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Sadiq Khan

‘No need’ for more Gaza marches if ceasefire holds, says London mayor

Sir Sadiq Khan also remarked on the increase of antisemitism since October 7

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January 28, 2025 15:03

Sir Sadiq Khan said he was "angry" and "distressed" knowing that Jewish Londoners don't feel in the city when Gaza marches are taking place (Getty)

Manchester

King David Jewish studies head to be new rabbi of Manchester’s Yeshurun Synagogue

Rabbi Benjy and Emily Rickman have been appointed as rabbinic couple of the modern Orthodox community

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January 28, 2025 14:53

Bound for Yeshurun Synagogue: Rabbi Benjy and Emily Rickman (photo: Tanya Duman)

Holocaust Memorial

Jewish group stage anti-Israel protest at Kindertransport monument on Holocaust Memorial Day

’Jews Against Genocide’ also held a protest at the Cenotaph on Monday

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January 28, 2025 14:11

The Kindertransport memorial at Liverpool Street Station was vandalised on Holocaust Memorial Day by a group called 'Jews Against Genocide'. (Image: X)

theatre

Kyoto review: Do we need to know this character is Jewish?

Instead of dismantling tropes and stereotypes about Jews, the writers and directors of this play could be said to perpetuate them

2 min read

January 28, 2025 13:47

Climate denier: Stephen Kunken as real-life American lawyer Don Pearlman Photo: Manuel Harlan

Film

Flight Risk review: ‘more plot holes than a sieve’

Mel Gibson’s thriller is set almost entirely in the cabin of a plane as it flies over the bleak Alaskan mountains, and that is the best thing about it

1 min read

January 28, 2025 13:25

Hot air: Michelle Dockery as Madolyn and Mark Wahlberg as Daryl

Holocaust Memorial Day

The lessons of Auschwitz are being lost, Ron Lauder warns world

In his address at the 80th anniversary ceremony at the death camp, the Jewish leader references October 7 in a powerful wake-up call

3 min read

January 28, 2025 13:09

President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder makes an address on behalf of the major donors of the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Wikipedia

Wikipedia bans eight editors following Israel impartiality row

The online encyclopaedia has come under fire for alleged ‘anti-Israel bias’ in its articles

2 min read

January 28, 2025 13:08

Wikipedia has banned a group of editors following a row about changes to articles on the Israel-Palestine conflict (Image: Getty)

Obituary

Obituary: Ann Kirk

She waved goodbye to her parents aged 10 as she took the Kindertransport to freedom

5 min read

January 28, 2025 13:03

Ann and Bob Kirk received British Empire Medals (BEM) for their contribution to Holocaust education and remembrance in 2019

Israel

NASA to send first female Israeli astronaut into space

The search has now begun to find the right candidate for the historic mission

2 min read

January 28, 2025 12:33

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel announced that Israel will send its first female astronaut into space (Image: JNS)

Houses of Parliament

Lord Austin reappointed as UK trade envoy to Israel

The former MP for Dudley said he was ‘delighted’ to be continuing his work in the region

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January 28, 2025 12:21

Lord Austin has been reappointed as the UK's trade envoy to Israel (Image: Getty)

Holocaust Memorial Day

Lammy calls Yad Vashem visit ‘a great honour’ at HMD event

The Foreign Office and Israeli Embassy jointly hosted the ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

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January 28, 2025 11:09

Foreign Secretary David Lammy attends Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at the FCDO (Image: FCDO).

Television

GMB issues apology after failing to mention Jews in Holocaust Memorial coverage

The ITV programme was also criticised for not referring to anitisemitism

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January 28, 2025 10:47

Good Morning Britain has issued an apology after its coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 failed to mention Jews (Credit: X)

Pro-Gaza independent MPs

Pro-Gaza MP advertises motion calling Palestinian prisoners ‘hostages and abductees’ on Holocaust Memorial Day

One Labour MP labelled the motion ‘shameful’ and ‘disgusting’ in comments to the JC

2 min read

January 28, 2025 10:45

Pro-Gaza independent MP Ayoub Khan has been criticised for a 'shameful' motion that seems to equate the hostages held by Hamas with Palestinian prisoners, some of whom are convicted of terror offences (Image: Ayoub Khan/X)

Rachel Riley

‘We’re looking after each other’ through hostage trauma, says Rachel Riley on Orthodox community visit

The Countdown host said she’s thinking about the captives ‘every single day’

3 min read

January 28, 2025 10:43

Rachel Riley visited Ezra Umarpeh, a provider of patient support services for the ill and disabled, on her tour of the Charedi community in Stamford Hill (Photo: The JC)

Salmon recipe

Simple salmon tikka skewers

Spice up your supper with this gorgeous green, spicy marinade

January 28, 2025 09:08

Cook time: 10 - 12 minutes

Gaza

Palestinians return to northern Gaza as Israel withdraws from Netzarim corridor

Hamas has praised the return as a victory

1 min read

January 28, 2025 08:48

People walk along Gaza's coastal al-Rashid Street to cross the Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip into the north (Getty Images)

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