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Lag B’Omer chaos as Charedim break police blockade at Mount Meron

The latest unrest among the strictly-Orthodox community came after a disappointing IDF recruitment drive and continuing disputes over conscription from yeshivot

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May 5, 2026 15:10

Charedim remove a fence access the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, attempting to reach the Lag B'omer celebrations after the site was closed by police following Home Front Command restrictions, May 5, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli Politics

Smotrich claims forming government with Arab party was ‘greater calamity’ than October 7 failings

The finance minister suggested that politicians who went into coalition with the Ra’am party ‘sold the State of Israel to its enemies’

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May 5, 2026 14:32

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset on March 29, 2026 (Flash90)

Etgar

City of London retains coveted Etgar Israel Challenge title

The education charity works to deepen schoolchildren’s knowledge of Judaism and Israel

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May 5, 2026 14:31

The winning team from City of London School with their trophy. Eliav Morris and Aaron Coren are second and third from left (photo: Etgar)

Obituary

Belsen liberator Stanley Fisher dies aged 101

D-Day veteran Stanley marched across Europe during the Second World War as the only Jewish soldier in his unit

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May 5, 2026 14:29

Golders Green stabbing

Iranian regime celebrates stabbings of Jews in London as ‘revolutionary’ attack

Regime propaganda outlets revel in incident as making ‘the world unsafe’ for Jews

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May 5, 2026 14:20

A billboard featuring Iran's late supreme leaders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) next to newly elected supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Srinagar on April 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer takes aim at universities, charities and the arts at Downing Street antisemitism summit

The prime minister demanded that all of society join in the fight against antisemitism in Britain

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May 5, 2026 13:25

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a meeting with civic leaders to discuss tackling antisemitism at Downing Street on May 5, 2026 (Getty Images)

UJS

Where has anti-racist civil society gone when it comes to the fight against antisemitism?

‘There is legitimate criticism of the Israeli government, and then there is hateful incitement towards Israelis, Zionists, and Jews, here in Britain,’ the president of the Union of Jewish Students said in a speech in No10 Downing Street

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May 5, 2026 13:08

President of the Union of Jewish Students, Louis Danker, speaks during a meeting with civic leaders to discuss tackling antisemitism at Downing Street on May 5, 2026. (Image: Getty)

Zack Polanski

Polanski ‘endorsed conspiracy theories’ about Starmer being ‘paid’ by Israel

The Green Party leader appeared to back the claim that the prime minister is in hock to ‘Zionist philanthropists’

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May 5, 2026 12:17

Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives a speech to party supporters at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Cardiff, Wales, May 2, 2026 (Credit: Jon Rowley/Getty Images)

The moment requires whole nation to ask what is the future for Britain – together we can face down this hatred

As rabbis taught, just a small amount of light can expel the darkness, but robust action must be taken now

4 min read

May 5, 2026 12:13

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) sits with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (R) and Kenton Rabbi Yehuda Black (L) during a visit to Kenton United Synagogue, which was recently the target of an attempted arson (Image: Getty)

Cowardice led people to go along with a small, organised mob stirring up hatred against Jews

It’s not the level of antisemitism as such that is so astonishing but how quickly the rest of the country cooperated with it. But if collaboration is the mechanism, then refusing to collaborate is the answer

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May 5, 2026 11:54

A police cordon in the Golders Green neighbourhood following a stabbing attack on April 29, 2026 (Image: Getty)

Iran

US destroys six Iranian ships during ‘humanitarian mission’ to reopen Strait of Hormuz

An Israeli source told the JC that the IDF is ‘monitoring the situation and on alert’ after Iran fired a flurry of drones and missiles at the UAE

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May 5, 2026 11:48

Guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney observes a merchant vessel while on patrol enforcing the US blockade against Iran (Centcom)

Golders Green stabbing

‘I wanted to save a life’, says Iranian-born hero who blocked Golders Green attacker

Ashkan Asadian used a shopping trolley to prevent the knifeman from stabbing more victims

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May 5, 2026 11:30

charedim

Erica Marks appointed new CEO of Mavar

Charity helps members of Charedi community looking for new opportunities

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May 5, 2026 11:27

arson attacks

Counter Terror Police investigate ‘arson’ at former synagogue

Blaze at former East London Central Synagogue treated in connection with spate of recent attacks

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May 5, 2026 11:17

Exterior view of the former building of East London Central Synagogue (Google)

Golders Green

Two arrested over ‘arson’ at Golders Green memorial wall

The alleged attack took place just days before two Jewish men were stabbed nearby, and close to the scene of another incident targeting Hatzola ambulances

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May 5, 2026 10:57

A Met Police car in London (Getty Images)

Expecting ‘anti-racists’ to police anti-Israel hate marches they themselves organise is dangerously naive

If you turned up at a protest and were shocked to discover that, say, ten per cent of your fellow protesters were carrying antisemitic banners or chanting such slogans, would you stay?

4 min read

May 4, 2026 13:44

Protesters march along Whitehall, London (Image: Getty)

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