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UAE

Israel and UAE set to announce free trade agreement worth hundreds of millions

It's the first free trade arrangement between Israel and an Arab state

1 min read

May 30, 2022 15:11

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (L) and Emirati Ambassador to Israel Mohamed al-Khaja shake hands at the new UAE embassy in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2021. - The United Arab Emirates opened its embassy in Israel, housed in Tel Aviv's new stock exchange building, in the latest step solidifying ties after a US-brokered normalisation deal last year. The venue in the heart of Israel's financial district highlighted the central role economic cooperation has played since UAE became only the third majority Arab nation to recognise the Jewish state. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Books

Selma's secrets: pretending to be a 'good Jew' and getting drunk on Seder wine

In an exclusive extract from her searingly honest memoir, ‘Mean Baby’, Hollywood star Selma Blair writes about her Jewish upbringing and school days — and how her path to alcoholism began on Seder night when she was seven years old

8 min read

May 19, 2022 09:53

Selma's secrets: pretending to be a 'good Jew' and getting drunk on Seder wine

Writing is a solitary endeavour - but the Emerging Writers’ Programme is like filling your room with friends

When I sent in my application, I thought: I am an academic. My destiny is to write obscure articles that have a readership of 10, max.

3 min read

April 6, 2022 10:54

Top view of the workspace and office of a female translator working on a document and checking some references

Ukraine

We used Chanukah candles to light the darkness in Mariupol siege

Some Jews have discovered their faith for the first time in their lives in the Ukrainian war

3 min read

June 23, 2022 10:22

We used Chanukah candles to light the darkness in Mariupol siege

Antisemitism

Pharmacist's comment blaming 'Tory Zionists' for Grenfell fire was antisemitic, regulator rules

Nazim Ali, managing partner of Chelsea Pharmacy Medical Clinic, was allowed to keep his job despite the controversial statement

3 min read

September 5, 2023 16:33

Pharmacist's comment blaming 'Tory Zionists' for Grenfell fire was antisemitic, regulator rules

Television

Dave season 2 TV Review: 'Modernising nebbishness and reveling in it'

The second series sees lil Dicky creatively blocked and pining for lost, authentic love

2 min read

June 1, 2022 11:54

Dave season 2 TV Review: 'Modernising nebbishness and reveling in it'

Golders Green

Division over mask-wearing helped lead to fallout at Bassous shul

Beth Din judgment lays bare the tensions inside Golders Green Sephardi congregation

2 min read

February 16, 2022 19:39

Division over mask-wearing helped lead to fallout at Bassous shul

Noa Kirel

Israel's Noa Kirel advances to Eurovision final

The singer from Ra'anana will face fellow Jewish entrant Mae Muller on Saturday

1 min read

May 10, 2023 09:21

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 08: Noa Kirel, representative for Israel, performs during the first dress rehearsal for Semi Final 1 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 at M&S Bank Arena on May 08, 2023 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Inquiry launched into charity running mosque whose manager shared 'Nazi Israel' clip

Charity Commission to investigate following concerns over social media activity

1 min read

January 6, 2022 13:49

Inquiry launched into charity running mosque whose manager shared 'Nazi Israel' clip

Reform Judaism

Reform shul locked out of premises on Shabbat finds an alfresco alternative

The Cornish Kehillat Kernow congregation moved its service to the garden of its chairman

1 min read

May 13, 2022 10:37

Reform shul locked out of premises on Shabbat finds an alfresco alternative

Travel

Magical Mogador

Step back in time in Essaouira to find a history of tolerance in the Moroccan port city

6 min read

July 30, 2023 17:30

Fishing boats and city wall of old city(Medina) of Essaouira, Morocco

Israel Hamas war 2023

'You're walking into Bergen Belsen': On the ground in Kfar Aza

The kibbutz near Gaza has become the scene of the conflict's deadliest massacre yet

3 min read

October 11, 2023 08:02

Israeli soldiers remove bodies of of Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ????? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ????? ????

Hijacked: Flight 73 review

Horrific tale of what happened when four armed Palestinians boarded a New York-bound Pan Am passenger jet at a Pakistan airport in 1986

2 min read

June 16, 2023 09:16

Picture released on September 6, 1986 of Pan Am Flight 73, after a 16-hour siege of the Boeing 747-121, hijacked on September 5, 1986, at Karachi airport, in Pakistan, by four armed men of the Abu Nidal Organization, as it headed out of Mumbai to Karachi en route to Frankfurt . (Photo credit should read KRAIPIT PHANVUT/AFP via Getty Images)

Welfare

Construction to begin on Jewish Blind & Disabled's £10 million Mill Hill development

The charity's eighth London area project will help to reduce a growing waiting list

2 min read

April 13, 2022 13:09

Construction to begin on Jewish Blind & Disabled's £10 million Mill Hill development

We stand with Israel and with the Jewish community here

The safety of the Jewish community in the UK is an absolute priority

2 min read

October 11, 2023 09:57

We stand with Israel and with the Jewish community here

Film

Creed 3 film review: Boxing gets boring in this rushed and predictable sequel

Another rematch in the pugilistic saga is one too many and feels like a chore

1 min read

March 2, 2023 17:48

Creed 3 film review: Boxing gets boring in this rushed and predictable sequel

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