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I will keep on campaigning for Covid justice

Rivka Gottlieb, who lost her father in the early wave of the virus, is one of the activists determined to ensure we are prepared for a future crisis

4 min read

December 11, 2025 17:19

London, UK - 13 June 2023 - The names of those who lost heir lives being read out in front of the COVID 19 Inquiry on it's first day - Rivka Gottlieb is furthest right

Jewish schools

Another 100 per cent – Simon Marks excels again in Sats

Pupils at the Hackney primary led the way for Jewish schools in the English and maths tests

1 min read

December 11, 2025 17:17

Every reason to be Sat-isfied: most of the successful Simon Marks year-6 group, 2025

Family history

My family were ‘farmers’ in Paraguay. Who knew?

When I was researching my family tree I came across an ill-fated resettlement scheme and it rather startled me...

3 min read

December 11, 2025 16:53

Not in the brochure: the arrival of the first group of settlers at the port of Asuncion, painted by one of them, Charles Sansom (Photo: Christies Images/Canning House)

Sidrah

Dream warnings: this week’s parashah – Vayeshev

“Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, when my sheaf rose and stood upright; and your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf” Genesis 37:7

1 min read

December 11, 2025 16:29

Joseph's dream, Owen Carter Jones, 1869 (Wikimedia Commons)

Calendar

Shabbat times from December 12 to December 19

Shabbat times for the week

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December 11, 2025 16:21

Shabbat times from December 12 to December 19

EcoJudaism

‘COP30? It was sweaty, chaotic, exciting’

The CEO of EcoJudaism shares the highs – and lows – of the annual United Nations conference on climate change

3 min read

December 11, 2025 15:52

(l-r) Abi Levitt, Ed Miliband and Naomi Verber at COP30 (Photo: Naomi Verber)

October 7

MP accused of spreading conspiracy theory about the Bibas family

Iqbal Mohamed shared a post on social media that falsely claims the family were killed by ‘Israeli bombs’

3 min read

December 11, 2025 15:03

Independent MP Iqbal Mohamed (Photo by Parliament TV).

Syria

Syria gives green light to restoration of Jewish property seized under previous regimes

The Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation hopes to make the country’s synagogue’s ‘accessible to all Jews in the world’ through the scheme

1 min read

December 11, 2025 13:26

Henry Hamra, pictured with his son Joseph, davens in Damascus’s al-Franj Synagogue where his father Yusuf was once the rabbi (Picture: Getty)

Australia

J7 group of diaspora organisations call for more action on antisemitism during Australia trip

The umbrella organisation, of which the Board of Deputies is a member, represents some 90 per cent of the Jewish diaspora worldwide

2 min read

December 11, 2025 13:21

Members of the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia, following an arson attack (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

US considering terrorism-related sanctions against Unrwa

The State Department could designate the UN agency a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ following Israeli accusations that its staff took part in the October 7 attacks

1 min read

December 11, 2025 11:53

An Unrwa facility in Gaza City (Getty Images)

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Nazi conspiracy was created by ‘nefarious’ bot network, report finds

The smear campaign was linked to the release of her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl

1 min read

December 11, 2025 11:31

Taylor Swift at the 2025 Grammy Awards (Getty Images)

Israeli Politics

Religious Zionism expected to back revised Charedi draft bill

The redrafted bill has heavily watered down sanctions against draft dodgers, but is set to pass through the Israeli parliament with the support of some unlikely allies

1 min read

December 11, 2025 11:20

Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich talks with a Charedi MK ahead of US President Trump's address to the Knesset on October 13, 2025 (Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves restores moral clarity on Israel

The Chancellor’s unapologetically Zionist speech – honest about Hamas’s October 7 atrocity, blunt about antisemitism, and courageous within her own Labour party – hints at a long overdue reset in the UK’s approach to Israel

2 min read

December 11, 2025 11:14