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‘I’m half-Jewish and half-Irish – this is how I see the Ireland of today’

Amid rising antisemitism in the Emerald Isle, my biography – the exact same as James Joyce’s Leopold Bloom – is causing me more than a few headaches

6 min read

July 17, 2025 13:45

An anti-Israel rally in Dublin last month

Russia

Century-old siddur found during preservation of Siberian synagogue

The wooden prayer hall was erected in Tomsk by Jews who'd been taken as children and forcefully conscripted to the Tsar’s army for 20 years.

1 min read

July 17, 2025 13:40

Workers preserving the Soldiers' Synagogue in Tomsk, Siberia discovered a century-old siddur hidden in the attic (Image: Canaan Lidor)

FABAA

Paws and Palwins: fashion insiders and their pampered pooches gather for kiddush in Freud’s garden

Guests feasted on heart-shaped challah and pistachio rugelach, while their four-legged friends played with bespoke blue “matzo balls”

2 min read

July 17, 2025 13:38

Paws and Palwins: (right) Pini Brown makes bracha over heart-shaped challah, (left) DJ, writer and curator Martin Green and photography consultant Susie Babchick with her dog, Jeanie Jean (Image: FABAA)

Antisemitism

Islamic radio station that said Jews ‘kill prophets’ accuses Ofcom of ‘Islamophobia’

Salaam BCR broadcast a speech by a radical imam declaring Jews ‘the biggest enemies of humanity’ less than two weeks after the October 7 massacres

1 min read

July 17, 2025 13:10

An Islamic radio station was fined by Ofcom after broadcasting an antisemitic sermon from Pakistani imam Shuja Uddin Sheikh (Image: YouTube/@ShujaUddinSheikh)

The UN’s anti-Israel inquisition is falling apart – finally

All three commissioners of the UNHRC’s “permanent inquiry” into Israel have abruptly quit after their colleague Albanese was hit with UN sanctions. If it was so easy to get rid of them, why wasn’t action taken sooner?

3 min read

July 17, 2025 12:52

Navi Pillay, former chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory in Geneva, on June 18, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Theatre

That Bastard, Puccini! review: ‘grips from start to finish’★★★★★

James Inverne takes a forgotten piece of operatic history and turns it into an engrossing piece of theatre. You’ll love it even if you know nowt about Puccini

2 min read

July 17, 2025 12:49

Alasdair Buch, Lisa-Anne Wood and Sebastien Torkia on stage in That Bastard, Puccini! (Photo: David Monteith-Hodge)

Hamas

Leaked recording shows BBC News CEO defending ‘inaccurate’ Gaza documentary

Deborah Turness appeared to attempt to draw a distinction between Hamas’ military and political wings after it emerged that the film’s narrator was the son of an official in the terror group’s government in Gaza

1 min read

July 17, 2025 12:34

The CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, was recorded defending the corporation's controversial documentary on Gaza, despite its own head of complaints ruling that the film violated accuracy rules (Image: Getty)

Scotland

Three women arrested after van rammed into fence of Israeli-linked defence firm

Police confirmed the trio were detained under the Terrorism Act 2000 following the attempted attack on major aerospace company Leonardo

1 min read

July 17, 2025 12:33

Three women have been arrested following a van ramming attack at a plant owned by an Israeli-linked defence firm (Image: X/@Osinttechnical)

music

Saul Milton: ‘What better way to be proud to be Jewish but to wear big chais with diamonds’

The drum ‘n’ bass artist talks to Elisa Bray about the enduring success of Chase and Status

5 min read

July 17, 2025 11:50

Saul Milton of Chase and Status wearing his diamond chai at the BRIT Awards

Israel is arming the full spectrum of anti-Hamas resistance in Gaza – and the terror group looks rattled

Israel is coordinating with clans in Gaza City and Khan Yunis, as well as the militia led by Yasser Abu Shabab

4 min read

July 17, 2025 11:19

Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025. Photo by Khalil Kahlout/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חרבות ברזל הפסקת אש הלוויה חמאס חמושים

Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn launches ‘Gaza Tribunal’ into ‘genocide’ after full public inquiry denied

The former Labour leader claimed the event in September would ‘uncover the truth’ about the UK’s ‘complicity in the Gaza genocide’

1 min read

July 17, 2025 10:58

Jeremy Corbyn has announced the creation of a new 'Gaza Tribunal' to examine the UK's role in what organisers called the 'genocide of the Palestinian people' (Image: Getty)

parev dessert

Spiced fruit baklava crumble

Up your crumble game with this endlessly adaptable fruity dessert – a few tweaks and it’s parev, gluten free or both

July 17, 2025 10:50

Cook time: 40-45 minutes (+30 minutes cooling time)

Nazis

Hitler impersonator arrested in Germany

An apperance at a recent motorcycle race could result in criminal charges and up to three years imprisonment for the 40-year-old neo-Nazi

1 min read

July 17, 2025 09:54

A Hitler impersonator has been arrested at a Moto GP race in Germany (Image: Reddit)

Dessert

Mixed berry crisp

The easiest ever end to a meal and endlessly flexible you can adapt this to make it parev, gluten free or both

July 17, 2025 09:40

Cook time: 35 - 45 minutes

Diane Abbott

Labour investigating Diane Abbott after she doubles down on ‘antisemitic’ comments

The veteran MP appeared to defend remarks made in 2023 when she suggested that Jews, Travellers and Irish people do not experience racism

1 min read

July 17, 2025 09:17

Diane Abbott has said she advised her old friend Jeremy Corbyn against forming a new party (Photo: Getty)

ICC

Hague court rejects Israeli request to vacate warrants, suspend investigation of Netanyahu, Gallant

It said Israel must investigate its prime minister and former defense minister before the International Criminal Court will consider Jerusalem’s request to call off its prosecution of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

1 min read

July 17, 2025 08:59

The US has placed sanctions on four justices at the International Criminal Court (Image: Getty)

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