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Shabbat times from August 15 to August 22

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August 15, 2025 10:44

Shabbat times from August 15 to August 22

Gaza

Gazans could be resettled in Ethiopia, Libya or South Sudan under ‘voluntary emigration’ plans

Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed that Jerusalem is ‘talking to’ other countries about accepting displaced Palestinians

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August 15, 2025 10:30

Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan have reportedly been discussed as potential destinations for the resettlement of displaced Gazans (Image: Getty)

Germany

German defence contractor Renk mulls US move to bypass Berlin’s arms export ban to Israel

The company’s chief executive said the firm has a ‘responsibility to ensure that Israel is able to maintain its deterrence capabilities’

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August 15, 2025 10:03

The IDF is heavily reliant on its tanks and it gets its gearboxes from Renk (Image: Getty)

Hamas

IDF official claims more Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike were ‘incriminated terrorists’

Anas al-Sharif was pictured with Hamas leaders and allegedly listed on the terror group’s internal documents, but the military was questioned as to why it killed five other reporters alongside him

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August 14, 2025 17:34

Palestinian children and a journalist check the destroyed Al Jazeera tent at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 11, 2025, following an overnight strike by the Israeli military that killed six journalists, including a prominent Al Jazeera reporter. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Theatre

Oscar Levant: The Hollywood pianist who self-destructed

Doug Wright, writer of a new play about the unfulfilled career of Jewish talent Oscar Levant, shines the spotlight on Hollywood’s most gifted has-been

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August 14, 2025 16:07

Actor Ben Rappaport as talk show host Jack Paar and Sean Hayes as Oscar Levant in the play 'Good night, Oscar'. (Photo: Joan Marcus)

Jewish celebrities

‘What an amazing time I’ve had’: Actor Michael Brandon reflects on a life well lived

In his new memoir, Brandon recounts his riotous journey from Jewish New York to the UK – via ‘Dempsey and Makepeace’

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August 14, 2025 15:38

Actor Michael Brandon, whose new memoir recounts his journey from Jewish New York to the UK, pictured in London with his mother and father.

The JC Debate: The Gaza pullout might look like a blunder, but the strategic reality backs it up

To remain Jewish, democratic, and secure, Israel must keep Gaza outside its borders while retaining the right to pre-emptive self-defence

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August 14, 2025 15:28

Dramatic exit: a bulldozer demolishes a house in an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip in August 2005 (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Makeup boss Huda Kattan claims Israel was responsible for both world wars, 9/11 and October 7

She has since claimed to be the victim of a ‘smear’ campaign, saying: ‘In order to silence you speaking out, to silence me, they do what they always do, twist your words, label you an antisemite’

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August 14, 2025 15:25

Huda Kattan rattled off several conspiracy theories about Israel in her video (Image: X/Anti Defamation League)

The JC Debate: How the Gaza disengagement and Oslo paved the road to October 7

Twenty years of illusions have gone up in flames and been washed away in rivers of blood. The only way to ensure that our children will never face another October 7 is to stand firm, reassert control on the ground, and rebuild our deterrence

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August 14, 2025 15:12

Unforeseen consequences: President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Yitzahk Rabin at the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 (Image: Getty)

Republicans seize the ground on antisemitism and Israel that Democrats abandon

In Georgia and Virginia, Republican candidates are speaking directly to Jewish concerns – while Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger, side with their party

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August 14, 2025 14:54

US Sen. John Ossoff (D-GA) speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris on July 30, 2024 (Image: Getty)

Israeli Politics

Israeli justice minister locks attorney-general out of shared offices

The row is the latest development in a long-running public feud between the attorney-general and the Netanyahu government

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August 14, 2025 14:08

Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin ordered the changing of the locks on offices his team shared with Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara after the cabinet voted to sack her - a decision currently under judicial review (Image: Flash90)

Jewish stars

Timothée Chalamet stars as Jewish ping pong legend in new Safdie film Marty Supreme

The trailer for Jewish director Josh Safdie’s semi-fictional sports drama based on ping pong champion Marty Reisman dropped on Wednesday

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August 14, 2025 14:05

Timothée Chalamet stars as ping pong champion Marty Mauser in new A24 film 'Marty Supreme'. (Photo: A24)

A-levels

Reaching for the A*s: Jewish schools hit A-level heights

King David Manchester and Hasmonean Boys celebrate significant rise in top grades

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August 14, 2025 13:43

Yavneh students celebrate another successful year for the school

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

New evidence reportedly questions former GHF worker’s claims that IDF killed child at distribution site

A woman claiming to be the boy’s stepmother disputed several details of the former contractor’s story, according to a video obtained by The Daily Wire

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August 14, 2025 13:20