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Board of Peace commits $17bn to Gaza reconstruction

As the announcement was made, it was reported that Hamas was holding elections in the Strip ahead of disarmament negotiations

3 min read

February 20, 2026 11:04

US President Trump (C), flanked by Vice President JD Vance (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R), joins leaders for a group photo during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

Schools

School report: avoiding school is a distress call

Anxiety is causing increasing absenteeism – we need to find out why

2 min read

February 20, 2026 10:40

Circumcision

It’s time to protect circumcision through best practice

All mohelim should be medically qualified, argues the convenor of the Reform Beit Din

2 min read

February 20, 2026 10:30

Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves reveals £10m synagogue security cash boost on visit to Heaton Park

Chancellor tells JC of her commitment to Jewish community as she meets Rabbi Daniel Walker at shul attacked on Yom Kippur

4 min read

February 20, 2026 09:57

19/02/2026. Manchester, United Kingdom. Chancellor Rachel Reeves with Rabbi Daniel Walker during a visit to the Heaton Park Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester. Treasury. Picture by Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury

The United Synagogue

United Synagogue receives prestigious safeguarding certification

It marks a change of approach from ‘reactive’ to ‘active’ safeguarding

1 min read

February 20, 2026 09:52

Claudia Kitsberg, the United Synagogue's director of safeguarding and welfare (centre) receiving the safeguarding certificate from Mark Bramah, director of PAS 5222 auditors. Also pictured is Jo Grose, chief executive of the US (Photo: United Synagogue)

Etgar

The Etgar Quiz no 318

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test

1 min read

February 20, 2026 09:30

menorah

Shining a light on the menorah – the symbol that defines Judaism

The emblem of unity, hope and cosmic order – and Israel’s official emblem – first appears in the Torah this week

3 min read

February 20, 2026 09:00

A replica of the golden Temple menorah on display in the Old City of Jerusalem (photo: Getty Images)

Zach Margs

Zach Margs is back – along with his hilarious Israeli alter egos

The comedian and social media star played to a full house on Wednesday night

2 min read

February 19, 2026 16:52

Zach is back! Zach Margs with his London audience (Photo: James Wallis)

Universities

Fears over web of pro-Iran student groups across UK

Khomeini merchandise on sale at British campus event and extremist speakers hosted by student societies

5 min read

February 19, 2026 16:40

Influencers Hussain Makke, Batool Subeiti, Mohammad Khani and Hassan al-Qadri have all been listed as speakers at Absoc events across UK campuses (Photo: JC / Instagram / YouTube screenshots)

Gaza

Inside Gaza, the ceasefire holds… at least for now

There is an eerie calm across the border with the IDF – but the margin for error is thin

6 min read

February 19, 2026 16:11

Palestinian neighbourhood in Gaza (all images: Jonathan Sacerdoti)

Hebrew children's literature

How Hebrew children’s literature came into the world

Angela Kiverstein learns how kids’ books were first written in a language first used for prayer

4 min read

February 19, 2026 16:04

Child's play: Dorit Gani and a boy reading a children's song written by Chaim Nachman Bialik in the 1920s (Photo: Bialik House archive)

Britain is still our country as well – and we will not be driven out

I don’t think complacency is warranted. Sadly, it is not warranted at all. But a little defiance certainly is

3 min read

February 19, 2026 15:45

Rabbi Daniel Walker and King Charles III view floral tributes for the terror victims during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on October 20, 2025 (Image: Getty)

I haven’t even mentioned the life-sized stuffed tiger and the furry sloth collection. Sigh…

The sobering task of clearing my home left me gazing into space worrying about the vanished whereabouts of those precious years.

5 min read

February 19, 2026 15:37

Australia

Australian bar shut down over posters depicting ‘Netanyahu in Nazi uniform’

The closure was enforced under new hate crime laws passed last year, criminalising the display of Nazi imagery

1 min read

February 19, 2026 15:26

A police patrol car outside the Dissent Café and Bar in Canberra, Australia, on February 18, 2026 (X/Dissent Café and Bar)

Books

Meet the Holmes (and Watson) of pre-war East European Jewry

The non-literary Yiddish tales of Spitzkopf and his assistant Fuchs display an appealing sense of Jewish invincibility and as such provide an insight into the minds of the Jews on the eve of their destruction

2 min read

February 19, 2026 15:09

Elementary: Kreppel's original Yiddish tales and the English translation (Photo: Yale University Library)

CPS

CPS claimed Gaza ‘genocide’ was ‘confirmed’ in response to hate crime complaint

Prosecutors forced to apologise for ‘poor quality of advice’ following JC enquiries

2 min read

February 19, 2026 15:04

Exterior view of the Royal Courts of Justice in 2024 (Getty Images)

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