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When I had my abortion in America, it was a profoundly Jewish decision

We Jews have a strikingly practical approach to life

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June 30, 2022 11:15

A supporter of pro-choise holds a sign reading "My Uterus My Right" as activists protest outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center after the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in St. Louis, Missouri on June 24, 2022. - The US Supreme Court on Friday struck down the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shredded five decades of constitutional protections and prompted several right-leaning states to impose immediate bans on the procedure. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Lecturer who cleared colleague of Jew hate linked Zionism with the Nazis

Calls for Warwick University to reopen Virinder Kalra’s investigation into fellow sociologist Goldie Osuri’s comments

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June 30, 2022 11:13

Lecturer who cleared colleague of Jew hate linked Zionism with the Nazis

Antisemitism

Web platform targeting leading Jews ‘is digital Protocols of Elders of Zion’

Project Nemesis uses elaborate precautions to prevent its creators from being identified

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June 30, 2022 11:04

Web platform targeting leading Jews ‘is digital Protocols of Elders of Zion’

Ukraine

An Exodus for our times – the Jews fleeing Ukraine for Israel

BBC presenter Tim Samuels hears refugees’ powerful stories and sees what awaits them in their new home

5 min read

June 30, 2022 10:53

Israeli and ukrainian refugees arriving from Ukraine on a rescue flight are welcomed at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ñèåãðèéí àå÷øàéðä ùãä úòåôä áï âåøéåï úì àáéá éùøàì

Antisemitism

Jewish footballers aged seven taunted by opponents with ‘gas chamber’ hissing sounds

Former Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers urges football authorities to enforce “zero tolerance” on antisemitism

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June 30, 2022 10:34

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: Two football players attempt to take the goal net down after their match at Hackney Marshes on March 18, 2012 in London, England. Hackney Marshes in east London has been hosting Sunday league football since 1947 where the Hackney & Leyton Sunday League began. Then many other north London teams soon joined and are still competing to this day. At one point there were as many as 120 pitches lined side by side. Played on Sunday mornings throughout the season its amateur football at its best. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Germany

Manhunt for ‘many dozens’ of surviving Nazi criminals

Simon Wiesenthal Center in search for remaining Holocaust perpetrators after ex-SS guard aged 101 is convicted

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June 30, 2022 10:22

Former Nazi concentration camp guard Josef Schuetz hides his face behind a folder as he arrives on June 28, 2022 at a gym used as a makeshift courtroom in Brandenburg an der Havel, eastern Germany, where his verdict was spoken. - The court gave its verdict in the trial of the 101-year-old man, the oldest person so far to be charged with complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. Josef Schuetz, accused of being complicit in the murder of 3,518 Soviet prisoners of war at the concentration camp Sachsenhausen during World War II, was sentenced to five years in prison. (Photo by Adam BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADAM BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish Comedy

Tova Leigh: Confessions of a mum who has ditched the guilt

This comic isn't afraid to tell the truth about motherhood

5 min read

June 30, 2022 10:08

Tova Leigh: Confessions of a mum who has ditched the guilt

Jewish Comedy

Hot wheels: why comic Aaron Simmonds is on a roll

Being disabled and Jewish gives Aaron Simmonds plenty of material for his award-winning comedy routines

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June 30, 2022 09:44

Hot wheels: why comic Aaron Simmonds is on a roll

Elie Wiesel understood the power of silence

The Nobel Prize winner died six years ago this week

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June 30, 2022 09:21

Elie Wiesel understood the power of silence

Vatican

How the pope failed the Jews in the Holocaust

A new book sets out damning evidence about the conduct of Pope Pius XII during the Second World War

4 min read

June 30, 2022 09:06

18th March 1939: Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII (1876 - 1958) on the papal throne. (Photo by G. Felici/Keystone/Getty Images)

Israeli Politics

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett announces he won't run in upcoming election

The former entrepreneur has been Prime Minister for just over a year

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June 29, 2022 17:37

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett announces he won't run in upcoming election

BDS

Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever reach agreement to end West Bank boycott

The ice cream will continue to be sold across Israel and the West Bank, undoing an earlier decision

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June 29, 2022 15:28

Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever reach agreement to end West Bank boycott

Film

Woody Allen confirms new film to shoot in Paris, but 'thrill' of directing is gone

The controversial Jewish filmmaker will film his 50th film in the French capital

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June 29, 2022 13:44

Woody Allen confirms new film to shoot in Paris, but 'thrill' of directing is gone

In the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision, Jews need to remember our duty to the vulnerable

Already disadvantaged women will suffer the most from abortion bans

2 min read

June 29, 2022 12:07

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 17: A protester carries a sign as they attend the "Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice" rally at Union Square near the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The rally, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women, is taking place more than two weeks since the leaked draft of the Supreme Court's potential decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

While there is some Jewish disagreement on abortion, it is a duty if the mother's life is at risk

Most rabbis realise the importance of protecting the life of a mother

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June 29, 2022 11:49

While there is some Jewish disagreement on abortion, it is a duty if the mother's life is at risk

Maccabiah Games

Team Russia no longer competing in Tel Aviv Maccabiah Games

Athletes from Russia and Belarus who have made Aliyah to Israel will still be able to compete under a special flag

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June 29, 2022 11:01

The Russian delegation take part in the opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem. Thousands of competitors from all over the world will take part in the 20th Maccabiah Games, dubbed the 'Jewish Olympics'. July 06, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** îëáéä àöèãéåï èãé çâéâé çåââéí ñôåøè éäåãé éäåãéí îùç÷é îëáéä ä 20 èåø÷éä

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