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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu says he will not retire from politics if granted a pardon in corruption trial

The Israeli PM also said he would not be open to a plea bargain

1 min read

December 8, 2025 11:03

Netanyahu made the comments to a reporter as he met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left (Photo: Getty)

Hostages

Hostage families demand final body be returned to Israel before stage two of peace plan

Ran Gvili, 24, is credited with saving some 100 people on October 7 before being snatched into Gaza

1 min read

December 8, 2025 10:37

Ran Gvili's is the final body being held in Gaza by Hamas

Light and laughter will overcome the darkness this Chanukah

Jewish Leadership Council interim CEO invites community and allies to stand together in proud celebration of Jewish life for the festival

2 min read

December 7, 2025 17:38

Chanukah

Air traffic control lets super-bright menorah beams light up sky over Trafalgar Square

JLC gets permission from Civil Aviation Authority for rays reaching hundreds of metres up to celebrate Channukah

1 min read

December 7, 2025 17:12

Benjamin Netanyahu

German Chancellor pledges to keep memory of Holocaust victims alive on visit to Yad Vashem

Friedrich Merz reaffirms modern Germany’s commitment to the Jewish state on first visit to Israel by European leader since Gaza ceasefire

2 min read

December 7, 2025 14:06

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 7, 2025. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Maccabi Tel Aviv

West Midlands Police roll back on suggestion Jewish community backed Maccabi ban

Calls for senior officers to go back before MPs after misleading responses to Home Affairs Select Committee

1 min read

December 7, 2025 13:09

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at the Ajax Amsterdam stadium on November 7, 2024 (Photo by ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Architecture

Architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96

Celebrated designer of Gugghenheim Museum Bilbao who was born Ephraim Goldberg to a Jewish family in Toronto

3 min read

December 7, 2025 11:46

Frank Gehry in 2021 (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Israel

Survivors of sexual assault in war given voice safely by Israeli tech

Avatars created using artificial intelligence allow testimony from conflict zones to be shared worldwide, thanks to Tel Aviv consultancy

2 min read

December 7, 2025 10:54

Refugee camp in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, where conflict-related sexual violence is rife (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Green Party

Green Party leader rebuked for claiming Chief Rabbi doesn’t represent UK Jews on Israel

Zack Polanski says left-wing group Breaking the Silence shifted his views on the Jewish state

3 min read

December 5, 2025 15:58

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (Image: YouTube/The Rest is Politics).

Chai Cancer Care

Chai Cancer Care announces 40 per cent increase in demand for services

The charity will be holding a matched fundraiser on Sunday and Monday

3 min read

December 5, 2025 15:39

Amir and Jennifer Lass. Amir used the services of Chai Cancer Care (Photo: courtesy)

Terrorism

Man charged with helping Manchester synagogue attacker scout defence site

Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, accused of driving Jihad al-Shamie to the UK Defence Academy for a hostile reconnaissance mission

1 min read

December 5, 2025 14:25

Vigil at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue on October 09, 2025 in Manchester (Image: Getty)

Books

‘He was one of the most remarkable writers who ever lived’

Called a ‘Polish Franz Kafka’ by Bashevis Singer, Bruno Schulz wrote two books of short stories before he shot dead by an SS officer in 1942. Now the Pushkin Press has released a new anthology of his work

2 min read

December 5, 2025 13:33

Virtuoso of Polish fiction: Bruno Schulz and the Pushkin Press edition of some his most famous stories

Antisemitism

Charedi councillor accuses Met of ‘two-tier’ policing after third antisemitic incident in three months

Mark Grosskopf, a councillor for South Tottenham, says repeated street abuse has left him anxious and questioning his safety

2 min read

December 5, 2025 13:31

Tottenham Town Hall (Credit: Google Earth)

Iran

Iran accused of blackmailing Thailand to order farm workers home in exchange for hostages

The country is said to have put Thailand under intense pressure to withdraw tends of thousands of workers in an effort to cause a food production crisis in Israel

1 min read

December 5, 2025 13:23