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World Jewish Relief

UK community urged to support Ukraine’s Jews after deadliest month of war

Around 1,000 Jewish homes are in need of repair

2 min read

June 25, 2026 17:14

Ida Drobytko, a member of the Jewish community, displaced by Russian airstrikes (Photo: World Jewish Relief)

musical

Songs by the genius behind Rent get their day in the sun

Jonathan Larson died on the eve of his hit musical’s premiere. Broadway producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper is keeping his melodies alive

5 min read

June 25, 2026 17:06

The late Jonathan Larson outside the New York Theatre Workshop in 1986

Iran

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’

Reported ban announced by one elite faction sparks internal row, as other prominent figures vow revenge

2 min read

June 25, 2026 17:03

A woman holding the Iranian Flag on June 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Ex-Soas student accused of pro-Hamas speech says killing of Israeli civilians could be ‘justified’

Sarah Cotte said it was not her ‘role to impose conditions on the Palestinian people and their struggle’

2 min read

June 25, 2026 16:04

View of the Soas Building at the University of London (Getty Images)

Union of Jewish Students

New UJS president pledges to strengthen links outside Jewish community

Raphi Leon was speaking at the State of the Union event on Thursday morning

1 min read

June 25, 2026 16:00

Incoming UJS president Raphi Leon (left) and outgoing president Louis Danker (Photo: UJS)

Peace

UAE is safer for Jews than Britain, says Arab peace advocate

‘We are here to show the Jewish community you have friends in the Middle East,’ said Emirati influencer Amjad Taha during Golders Green solidarity visit

4 min read

June 25, 2026 15:54

Rabbi Doron Birnbaum (left) with Amjad Taha and local Jewish children in Golders Green, June 22, 2026 (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

Israel

Arab-Israeli girl's heart saves Jewish boy in Jerusalem

The surgeon who carried out the transplant said the successful transplant was ‘everything we had hoped for’, saying it carried additional poignancy after he lost his own son to the Gaza War

1 min read

June 25, 2026 15:50

Heart transplant recipient Rafael (Clalit Health Services/Schneider Children's Spokesperson's Office)

UJS

‘We’re at risk of talking ourselves out of Britain’ warns outgoing UJS president

Louis Danker was speaking at a breakfast in London to mark the end of his term in office

2 min read

June 25, 2026 15:44

Outgoing UJS president Louis Danker (right) with incoming UJS president Raphi Leon, in conversation with Kezzy Miller, co-president of Liverpool JSoc (Photo: UJS)

Earthquake

Israeli charities send rapid response teams to Venezuela after deadly earthquake

Aid being sent both to Jewish groups and the wider Venezuelan community

2 min read

June 25, 2026 15:38

Quake damage to the Hebreica community centre in Venezuela

US Politics

Mamdani-backed candidates achieve clean sweep in New York primaries

The candidates, many of whom are associated with the party’s hard left, will now take on Republican opponents at the midterms in the heavily blue state

1 min read

June 25, 2026 14:49