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Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade, review: ‘a lost world comes to life’

A deeply affecting portrait of a pious family’s trials and turmoil in an eastern Europe on the brink of collapse

2 min read

May 9, 2025 13:56

Chaim Grade and the new translation of his novel Sons and Daughters

catholicism

What does the new pope mean for Jewish-Catholic relations?

World’s first American pope studied under a pioneer of Jewish-Catholic studies

3 min read

May 9, 2025 13:22

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Government

Faith minister decries ‘unfortunate’ exploitation of Israel-Palestine conflict in British politics

Lord Khan of Burnley said people had used Israel’s war in Gaza to stir up antisemitism

4 min read

May 9, 2025 12:56

Faith Minister Lord Wajid Khan (right), with the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, at his home in north London. (Image: Simon Walker / Deputy Prime Minister's Office).

VE Day

British, American and Israeli Veterans Unite

Crossing battlefields and burial grounds, a multinational team marks VE Day with purpose, reflection and healing

8 min read

May 9, 2025 12:53

Shachar and Nitai with Billy MacLeod, founder of Veterans in Action

Antisemitism

‘Jew-hater’ charged with hate crimes over campus protests had phone ‘littered’ with pro-Hamas content

‘The recent spike in violent crime against Jewish citizens is deeply disturbing,’ said FBI Director Kash Patel

2 min read

May 9, 2025 12:31

A self-professed 'Jew-hater' has been charged with hate crimes over alleged assaults at pro-Palestine protests on a New York college campus (Image: Getty)

Palestinians

Palestinian Pulitzer winner insulted Israeli hostages

Mosab Abu Toha decried the ‘humanisation’ of hostages, demonised Israeli soldiers and accused Israel of ‘genocide’ in recent social media posts

3 min read

May 9, 2025 12:07

Pulitzer Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Credit: MMDA-Photos via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel

Israeli arrested after attempting to join ISIS

The suspect viewed pro-terror content on social media and established contact with an individual affiliated with the organisation, according to officials

1 min read

May 9, 2025 11:41

An Israeli man has been arrested after attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS (Image: Alamy)

US Politics

Trump ‘drops Israeli normalisation’ as condition for Saudi nuclear deal

The move has further fuelled concern in Jerusalem that the White House is prepared to conduct Middle East policy unilaterally

2 min read

May 9, 2025 10:52

Israel

For your next Israeli adventure, head north

Chances are you’ve done Israel’s greatest hits, so now it’s time for its hidden gems

4 min read

May 9, 2025 10:14

A bar mitzvah at the ancient synagogue of Ein Keshtaot in the Golan Heights

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 581: IDF renews counter-terror operations in Lebanon and West Bank

Plus, Trump to skip Israel on Middle East tour

2 min read

May 9, 2025 09:17

The IDF has renewed its campaign of airstrikes in southern Lebanon (Image: Flash90)

Opera

Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House: ‘Wagner played to perfection’

Australian Jewish director Barrie Kosky whips up a perfect storm of brilliance in what is arguably the greatest opera ever written

2 min read

May 8, 2025 18:46

Bullseye: the singers in this production of Wagner's Die Walküre not only sound wonderful, they can also act

Food Bank Aid

Food Bank Aid founder is served up top community award

Naomi Russell started the charity from her garage five years ago

2 min read

May 8, 2025 17:57

Naomi Russell, founder and co-chair of Food Bank Aid, receiving a Barnet Civic Award from Barnet Mayor Councillor Tony Vourou

Film

Thunderbolt review: ‘not even Florence Pugh can fire this up’

The action sequences are excellent, but this film is proof that Marvel’s glory days are over

1 min read

May 8, 2025 17:30

Kanye West

Kanye West releases music video for new song titled ‘Heil Hitler’

The lyrics are primarily a repetition of the phrase ‘All my n****** Nazis, n***** Heil Hitler’

1 min read

May 8, 2025 16:56

Still from the music video for Kanye West's new song, titled 'Heil Hitler' (Image: X/KanyeWest)

Terrorism

Terrorist responsible for Daniel Pearl beheading killed in Punjab strike, India claims

Abdul Rauf Azhar was part of an Al Qaeda affiliate that orchestrated the 2002 kidnapping and murder of the Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter

2 min read

May 8, 2025 16:42

One of the terrorist responsible for the beheading of Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl (pictured) has reportedly been killed in an Indian military operation in Pakistan (Image: Alamy)

European Union

European Parliament passes resolution calling for PA funding freeze over hateful textbooks

Lawmakers singled out examples of content glorifying terrorists, accusing the Palestinian curriculum of violating basic principles of coexistence and peace education.

1 min read

May 8, 2025 16:01

The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for a funding freeze until the PA removes hateful material from school textbooks in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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