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Israel's former UN ambassador tells of the hostility he faced every day at the global organisation's HQ

Danny Danon spoke in candid terms about his experience as the Permanent Representative to the UN until 2020

3 min read

June 1, 2022 13:21

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 24: Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN Headquarters, July 24, 2018 in New York City. The Security Council discussed the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Russia’s imperialist crimes are all foretold in the Hebrew Bible

The brutal approach of Putin’s army in Ukraine contains echoes of ancient empires, such as the Assyrians and Babylonians

5 min read

June 1, 2022 13:19

Woodcut of a war scene with chariots and one of paying tribute from the bronze plates on the Balawat Gates. Commissioned by the Assryian king Ashurnasirpal II. Presently in the Museum. In Springer, Anton, 1888, History of Art Picture Sheets, concise edition (new, completely reworked, systematically ordered edition) - Atlas of the basics of art history from antiquity to the end of the 18th century

Platinum Jubilee

We should thank our longest-serving monarch for this nation’s stability

Keith Black pays tribute to HM the Queen on her Platinum Jubilee

2 min read

June 1, 2022 13:18

LONDON - FEBRUARY 29: Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she opens the refurbished East Wing of Somerset House, on February 29, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Eddie Mulholland - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Why are Jews left to fight antisemitism alone?

Anti-Jewish racism is a symptom of a growing rot that will affect the whole of society in time

3 min read

June 1, 2022 13:14

Television

Dave season 2 TV Review: 'Modernising nebbishness and reveling in it'

The second series sees lil Dicky creatively blocked and pining for lost, authentic love

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June 1, 2022 12:54

Dave season 2 TV Review: 'Modernising nebbishness and reveling in it'

USA

Americans have always loved righteous violence, and many of them still believe in its healing properties

It is hard not to see a connection between the speed they mobilise for war abroad and their tolerance for military-grade violence at home

3 min read

June 1, 2022 11:38

UVALDE, TEXAS - MAY 26: Law enforcement officers stand looking at a memorial following a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. According to reports, 19 students and 2 adults were killed, with the gunman fatally shot by law enforcement. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Free spirits

Designers are exploring new forms and finishes, in delightfully daring ways

3 min read

June 1, 2022 11:33

Family Matters

Family matters: What to do if your friends or family act like Johnny and Amber

Even for mildly interested spectators, it is disorientating how polarised the stories have become

3 min read

June 1, 2022 11:29

TOPSHOT - US actors Amber Heard (L) and Johnny Depp watch as the jury leaves the courtroom at the end of the day at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, May 16, 2022. - US actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Photo by Steve Helber / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Environmental

Shock as site of Jewish educational farm and guest house Sadeh is put up for sale

Sadeh says the decision by the Jewish Youth Trust is 'a shame and a bit of a surprise'. The Chief Rabbi has praised Sadeh as 'a fantastic model we can all learn from'

2 min read

June 1, 2022 11:25

Shock as site of Jewish educational farm and guest house Sadeh is put up for sale

Naftali Bennett is about to mark his first year as PM - will it be his last?

The precariousness of his position is not his fault - this was the only government he and Yair Lapid could cobble together in the current Knesset

5 min read

June 1, 2022 11:18

Israel

Syrian refugees have fresh, clean water thanks to Israel invention

The mobile plants can produce up to 6,000 litres a day,

2 min read

June 1, 2022 11:14

Israel

Expat Brits bring out the bunting in Israel to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee

Britons in Israel are preparing for a right old jolly knees-up to celebrate the British monarch's milestone

3 min read

June 1, 2022 10:57

Expat Brits bring out the bunting in Israel to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee

Television

Axe falls on charity which gave millions to TV channel that called Jews ‘cursed’ and ‘a cancer’

Peace TV, which has has repeatedly been condemned by Ofcom for broadcasting hate speech, is to be immediately dissolved on the orders of the Charity Commission

2 min read

June 1, 2022 10:56

Axe falls on charity which gave millions to TV channel that called Jews ‘cursed’ and ‘a cancer’

Jubilee

Dame Maureen's portrait tribute to the Queen

'She’s not a figurehead, not to me, not from what I’ve seen. She’s a key worker... and we should go out there every Wednesday night and clap,' Dame Maureen told The JC

3 min read

June 1, 2022 10:48