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Palestinian prisoners suffer abuse in four Israeli jails, Justice Ministry reports claim

Prison inspectors from the Public Defenders’ Office reported instances of violence against inmates, poor sanitation and food shortages, with one site described as ‘unfit for humans’

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January 22, 2026 11:53

The Ktziot Detention Camp on September 13, 2022 (Flash90)

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

‘If I can make people realise I’m telling the story of real people – my family – that’s what’s important’

As the number of Holocaust survivors and refugees is becoming fewer, it is left to their descendants to share their stories

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January 22, 2026 11:33

Hannah Goldstone with her grandfather, Martin Wertheim (Photo: courtesy)

Holocaust Memorial Day

AJR commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day by bridging the past and present

The annual event featured speeches by a Holocaust survivor and several generations of descendants to underscore the living legacy of the Shoah today

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January 22, 2026 10:57

Survivors and second, third and fourth generation descendants light candles at AJR's annual Holocaust Memorial Day service at Belsize Square Synagogue on January 20 2026. (Photo: Adam Soller Photography)

Gaza Board of Peace

‘Peace in the world’: Trump leads Board of Peace signing in Davos

A bevy of world leaders put their names to the new body’s founding charter, though some were notable by their absence

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January 22, 2026 10:41

US President Trump leads the Board of Peace signing ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026 (BBC News screenshot)

Sidrah

Fear of darkness: this week’s sidrah, Bo

“Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched” Exodus 10:2

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January 22, 2026 10:16

The Ninth Plague, Darkness, Gustave Doré (Wikimedia Commons)

Calendar

Shabbat times from January 23 to January 30

Shabbat times for the week

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January 22, 2026 09:54

Shabbat times from January 23 to January 30

Vegan recipe

Peanut butter choc chip cookies

Gooey and indulgent – these are plant-based perfection

January 22, 2026 09:51

Cook time: 12 - 15 minutes

Cake

Sticky toffee date cake

Comfort on demand, one slice at a time

January 22, 2026 09:43

Cook time: 1 hour

The West stays silent as its Kurdish allies face attacks by Syria’s ‘reformed’ Islamist government

Without pressure, we may see the wholesale destruction of the forces and the authority that paid the highest price to defeat ISIS. It is also likely to result in the freeing of thousands of jailed jihadis

3 min read

January 21, 2026 17:31

Kurds fleeing a government advance arrive in the Kurdish Syrian city of Qamishli on January 19, 2026. (Image: Getty)

Opinion

Why are we waiting for the government to parent our kids?

Nearly 75 per cent of mums and dads want to ban social media for under 16-year-olds

3 min read

January 21, 2026 17:00

The UK government is looking into introducing an Australia-style ban on social media (Photo: Getty)

Pets

Rabbis launch appeal to fund siddur for pets

Beloved Creatures is designed to help people mark the lives of their four-legged friends

2 min read

January 21, 2026 15:56

Sport

Chess star Daniel Naroditsky had drugs in his system when he died, toxicology report finds

The chess player was found dead aged 29 last October

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January 21, 2026 15:54

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky (Photo: Charlotte Chess Centre)

Chana

The colour cure: Can embracing the rainbow ease menopause mood swings?

Colour consultant Gabbie Greenberg encourages women to ditch black and grey for bold colours, extolling their power to enhance wellbeing and mood

2 min read

January 21, 2026 15:34

Gabbie Greenberg (Photo: Gabbie Greenberg/Instagram)

France

Jewish family whose home was ‘squatted’ by French ambassadors ‘lost 14m euros in rent’, lawyer says

Iraqi-Jewish family is seeking compensation from French state which used their looted home in Baghdad without paying for it

3 min read

January 21, 2026 14:47

A historic aerial shot of the house, known in the family as Beit Lawee (Picture: courtesy of Philip Khazzam)

Israeli restaurant

Extremists eat humble pie as diners flock to Israeli restaurant in Notting Hill

Bookings have surged at Erev in defiance of protestors who tried to intimidate customers and staff

2 min read

January 21, 2026 13:55

The food at Erev in Notting Hill (Image: Erev)

The radical lesson plans of NEU teachers that should worry the country

Asking pupils whether they would ‘fight back’ if they lived in Gaza or to ‘understand’ Hamas is not education but ideological instruction. Such activism harms children and poses a threat to society itself

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January 21, 2026 13:53

NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede takes part in a pro-Palestine protest (Image: Getty)

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