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Singer-songwriter uses her voice to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s

Alexis Strum discovered last year that her mum was suffering from the disease

3 min read

June 20, 2025 14:47

Alexis Strum has written a song to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society and to spread awareness of the form of dementia, which can be debilitating (Photo: Paul Madeley)

Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran

Critics are wrong. Whether viewed as part of an ongoing armed conflict or a necessary act of self-defence, international law is on the side of the Jewish state

3 min read

June 20, 2025 14:07

Israeli fighter jets strike Iranian military installations (Image: IDF)

Brits in Israel

UK scrambles to charter flights out of Israel as Brits complain about response from government

Brit stuck in Israel amid spiralling war call for Foreign Office to think of ‘more creative solutions’

2 min read

June 20, 2025 13:53

Citizens repatriated from Israel disembark a flight from Egypt at Figo Maduro airport in Lisbon on June 19, 2025. A Portuguese flight brought repatriated citizens of Portuguese, German, Israeli, Czech, Spanish, Austrian, Bulgarian, Argentine and Ukrainian nationality. Governments are evacuating thousands of their nationals caught up in the rapidly spiralling Israel-Iran conflict, after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on June 13, 2025 targeting Iran's nuclear and military facilities, sparking retaliation from Tehran. (Photo by MARIO CRUZ / AFP) (Photo by MARIO CRUZ/AFP via Getty Images)

first person

I wish my new toy was more stimulating company!

In which I explain why electric massagers are less fun when you’re on your own

2 min read

June 20, 2025 13:41

Iran

I escaped Iranian missiles and all the British government could do was give me a digestive biscuit

Getting out of Israel is a tricky task these days, but thanks to help from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs I managed to evacuate

4 min read

June 20, 2025 12:48

The Royal Jordanian Airline flight path dodged Israel and the Iranian missiles (Photo: J Prinsley)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

‘I feel more safe in Israel than anywhere else in the world’: Chief Rabbi speaks from Herzliya

Sir Ephraim Mirvis says attempts to draw equivalence between the Jewish State and Iran are ‘intolerable’

4 min read

June 20, 2025 12:22

The Chief Rabbi has been sharing messages of hope from Israel, where he is stranded with thousands of other Brits as the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to strike the Jewish State (Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)

Refugee Week

This Refugee Week, let’s open our hearts to those seeking a safe haven

A number of Jewish organisations are already running drop-in centres for asylum seekers and refugees

3 min read

June 20, 2025 12:15

Rabbi David Mason of HIAS-JCORE argues that welcoming refugees is fundamental to the Jewish value of tzedakah - justice

Palestine Action

Calls to treat Palestine Action as terrorists after activists damage planes at RAF Brize Norton

Kemi Badenoch: ‘This is not lawful protest, it is politically-motivated criminality’

3 min read

June 20, 2025 12:10

Video posted by Palestine Action appearing to show an aircraft in RAF Brize Norton (Image: X)

Books

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife review – her work, letters and shopping lists

This forensically researched and lengthy tome uses previously unearthed documents that throw light on Stein’s personal relationships and her attitude to her work and legacy

3 min read

June 20, 2025 12:02

The last word: Francesca Wade's book about epic mythologiser Gertrude Stein

Mossad

Mossad’s total penetration of Iran even surpasses its demolition of Hezbollah

Its achievements – from taking out ten key nuclear scientists to building drones inside Iran – were the result of many years of work

5 min read

June 20, 2025 11:57

An excavator removes debris from a residential building destroyed in an attack by Israel in Tehran, on June 13 (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Hampstead Synagogue

Hampstead Shul appoints new rabbinic couple

Rabbi Akiva and Rebbetzin Batya Rosenblatt will be joining from Hadley Wood Jewish Community

1 min read

June 20, 2025 11:46

Hampstead Shul appoints new rabbinic couple

Israel Tours

UJIA Israel tours delayed by Iran-Israel war

UJIA Israel Experience confirmed that new dates had been arranged for tours due to start on or before July 2

1 min read

June 20, 2025 10:52

UJIA Israel Experience has announced that some tours will definitely be delayed amidst the continuation of the Israel-Iran war (Photo Getty Images)

The Netherlands

The Labour-GreenLeft alliance in the Netherlands calls for ban on Dutch supplies for Iron Dome

Frans Timmermans, the leader of the leftwing alliance, has said he would support Israelis losing protection from Iranian missiles as a consequence of voting for Netanyahu

1 min read

June 20, 2025 10:48