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Israeli chef

Heading to Israel for Pesach? Here are 18 kosher restaurants to try

The must-try restaurants open this Passover in Jerusalem, Eilat and Tel Aviv

5 min read

March 27, 2025 13:43

Heading to Israel for Pesach? Here are 18 kosher restaurants to try

tax

Rabbi faces seven-figure tax bill after losing appeal for non-dom status

Rabbi Aubrey Weis of Manchester argued that he had planned to return to live in Israel

2 min read

March 27, 2025 13:34

HM Revenue and Customs in Westminster (Photo: Getty Images)

Film

Novacaine review: ‘sticks and stones won’t hurt him’

Lars Jacobson’s violent action-comedy is about an assistant bank manager who can’t feel pain

1 min read

March 27, 2025 13:19

No pain, no gain Cain: Jack Quaid Photo: Marcos Cruzmarcos Cruz

Get

How Jewish courts are easing the pain of divorce

Ela Nicolaides explains what support the London Beth Din provides to couples going through the get process

2 min read

March 27, 2025 13:14

The London Beth Din provides a get case worker to support couples going through a Jewish divorce (Stock Image: Getty)

Antisemitism on campus

Jews at UCL ‘terrorised’ by students amid demands of ‘Zionists off campus’

Staff have accused university authorities of inaction and alleged that the institution is ‘beleaguered’ by antisemitism

11 min read

March 27, 2025 13:04

Jewish staff and students at UCL have detailed their experience on a campus which, they say, is overwhelmingly hostile to Israel. (Photo: Getty Images)

Judicial reform

Knesset passes controversial judicial reform law in overnight voting marathon

The legislation represents a key victory for the Netanyahu government but has been criticised as an ‘attack on Israeli democracy’

3 min read

March 27, 2025 13:03

The Knesset has passed a controversial bill as part of the Netanyahu government's judicial reform programme (Image: Flash90)

Film

The Polish nurse, the Nazi officer and the Jews in the basement

Hollywood screenwriter Dan Gordon on his new film Irena’s Vow, the true story of a teenage housekeeper who hid and saved 12 Jews in her employer’s cellar

6 min read

March 27, 2025 12:40

Courage and faith: Sophie Nélisse (centre) as Irena Gut, the housekeeper for a Nazi officer

Apple TV+

The Studio review: ‘proof that Jews still make the best TV and movies’

In this truly perfect showbiz series, Seth Rogen both satirises and pays homage to Hollywood’s movie making industry

2 min read

March 27, 2025 12:10

Ike Barinholtz and Seth Rogen in an episode of 'The Studio'. (Photo: Apple TV+)

CST

Jewish groups welcome new measures to protect shuls from aggressive demonstrations

Yvette Cooper made the announcement at CST’s annual dinner last night

3 min read

March 27, 2025 11:51

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (Image: Blake Ezra Photography 2024/CST)

Hostages

Return to hostilities is driving a wedge between hostage families

While some protest against renewed military action, others see it as necessary pressure on Hamas

4 min read

March 27, 2025 11:14

Protesters hold signs and posters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip (Getty)

With a genocidal enemy, diplomacy is not an option

Western leaders think Israel must be dragged back from the brink of victory and condemned to the purgatory of endless talks and conflict.

3 min read

March 27, 2025 11:11

Hamas

Hamas confirms death of senior spokesman in Jabalia strike

The IDF is yet to confirm the demise of Abdul Latif al-Qanou, who was reportedly living in the nearby refugee camp

1 min read

March 27, 2025 10:47

Hamas has announced the death of its senior political spokesman, Abdul Latif Al-Qanou, in an Israeli airstrike

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Pekudei

“The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, corresponding to their names; engraved like seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes” Exodus 39:14

1 min read

March 27, 2025 10:35