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Basketball superstar Deni Avdija becomes first Israeli selected for NBA All-Star Game

The Portland Trail Blazers’ small forward finished ahead of legends like LeBron James in the fan ballot to cement his status as one of the top 24 players in the world today

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February 2, 2026 11:54

Deni Avdija of the Portland Trail Blazers warms up before the game against the New York Knicks at Moda Center on January 11, 2026 in Portland, Oregon (Getty Images)

UAE

UAE reportedly poised to take over control of civil administration in Gaza

Israel is understood to back the scheme, which will see it supply all imported goods to the Strip under the new government

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February 2, 2026 11:23

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting with US President Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on September 23, 2024 (Getty Images)

House of Lords

Orthodox peer forced to leave assisted dying debate scheduled for Shabbat

Conservative Lord Polak said: ‘I said it would be a problem for Orthodox and observant peers because of Shabbat times in winter’

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February 2, 2026 10:53

Israeli Politics

Hostage families call for chief negotiator to resign after claiming pro-deal protests ‘helped Hamas’

Gal Hirsch claimed that the weekly protests in Tel Aviv ‘amplified’ the terror group’s propaganda and contributed to delays in peace talks

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February 2, 2026 10:42

Gal Hirsch, coordinator for the hostages and the missing in the Prime Minister's Office, during a press conferene in Jerusalem on January 27, 2026 (Flash90)

Travel

In praise of Prague

Visit the Czech capital and step back in time to when there was a thriving Jewish community that built beautiful synagogues

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February 1, 2026 20:30

The richly decorated Spanish Synagogue bears Magen David motifs, which Czech Jews were the first in the world to adopt as their personal symbol in 1358 (Photo: Dana Cabanova)

Music

Haim could become first all-female band to win rock album prize at Grammys

The Jewish sisters are also the first all-female band to receive a nomination for the award with their album I Quit

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February 1, 2026 17:11

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 13: (L-R) Danielle Haim, Alana Haim and Este Haim of HAIM attend An Evening With HAIM at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on October 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Jewish children's books

What’s the difference between an emigrant and an immigrant?

Our critic rounds up the best new titles for young readers, from science and fairy tales to discussion-starters

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February 1, 2026 14:56

What’s the difference between an emigrant and an immigrant?

Israeli Tech

Apple announces acquisition of Israeli AI startup

It is believed to be the tech giant’s second largest bid to date

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February 1, 2026 12:46

Apple has acquired the Israeli tech company Q.ai (Getty Images)

Israel-Gaza Conflict

Rafah Crossing to reopen

Around 150 people will be allowed to leave Gaza every day

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February 1, 2026 12:40

Trial opening of Rafah Crossing taking place on Sunday, February 1, with a view to it reopening on Monday, February 2 (Photo: Getty)

Music

Italian venue cancels American metal band’s performance after frontman asks to remove Palestinian flag

Dylan Carlson of Earth requested that a flag be taken offstage before his performance last week at the Bologna venue TPO

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February 1, 2026 11:36

Earth's Dylan Carlson, front, and Adrienne Davis. (Photo: Takahiro Kyono via Wikimedia)

Pro-Palestine marches

Fifteen arrested at pro-Palestine march in central London

There were calls to ‘globalise the intifada’ and images of the ayatollah were on display

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February 1, 2026 11:16

Pro-Palestine marchers in central London on January 31 in front of large screens set up by counter-protesters Stop the Hate, depicting footage from October 7 and brutal clampdowns on women and dissidents in Iran (Photo: Elliott Franks)

Green Party

Green candidate for Gorton and Denton by-election appears to compare Gaza War to Holocaust

Hannah Spencer seemed to suggest in a 2025 tweet, posted the day after Holocaust Memorial Day, that the message of ‘Never Again’ was incompatible with British arms exports to Israel

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January 30, 2026 17:07

Green Party's Gorton and Denton By-election Candidate Hannah Spencer makes a speech on January 30 (Photo by Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images)

Scotland

Artwork unveiled for mural to honour ‘heroic’ Scot who refused to abandon Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest

The mural commemorates the bravery of Jane Haining, who died in Auschwitz

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January 30, 2026 17:00

The artwork for the mural in Paisley being painted to commemorate Jane Haining (inset)

After Bondi, I understood the dancing at Jewish weddings with new depth

It is a ‘Vihi she’amda’ – not in words but in movement. ‘In every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One saves us from their hands’

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January 30, 2026 16:51

Schools

Education sector failing to recognise antisemitism when ‘cloaked in activism’, says former Ofsted chief

Remarks come days after watchdog cleared school that blocked a visit from pro-Israel MP Damien Egan

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January 30, 2026 16:41

Former Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman (Photo by Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

The dangerous erasure of Jews from the Holocaust

Every time that the memory of the Shoah is distorted, it is an insult to victims and survivors, and makes it ever harder to combat rising antisemitism

3 min read

January 30, 2026 15:35

Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto heroes (Image: Getty)

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