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Israel

‘Hamas shot me and left me for dead…now I’m running half marathons’

Yair Lifshitz went through gruelling rehab after being shot eight times in Gaza

4 min read

July 9, 2026 09:17

Running the Vienna half marathon (Photo: Yair Lifshitz)

Jewish Matchmaking

Why everything you think you know about dating is wrong, according to Netflix’s queen of matchmaking

When Cupid came to town, the woman behind the JC’s Blind Date column had to be there

4 min read

July 8, 2026 19:05

I'll bring the veil: Netflix star Aleeza Ben Shalom with singletons Amber and George (Photo: Gary Manhine)

Counter-terrorism

Leading charities ‘scrambled’ by Gaza warns anti-terror tsar Jonathan Hall

Government’s independent reviewer says major NGOs have abandoned civil liberty issues in favour of activism

3 min read

July 8, 2026 18:27

Pro-Palestine supporters wave flags and hold placards as they demonstrate at Piccadilly Circus in London on October 9, 2023. (Getty Images)

Counter-terrorism

‘Support for terrorism going unpunished’ shadow justice secretary warns as radical preacher escapes charges

Extremist who mourned Hezbollah ‘does not meet threshold for offences’ says security minister

2 min read

July 8, 2026 18:11

Makke and (above him) his admiring post about Hassan Nasrallah. Other images show scenes from his combat camp (Images: Instagram / YouTube screenshots)

Culture

‘This is a misstep’: Board criticises Prince Harry over appearance with controversial Misan Harriman

The Duke of Sussex and Southbank Centre chair meet at film premiere on Harry’s first night back in the UK

1 min read

July 8, 2026 18:02

Prince Harry arrives at Chatham House in central London on Tuesday to attend the fourteenth Invictus Games Foundation Conversation (Getty Images)

Blessings

The Wonder of Water

Continuing our series on counting our blessings

1 min read

July 8, 2026 17:46

Chabad

Taiwan opens first Jewish cemetery to honour dying man’s wish

Chabad’s Rabbi Shlomi Tabib said the cancer patients deathbed plea was a ‘wake up call’ for the local community

1 min read

July 8, 2026 16:29

Rabbi Shlomi Tabib leads the first burial service at Taiwan's new Jewish cemetery (Chabad.org)

In the Democratic Party, the socialist, antizionist tail is wagging an old dog

After the November midterms, a new generation raised on digitally-enhanced propaganda against America, Israel and the Jewish people will enter America’s halls of power

3 min read

July 8, 2026 16:17

Argentina

The Jewish superfan who created Argentina's famous football crest 50 years ago

‘It's a beautiful way to remember him,’ says ‘Toto’ Rud’s son Oliver

2 min read

July 8, 2026 16:01

Lionel Messi celebrates after the 3-2 victory over Egypt during the FIFA World Cup 2026, July 07, 2026 (Credit: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Iran

BBC deal with regime over Supreme Leader’s funeral coverage is ‘disgusting’, say expat Iranian staff

Journalists feel ‘betrayed’ by broadcaster over agreement not to air reports to people living in the Islamic Republic

6 min read

July 8, 2026 15:50

The BBC's Lyse Doucet covering the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (BBC News)

Theatre

Cyrano De Bergerac review: Adrian Lester’s Cyrano is bang on the nose ★★★★★

The actor gives a stunningly multi-layered performance in this triumphant revival

2 min read

July 8, 2026 15:27

Cyrano De Bergerac review: Adrian Lester’s Cyrano is bang on the nose ★★★★★

Kindertransport

Holocaust survivor discovers his long-lost barmitzvah Sefer Torah in Brondesbury Park Shul

Kurt Marx last read from the Sefer Torah in September 1938, just two months before Kristallnacht, when the scroll was saved from destruction in Cologne

3 min read

July 8, 2026 15:02