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How Jewish refugees changed the face of British art for ever

A new exhibition shows the trailblazing work created at what was once one of the UK’s most prolific art colonies. Michele Goldsmith pops in

7 min read

October 23, 2026 10:36

Abbey treasures: (clockwise from left) Margret Kroch-Frishman; artists in the Abbey ground with Jean Renoir and Lotte Reiniger to the right and far right; Lotte Reiniger's silhouette of Prince of Achmed. Inset: Helen Grunwald's self-portrait (Credit: Ben Uri gallery, courtesy)

Ed Miliband

Miliband heads to Turkey for talks on Hormuz and Saudi Arabia

The foreign secretary is expected to call out the destabilising tactics of the Iranian regime, while calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict

1 min read

October 23, 2026 10:24

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband attends a panel discussion during the Warsaw Security Forum in Warsaw, Poland, on October 13, 2026 (Getty Images)

Terrorism

West Bank shooting was work of ‘Hamas terrorists,’ Netanyahu says

The prime minister pledged to ‘destroy’ the Hebron neighbourhood the gunmen came from and praise ‘heroic settlers’ as ‘a model for the people of Israel

2 min read

October 23, 2026 10:15

Israeli security personnel and ambulances at the scene of the shooting near the Yehuda Junction (Photo: JNS/Magen David Adom)

Etgar

The Etgar Quiz no 336

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test

1 min read

October 23, 2026 09:00

AIPAC

AIPAC halts candidate donations and endorsements just weeks out from US midterms

The group’s direct financial support of candidates had become a subject of controversy in recent campaigns, in part due to its support of Israel during the Gaza and Iran wars

2 min read

October 22, 2026 17:13

A visitor holds an Aipac folder in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 (Getty Images)

Israel

Israeli jets deployed to Iranian border amid fear of Houthi strikes

The US has also urged its diplomatic staff to evacuate Saudi Arabia as regional conflicts continue to simmer

2 min read

October 22, 2026 16:46

(Illustrative) Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies over the outskirts of Tel Aviv on March 20, 2026 (Getty Images)

Sidrah

The influence of teachers: this week’s parashah, Lech Lecha

“And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls they had formed in Haran, and they went to go to the land of Canaan” Genesis 12:5

1 min read

October 22, 2026 16:38

Ninety years after Cable Street, London’s mayor must use every power to keep Jews safe

More should be done to protect community from threat of extremists, urges prospective Conservative candidate

3 min read

October 22, 2026 16:08

Pro-Palestine demonstrators near Westminster on October 10, 2026 (Photo: Getty Images)

Film

Ali G: Who Iz I? review: ‘No greater display of chutzpah than Baron Cohen in full anarchic sail’ ★★★★

Viewers will be divided between those who laugh and those who want to leave, and those who belong to both camps

3 min read

October 22, 2026 16:04

Subtlety of a baseball bat: Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G (Credit: MGM Amazon Studios)

Germany

Germany summons Iranian envoy over plot to kill Jewish leader

Two men received prison sentences for plotting attacks on Josef Schuster and Volker Beck; the court found Iran recruited one of them.

1 min read

October 22, 2026 16:04

Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference on September 30, 2025 (Getty Images)

After October 7, we pledged that we will not be intimidated – and we will not be silenced

Three years on, Stop The Hate’s co-founder looks back on the darkest days in recent Jewish history and affirms the group’s pledge to the British community

5 min read

October 22, 2026 15:47