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Operation Roaring Lion

Taiwan donates £135,000 to Beit Shemesh after Iranian strike left nine dead

The money will be spent on immediate aid, including food packages and hygiene equipment

1 min read

March 5, 2026 12:11

Beit Shemesh after being hit by Iranian strike (Image: Jewish Agency for Israel)

Operation Roaring Lion

US releases footage of sinking of Iran’s ‘prize’ warship in Indian Ocean

More than 140 people are believed dead after the attack off the coast of Sri Lanka

1 min read

March 5, 2026 11:59

USA

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

Senators voted largely along party lines to give the Trump administration a broad mandate to continue striking the Islamic Republic

2 min read

March 5, 2026 11:49

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talks to reporters ahead of a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from continuing the military campaign against Iran (Getty Images)

Obituary

Billy Steinberg, visionary lyricist behind pop hits Like A Virgin and So Emotional, dies at 75

The Jewish songwriter’s collaboration with musician Tom Kelly led to more than 150 songs between 1981 and 1991

3 min read

March 5, 2026 10:55

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: Billy Steinberg performs onstage at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 42nd Annual Induction and Awards at The New York Marriott Marquis Hotel - Shubert Alley on June 16, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame)

Israeli Air Force

Watch: Israeli F-35 shoots down Iranian fighter jet over Tehran

The dogfight marked the first time an F-35 jet has ever downed a manned aircraft

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:46

Still image from combat footage released by the Israeli Air Force (Image: X/IAF)

Obituary

Margalit Oved

Radiant dancer and choreographer whose influential ‘bold modernist’ work was inspired by her Yemenite childhood

4 min read

March 5, 2026 10:41

sidrah

Shattered tablets: this week’s parashah, Ki Tissa

“He saw the calf and the dancing; Moses became enraged; and he hurled the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountai” Exodus. (32:19)

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:32

Moses about to smash the tablets, Rembrandt (Wikimedia Commons)

Calendar

Shabbat times from March 6 to March 13

Shabbat times for the week

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March 5, 2026 10:23

Operation Roaring Lion

Israeli embassies worldwide could be targeted over Operation Roaring Lion, Iran claims

Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi of Iran’s Armed Forces, said it would be in response to a possible Israeli strike on its Beirut embassy

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:23

Israeli embassy in London (Images: Getty Images)

Iran

Iran’s grand ayatollahs issue fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to avenge Khamenei’s death

Hossein Noori Hamedani and Naser Makarem Shirazi said it was a ‘religious duty’ to take revenge on ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:22

Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a press conference on May 10, 2024 (Getty Images)

Passover bakes

Bolo de Amêndoa – Portuguese almond cake

This gluten free Portuguese delight is perfect for Passover

March 5, 2026 09:24

Cook time: 35 minutes

Bolo de Amêndoa is a flourless Portuguese cake, which is perfect for Pesach (Picture: Trevennon Dakota-Levy)

Dessert

Muriel's bread pudding

A fantastic way to use up leftover challah before Pesach, this old school bake still hits the spot

March 5, 2026 09:20

Cook time: 75 – 90 minutes

Jewish food

‘As a boy I didn’t know bagels were Jewish! Now I make the best challah’

Cornish-born recipe developer and food photographer Trevennon Dakota-Levy shares how reconnecting with his Jewish identity informed his latest recipe book, Baketisserie

4 min read

March 5, 2026 09:12