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Obituary

Lord Triesman, Labour minister who exposed scandal in the football world, dies at 82

Student revolutionary from the ‘Class of 68’ turned Labour peer

6 min read

February 4, 2026 13:19

Lord Triesman, Labour minister who exposed scandal in the football world, dies at 82

Local councils

Gaza activist taking Greenwich Council to court claiming it unlawfully invested £60m in Israel

The campaigner is challenging local authority’s pensions investment policy

2 min read

February 4, 2026 13:19

Activist Lubna Speitan of the Greenwich Palestine Alliance (Credit: Instagram/Greenwich Palestine Alliance)

Jewish schools

First Jewish school to receive new-style Ofsted report comes out well

Strictly Orthodox primary, Pardes House, is pleased with its evaluation under ‘challenging’ new framework

1 min read

February 4, 2026 13:17

Maccabi GB

Longstanding Maccabi League chair David Wolff was a towering figure in Jewish sport

His influence on grassroots football spanned more than seven decades

2 min read

February 4, 2026 13:16

Palestine Action

Palestine Action activists found not guilty of burglary over Elbit break-in

The jury also reached incomplete or no verdicts on charges of criminal damage and violent disorder

2 min read

February 4, 2026 13:04

(Illustrative) A demonstrator holds a placard in Trafalgar Square during a protest in support of Palestine Action on October 4, 2025 in London, England (Getty Images)

Books

If you wanted something done in Jewish Europe 300 years ago, who did you ask?

The findings of this excellent work of scholarship will likely not surprise all readers of this newspaper...

3 min read

February 4, 2026 12:46

Leading the way: Kaplan and Carlebach's new book, and Jewish women dancing at the Jews' Infant School charity ball at Willis's Rooms in London in 1872

David Wolff

David Wolff, ever-present backbone of Jewish Sunday League football, passes away

Wolff served as the MGBSFL chairman for 56 years

3 min read

February 4, 2026 12:46

David Wolff, who will be much missed (Photo: MGBSFL/instagram)

Entertainment

Mark Ronson awarded outstanding contribution to music Brit in ‘most meaningful honour’ of his career

The record producer and performer will receive the accolade at this month’s Brit Awards

1 min read

February 4, 2026 12:42

Mark Ronson, pictured attending the 2024 Grammy Awards (Photo: Getty)

Movement for Progressive Judaism

Harlow and Chelmsford unite into new Progressive community

Progressive Judaism leaders hail a second congregational merger in days

1 min read

February 4, 2026 11:47

Joining together: Stan Keller, Rabbi Irit Shillor and Jon Kaye

Academia

Students and academic staff face purity test over views on Gaza, professor warns

Staff and students must refer to Gaza war as genocide or face repercussions and isolation, it was claimed at a JC panel discussion

2 min read

February 4, 2026 11:36

Michael Ben-Gad (centre) and Louis Danker in conversation with the JC (Photo: Ben Castiel)

CPS

We sit and listen to antisemitism being framed as ‘politics’, say Jewish members of CPS hate crime panels

Jews who take part in the consultation groups tell the JC say they feel marginalised

3 min read

February 4, 2026 11:29

Palestinian flags flown by outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, December 2025 (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

IDF

IDF appoints Ella Waweya as new Arabic-language spokesperson

The military’s highest-ranking female Muslim officer will replace Colonel Avichay Adraee, who retires after 20 years of service

1 min read

February 4, 2026 11:19

Major Ella Waweya, the IDF's new Arabic-language spokesperson (IDF)

Italy

Italian Senate panel backs draft bill to ban ‘antisemitic rallies’

The new law would make the IHRA definition of antisemitism binding for Italy's judiciary and law enforcement if passed

2 min read

February 4, 2026 11:05

The Italian Senate in Rome (Photo: Fratello Gracco via Wikimidia Commons)

Gaza

IDF launches Gaza strikes following Yellow Line terror shooting

A reservist was severely wounded when gunmen opened fire on a unit from the Alexandroni Brigade in violation of the ceasefire

1 min read

February 4, 2026 10:47

(Illustrative) The impact of an Israeli airstrike in the west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on January 31, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

US downs Iranian drone as Gulf tensions escalate

Iranian forces also attempted to seize an American-flagged oil tanker before being warned off by a warship

1 min read

February 4, 2026 10:35

An Iranian-made Shahed-136 'Kamikaze' drone flies over the sky of Kermanshah, Iran, on March 7, 2024 (Getty Images)

Britain is isolated in its failure to ban the IRGC – putting national security at risk

There should be little doubt that Iran’s future leaders will reward those who stood with the people against the tyrannical ayatollah and remember those who failed to act

4 min read

February 4, 2026 09:45

IRGC-Basij parade in Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

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