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Lapid tries to charm the world as West Bank burns

While the PM talked of a two-state solution at the UN, an Israeli raid on Jenin on Tuesday, in which at least four Palestinian militants were killed, was a reminder that Operation Breakwater is still ongoing

4 min read

September 29, 2022 12:24

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - MAY 06: Yesh Atid Party leader, Yair Lapid, speaks at a press conference on May 6, 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Lapid to form a new Israeli government after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Film

Film review: Smile: 'Fresh and original'

A filmmaker star is born

1 min read

September 29, 2022 12:24

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Sosie Bacon in a scene from "Smile." (Walter Thomson/Paramount Pictures)

Lapid came to America — and nobody noticed

An Israeli PM visiting is usually big news but Lapid slipped in and out of New York barely noticed by most in the US

2 min read

September 29, 2022 12:23

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a speech during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters on September 22, 2022 in New York City. After two years of holding the session virtually or in a hybrid format, 157 heads of state and representatives of government are expected to attend the General Assembly in person. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Theatre

Jews. In their own words Theatre review: 'Packs a hugely powerful punch'

This production undoubtedly represents a moment in the battle against Left-wing antisemitism

3 min read

September 29, 2022 12:07

Jews. In their own words Theatre review: 'Packs a hugely powerful punch'

Volodomyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky has been named 2022’s world’s most influential Jew

The Ukrainian president heads the list, with American writer Dara Horn and Israeli pop star Noa Kirel also named

1 min read

September 29, 2022 12:00

Volodymyr Zelensky has been named 2022’s world’s most influential Jew

Well done, Sir Keir, but there is much more to do

The JC Leader, 30 September 2022

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September 29, 2022 11:43

Well done, Sir Keir, but there is much more to do

The country now knows what makes Judaism special

The disruptions to normal life during the mourning period for the Queen were not an annoying by-product of mourning but the point of it, as is the case during the High Holy Days

3 min read

September 29, 2022 11:32

The country now knows what makes Judaism special

Israel

Israeli equality campaigner sets her sights on ‘gender-neutral Hebrew’

One of the nation's leading equality campaigners wants to abolish the male-female distinction in the language

2 min read

September 29, 2022 11:30

Israeli equality campaigner sets her sights on ‘gender-neutral Hebrew’

Of course! The Corbynites are the real victims of Labour antisemitism

Jewish Voice for Labour say they are being purged but their dangerous rhetoric leaks out into the wider culture and is absorbed by people more willing to use their fists

3 min read

September 29, 2022 11:30

Of course! The Corbynites are the real victims of Labour antisemitism

Technology

Travel in time back to Yom Kippur at the Great Synagogue of Aleppo - thanks to the modern miracle of virtual reality

A historic Syrian shul destroyed in 2016 has been re-created in a stunning exhibition at Jerusalem’s Israel Museum

3 min read

September 29, 2022 11:28

Travel in time back to Yom Kippur at the Great Synagogue of Aleppo - thanks to the modern miracle of virtual reality

Labour Party

Al Jazeera documentary met with outrage and threats of legal action

Luke Stanger, 26, claimed that allegations made against him in the programme by a former party official were so serious that they prompted threats against his family

3 min read

September 29, 2022 11:25

Al Jazeera documentary met with outrage and threats of legal action

Ukraine

Jewish charities join forces to sell works by Ukrainian artists to raise money for war-torn country

Works of art are being transported out of Ukraine to Poland by brave volunteers led by Alina Viatkina, 26, who fled her homeland after the Russian invasion

2 min read

September 29, 2022 10:24