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Move over Napa – it’s all about Santa Barbara

The ‘American Riviera’, with its stunning vistas and delectable local wines, might just be the country’s best spot for viticulture

5 min read

June 12, 2025 10:54

Mar Monte Hotel in Santa Barbara. (Photo: Mar Monte Hotel)

Charedi schools

Charedi school temporarily closes over funding black hole after Budget VAT raid

‘These are not easy days’: School forced to shut for three days as Budget measures finances to the brink

2 min read

June 12, 2025 10:49

Shiras Devorah High School warned parents that the school is facing "an extremely serious financial situation" and urgent action is needed to ensure it can continue to operate. (Photo: Google Street View)

Dessert

Pavlova with lemon-olive oil curd

A zingy, summer twist on everyone’s favourite meringue dessert

June 12, 2025 10:42

Cook time: 1 hour

Iran

Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

President Trump said that the withdrawal of non-essential workers and their families was due to the fact that the region ‘could be a dangerous place’

1 min read

June 12, 2025 10:38

President Trump has confirmed that the US will withdraw some of its personnel from Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain amid the threat of an Israeli strike on Iran (Image: Getty)

Gaza

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said that the terror group had ambushed the vehicle as it transported Palestinian staff to a distribution centre, with some potentially taken hostage

2 min read

June 12, 2025 10:12

Hamas has reportedly killed five people in an attack on a bus carrying GHF aid workers (Image: Getty)

Theatre

Gesher Theatre’s production of Salomé comes to London

Salomé premiered in 2024 as part of Jaffa Fest

1 min read

June 12, 2025 10:00

A scene from the Israeli production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé (Image: Dedasasha)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 615: Will Israel pull the trigger on Iran?

Plus, Netanyahu evades coalition collapse

2 min read

June 12, 2025 09:26

Israel is reportedly readying a solo military strike against Iran (Image: Getty)

A Jew in Malta muses on Dr Faustus, falcons and Warren the rabbit

What happened when a schoolgirl actress had to kiss a classmate in front of the Lower Fourth?

4 min read

June 12, 2025 09:18

The Maltese Falcon - a classic, but can you follow the plot?

Books

Year of the Rat review: ‘proof the threat to British Jews from the far right never went away’

This report on the new face of the far right is timely and frightening in equal measure

3 min read

June 11, 2025 17:29

England's shame: last month's Great British National Strike rally on Downing Street

Islam

Head of UK Islamic school urged Muslims to ‘take up arms’ days after October 7 attack

Radical cleric, who praised martyrdom, is responsible for the education of almost 1,000 children at Blackburn mosque

8 min read

June 11, 2025 17:25

Masjid e Tauheedul Islam, where Suhail Manya has been imam since 2004, is one of Blackburn's biggest mosques.

Iran

Who is Bradley Sherman, the Jewish husband of an Iranian princess?

The American businessman is the first ever Jew to become a member of the Iranian royal family

2 min read

June 11, 2025 17:11

Bradley Sherman and Iman Pahlavi wed in Paris on 9 June 2025, making Sherman the first Jewish person to become a part of the Iranian royal family. (Photo: Pahlavi Comms)

Rabbis

Gathering of top rabbis turned away from Bosnia after minister claimed it would ‘legitimise’ the ‘genocidal’ state of Israel

The politician appeared to conflate the purely religious event with political Zionism, claiming that the presence of the event would ‘justify genocide’

3 min read

June 11, 2025 17:04

Members of the Conference of European Rabbis at its headquarters in Munich, Germany (Image: CER)

Ted Cruz renews bid to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terror group

The senator’s new bill revives a long-running debate: is the Brotherhood a terror threat hiding in plain sight – or too complex for a one-size-fits-all designation?

3 min read

June 11, 2025 15:35