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Ping! How Jews turned the table on the game Howard Jacobson calls chess in shorts

Next week sees the the release of the film Marty Supreme inspired by a world-famous Jewish ping pong player. We look back on at the sport’s very Yiddishe history

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December 19, 2025 11:06

Off his own bat: Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme

The Hamas files: how terrorists captured Western NGOs in Gaza

Be it through intimidation, ideological alignment, convenience or financial dependency, “respected” humanitarian organisations have crossed a red line

4 min read

December 19, 2025 10:22

Palestinians walk in the courtyard of the UNRWA Health Centre in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on October 29, 2024 (Image: Getty)

Etgar

The Etgar Quiz no 311

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test

1 min read

December 19, 2025 10:00

Antisemitism

Ofcom told to act against online hate in government antisemitism action plan

Newly published raft of measures to protect Jewish community also covers security, education and NHS

4 min read

December 18, 2025 18:47

A new 14-page government report has brought together work across the UK to help combat antisemitism (Photo: Getty)

Theatre

Slam Frank, the controversial play that knows who’s in on the joke ★★★★★

The musical spoof that tauntingly reimagines Anne Frank for the ‘woke’ world is not just rage bait

3 min read

December 18, 2025 17:20

Books

Goodbye to Berlin – a lost Jewish Germany is brought back to life in an epic saga

David Bennun has high praise for The Effingers, a beautifully subtle novel describing Germany’s slide into Nazism

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December 18, 2025 16:55

Goodbye to Berlin – a lost Jewish Germany is brought back to life in an epic saga

Showbiz

Jewish presenter Stacey Solomon crowned ‘queen of Christmas’

Solomon has both Ashkenazi and Sephardi roots

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December 18, 2025 16:55

Stacey Solomon, pictured presenting her BBC One show Stacey Solomon's Crafty Christmas, has topped a poll (Photo:BBC)

Masorti

New North London names prospective successor to Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

Congregants are being asked to vote to approve the appointment of Rabbi Danny Nevins

2 min read

December 18, 2025 16:20

As an ex-policeman, I know exactly why it took dead Jews for the force to act against the hate mob

Too often, the advancement of senior officers depends less on what they do than on how well they can write up what they claim to have done

3 min read

December 18, 2025 16:11

Police officers gather in Trafalgar Square ahead of a planned protest in support of Palestine Action on October 4, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Jewish life

Beyond Borehamwood: Where are British Jews moving to?

Let’s play Jewish geography for real – you might be surprised to hear some of the places where Jewish families are building new communities

6 min read

December 18, 2025 15:29

York was scene of a medieval pogrom, and was shunned by Jews for many years. But now it's home to a growing Liberal community

Tucker Carlson claims Israel is a burden on the US. It reveals profound strategic ignorance

The security mechanism with the Jewish state directly serves the American interest and, in practice, saves American lives, soldiers and civilians alike

6 min read

December 18, 2025 15:18