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Jewish cemetery in Spain vandalised in ‘despicable antisemitic act of desecration’

Several headstones at the Jewish cemetery of Les Corts in Barcelona were found smashed at the weekend

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January 26, 2026 14:54

Damaged graves at the Jewish cemetery (Photo: Jewish Community of Barcelona)

Social Media

‘Ban social media for under 16s’ says leading campaigner

The proposed legislation was passed by the House of Lords last week

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January 26, 2026 14:11

Books

William Shakespeare was a ‘Jewish woman of north African descent’, new book claims

Emilia Bassano, England’s first published female poet, has long been associated with the Bard

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January 26, 2026 14:03

Historian Irene Coslet argues that Emilia Bassano was responsible for the plays attributed to Shakespeare (Image courtesy of Pen and Sword Books Ltd)

Hostages

IDF recovers body of final hostage Ran Gvili after 843 days

The discovery of the late police sergeant’s remains mean that, after more than two years, all of the hostages have been liberated from Hamas

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January 26, 2026 13:54

IDF soldiers recover the body of Ran Gvili, the final hostage, in Gaza City on January 26, 2026 (Telegram/AmitSegal)

Israeli Politics

Submarine affair enquiry finds ‘systemic failings’ that ‘endangered state security’

The procurement of German-made vessels under the previous Netanyahu-led government is at the centre of a major corruption probe

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January 26, 2026 13:02

Prime Minister Netanyahu emerges from a submarine during a visit to the military port of Haifa on November 17, 2009 (GPO)

Cheders

Attendance soars at United Synagogue chedarim

Hampstead Garden Suburb’s Aleph Centre even has waiting lists

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January 26, 2026 12:30

Aleph Centre year 6 packing gifts for Mitzvah Day

Football

‘My country is my pride’: Israeli footballer Tai Abed ‘turns down millions’ to play for UAE national side

Abed, 21, is one of Israeli football’s biggest rising stars

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January 26, 2026 12:05

Instead of joining Al Jazira, Abed made the move to Spanish top-tier club Levante for a fee of around €200,000 (Photo: Levante)

Hostages

IDF searching Gaza City cemetery for body of Ran Gvili

Israel has confirmed that the Rafah Crossing will be reopened when the final hostage’s remains are returned

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January 26, 2026 11:20

Why cutting military ties with Israel would cost British soldiers’ lives

Do not pretend that refusing to learn battlefield trauma lessons from the IDF is some noble stand. It is a luxury belief that would be paid for by 19-year-olds

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January 26, 2026 11:20

Israeli soldiers during a medical military training in Northern Galillee (Image: Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Israeli Politics

Coalition delays first reading of state budget amid Charedi draft row

The vote was scheduled for Monday but has now been pushed back until later in the week

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January 26, 2026 10:51

Coalition whip and Likud MK Ofir Katz leads a House committee meeting at the Knesset on December 1, 2025 (Flash90)

Jewish women

Why Orthodox communities can find room for a woman rabbi

The title ‘rabbi’ is different now to when it was used in the time of the sages, argues a graduate of a yeshivah that ordains women

4 min read

January 25, 2026 13:08

Antisemitism

Bury newspaper pulls social media posts because of flood of antisemitic comments

Comments that included Holocaust denial followed stories on a new mikvah and Shoah education

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January 25, 2026 12:29

Bury newspaper pulls social media posts because of flood of antisemitic comments

Hostages

Father concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage son

Liam Or as he was known in the hostage release campaign was actually Liam Or-Nassar from a mixed faith background

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January 25, 2026 11:38

In the hostage release campaign, Liam Or-Nassar (poster left) was referred to as Liam Or (photo: Getty Image)

Arts

Theatre reverses cancellation and apologises to Israeli comedian

Guy Hochman was asked to release a press statement condemning ‘genocide’ of Palestinians after violent threats to theatre

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January 25, 2026 11:05

Los Angeles, California, USA - April 30, 2016: The iconic Hollywood sign, originally Hollywoodland promoting a housing development in 1923, sits in Beachwood Canyon.

Holocaust survivors

Number of Shoah survivors drops below 200,000

Nearly 2,000 are aged 100 or over, according to new estimates from the Claims Conference

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January 25, 2026 10:44

Survivor Dr Lydia Tischler, who received an MBE earlier this month, here sitting for her bust by the sculptor Frances Segelman

Israel

Protests call for release of final hostage Ran Gvili

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner may pressure Israel to open the Rafah Crossing into Gaza

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January 25, 2026 10:12

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (l) shakes hands with Nickolay Mladenov, Bulgarian High Representative for Gaza (r) next to US businessman Jared Kushner at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. (Photo: Getty Images)

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