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Emily Thornberry visits Israel

Her schedule included a series of meetings with senior Israeli Labour Party MKs and a wreath-laying at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.

Will Smith visits Western Wall

The actor took a guided tour of the Old City

Oxford graduate named best young cartoonist

Ella Baron's satirical sketches caught the eyes of the UK's top cartoonists

Dodging the pests at the JC

Gloria Tessler recalls life at the JC in the 70s when "so many editors were lunging, touching and smooching"

All our yesterdays, captured on camera

Julia Wagner reports on a new online Jewish film archive

BEN / STEPHEN - This is that sidebar for Sunday, if you need it

Theatre review: The Retreat

Lack of back story makes for a disappointing comedy, says John Nathan

Dance review: Triple Bill and Aladdin

Joy Sable enjoys a triple bill at the Royal Opera House and a sparkling production of Aladdin

A proxy war devouring the Middle East

Lebanon is the next act in Saudi Arabia and Iran's conflict by proxy

On screen: black forest gâteau and mayonnaise

The UK International Jewish Film Festival opens next week and, as you’d expect from a selection of Jewish films, a certain amount of on-screen eating goes on. Here are my three picks for foodie filmgoers.

A beating heart

"I grew up amidst hearts. Occasionally they even appeared in the family fridge."

Israeli media boss steps aside over rape allegations

Alex Gilady, who is also Israel's IOC member, is accused of sexual misconduct by four women

Shul reopens in Marc Chagall’s homeland

Jewish community in city of Vitebsk open synagogue in painter's childhood home

Charity plays cupid

North London couple got to know one another through a very different first date

Sylka's wartime diary

On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Nadine Wojakovski tells the story of a young girl's diary of survival

Mend is a cause for alarm — here’s why

The group which promotes itself as a force against anti-Muslim hatred has been described as harbouring “Islamists masquerading as civil libertarians”