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Is this what it is to be a Jewish patient in the UK today?

When Israel-Palestine eventually became the topic of conversation in my physiotherapy appointment

3 min read

August 1, 2025 09:48

Massage therapist giving back massage to young woman. Patient lying on massage table.

Hamas

Hamas documents reveal October 7 terrorists had ‘manual’ for hostage-taking in ‘cognitive warfare’ campaign

New research from the Washington Institute found that terrorists targeted women and children for abduction due to their ‘utility for emotional impact’

2 min read

August 1, 2025 09:42

Hamas targeted women and children as for abduction on October 7 due to their 'emotional impact', according to a new report (Image: Getty)

Northern Ireland

Belfast restaurant apologises after Lebanese diner complains of ‘Star of David’ drawn on plate

The customer claimed that he was targeted with the five-point star, which was not the well-known Jewish symbol, because of where he is from

1 min read

August 1, 2025 09:30

A buffet restaurant in Belfast has apologised to a Lebanese customer after what he claimed was a 'Star of David' was drawn on his plate

Edinburgh Fringe

She dreaded sitting next to a Chasidic woman – until the conversation that changed everything

A play coming to Edinburgh Fringe explores tensions between secular and Orthodox women through a conversation set 30,000 feet above ground

2 min read

August 1, 2025 08:49

Actresses Rachel Ravel, Madeline Rose Parks and Marissa Ruben pose in costume for Gili Malinsky's play 'Will You Be Praying The Entire Flight?' which will be staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 11-16 August, 2025.

S&P Sephardi Community

Sephardi Judaism isn’t just for Sephardim

A student of Rabbi Dweck considers his legacy in the UK ahead of the S&P spiritual leaders’s aliyah at the end of the year

4 min read

August 1, 2025 08:48

Inspiring a new generation: Rabbi Dweck with a class of students

Tishah b'Av

The day that Jerusalem became a pariah

On Tishah b’Av, which falls at the weekend, we revisit the desolation and despair experienced by our ancestors

3 min read

August 1, 2025 07:55

2MY5848 Jewish men pray during the mourning ritual of Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. The Jewish holy day of Tisha B'Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the biblical temples is marked Sunday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Yahya Sinwar

‘Yahya’ soars up baby name leaderboard

Yahya gained 33 places in 2024 from the previous year, the most of any name in the top 100, followed by Vinnie

2 min read

July 31, 2025 16:22

Yahya Sinwar, slain leader of Hamas, and a baby

Board of Deputies

Orthodox synagogues threatened to leave Board of Deputies if FT letter writers weren’t ‘severely’ dealt with

Chief executive’s comments revealed after independent appeal panel finds ‘inadvertent error’ in investigation process into sanctioned deputies

3 min read

July 31, 2025 16:09

World Zionist Organisation

Zionist centre of UK diaspora collapses in historic WZC election results

Orthodox and Progressive slates score victory in UK World Zionist Congress elections that saw over 10,000 votes cast

3 min read

July 31, 2025 16:07

The latest WZC elections have seen the collapse of centrist Zionism in the UK diaspora (Image: Getty)

Obituary

Legendary theatre school founder, Sylvia Young, dies aged 85

She helped launch the career of Amy Winehouse, and was famed for her kindness and dedication

3 min read

July 31, 2025 16:01

Pro-Gaza independent MPs

Pro-Gaza MP dubbed ‘fool’ and urged to apologise for Emily Damari comments

Ayoub Khan posted about the former hostage after her criticism of the UK’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state

2 min read

July 31, 2025 16:00

Pro-Gaza MP Ayoub Khan (Image: Parliament TV).

Charity Commission

Mosque warned by charity regulator after ‘encouraging support’ for Hamas

The Commission has revealed that it has opened cases into 300 charities after the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas

2 min read

July 31, 2025 15:55

Central Oxford Mosque (photo: Google Streetview)

Jewish celebrities

Jess Glynne feels ‘sick’ that the White House used her song for Jet2holidays deportation meme

The White House used the Jet2holidays advert meme which features her song Hold My Hand over footage of people being deported

1 min read

July 31, 2025 15:49

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2025. The bill aims to help veterans receive improved federal assistance for home mortgages. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

first person

What to pack for a very Jewish holiday

Don’t forget your spiritual essentials, the right books, and above all, hair tamers

4 min read

July 31, 2025 15:22

Top view of a woman putting her clothes in suitcase

Untangling the hard truth about Gaza: the suffering is real — but so is the spin

The suffering of civilians is real – but so is the spin. Media distortions, Hamas propaganda, and UN failures have fuelled the crisis as much as any Israeli misstep.

5 min read

July 31, 2025 15:05

Weaponised images: The photo of Osama al-Rakab, who suffers from a genetic illness, was used as evidence of Israeli ‘starvation’ (Image: COGAT)

sidrah

Parashah of the week: Devarim

“How can I bear your troubles, your burdens, and your quarrels all by myself?” Deuteronomy 1:12

1 min read

July 31, 2025 14:44

Moses, by James Tissot (1836-1902, from the Jewish Museum, New York)

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