasidic dynasty celebrate Tu Bishvat in Jerusalem, on February 2, 2026 (Flash90)

Iran

Did the UN Secretary-General just say ‘happy birthday’ to the Iranian dictatorship?

Iranian state news agency reports letter of ‘congratulations’ from Guterres

1 min read

February 11, 2026 18:20

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Credit: Getty)

Epstein apologies expose the modern ‘sorry’: late, lawyered and empty

The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote that ‘teshuva, often translated as ‘repentance’, actually means ‘return’. Not merely a performance of regret, but a recommitting to our innate integrity

3 min read

February 11, 2026 17:59

A protest group called "Hot Mess" hold up signs of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the Federal courthouse on July 8, 2019 in New York City. (Image: Getty)

‘City Action 4 Palestine’ is trying to cancel us. Our response is Jewish pride

This vocal but very small bunch of harassers can yell into the void all they like. We refuse to be intimidated and we won’t let them define our experience

2 min read

February 11, 2026 17:21