Search

Showing 4417 - 4432 of 115361

Hostages

The last hostage in Gaza: Israel pushes for return of Ran Gvili

Ran Gvili, who is believed to be dead, is credited with rescuing some 100 people on October 7 before he was abducted

1 min read

December 5, 2025 12:21

The family of Ran Gvili, who was captured on October 7, are desperate for his return (Photo: Courtesy of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Turkey

Turkish Jewish community welcomes new chief rabbi, David Sevi

Sevi has worked for decades to preserve the traditional customs of Turkey’s Jewish community

1 min read

December 5, 2025 10:46

Chief Rabbi David Sevi is expected to remain in post until at least 2032 (Photo: YouTube)

The libel of bleeding kids for matzos was a stroke of PR genius

At this year’s Ajax parade, the words, ‘in these days of rising anti-Semitism’, were spoken more times, I suspect, than at past events

4 min read

December 5, 2025 10:41

A mediaeval depiction of the William of Norwich blood libel (Image: Jonny Weinberg)

Kosher wine

An expert suggests the perfect wine pairings for Chanukah feasts

What goes best with doughnuts and other fried festive favourites?

2 min read

December 4, 2025 21:39

An expert suggests the perfect wine pairings for Chanukah feasts

Embrace a five-star history lesson that will keep Holocaust memories alive

Desperate Journey tells the extraordinary story of Freddie Knoller’s survival with the sense of entertainment needed to reach audiences of all ages

2 min read

December 4, 2025 20:06

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (left) as Freddie Knoller in new release Desperate Journey

Eurovision

Israel will sing at Eurovision 2026 after expulsion attempt fails

Ireland, Spain and Netherlands announce they are boycotting the song contest in Vienna next May in response to decision at meeting of European Broadcasting Union

1 min read

December 4, 2025 18:36

Israel's Yuval Raphael at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel last May (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)

BBC

BBC boss orders staff to undergo discrimination training with CST and Antisemitism Policy Trust

Email to employees from director general Tim Davie follows a wave of bias scandals

3 min read

December 4, 2025 18:23

The entrance of BBC Broadcasting House (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Books

How being Jewish shaped the career of a Seventies music superstar

This critical biography of Carole King pays close attention to her Jewishness and how, while lightly worn, it informed her life and work

1 min read

December 4, 2025 17:35

How being Jewish shaped the career of a Seventies music superstar

Ofcom

Ofcom urged to close YouTube loophole for channels pushing hate

Regulator says it cannot act over extremism on the channels because they stream online

3 min read

December 4, 2025 17:05

A Hamas spokesperson quoted by Al-Hiwar and pictured in CST's report on the channel (CST)

Crime

Man who sent ‘kill the Jews’ messages to MP jailed for eight weeks

Kevin Smith, 61, told a court he was drunk when he sent the messages to Jewish parliamentarian Alex Sobel

3 min read

December 4, 2025 16:31

Leeds Magistrates' Court (Image: Google)

The extremism I saw destroy Iran is taking root in Britain

I know what happens when intimidation smothers democracy and antisemitism rises. If we want our children to inherit the UK we love, we must act before the radicals rewrite it in their image

4 min read

December 4, 2025 16:26

Anti-Israel demonstrators protest in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024 (Image: Getty)

IDF

History is made as Israeli batteries are deployed to protect Germany from Russian missiles

Germany has received Israel’s Arrow system in the first tranche of a $4bn defence deal

2 min read

December 4, 2025 16:16

The flags of Israel and Germany fly in front of the Arrow 3 shield system at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde / Holzdorf, eastern Germany (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Theatre

Big laughs, bigger fangs – the reinvention of Dracula

Mock the Week and Whose Line is it Anyway? creator Dan Patterson on why he’s telling the horror novel through gags and…acapella

4 min read

December 4, 2025 16:04

Charity Commission

Charity Commission extends inquiry into Orthodox charities

The watchdog is investigating the cashing of cheques worth more than £20 million

1 min read

December 4, 2025 16:04

Turn up the Jewish music – it matters now more than ever

We can’t let the endless Oy Veys drown out the part of our identity that is joyous, creative and alive, which is why I agreed to become the chair of JMI

3 min read

December 4, 2025 14:46

Food

A century of Shabbat recipes from the JC – and now we’ve got a new cook book for your Friday night feasts

Food editor Victoria Prever compares the recipes of her predecessors Florence Greenburg and Evelyn Rose with the dishes she’s created in the JC’s new cookbook

5 min read

December 4, 2025 13:47

JC Food editors through the years (L-R) Florence Greenberg, Victoria Prever and Evelyn Rose

1...276 277 278...7211