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Parliament

Make public bodies recognise Jews and Sikhs as ethnic groups, Parliament told

Board of Deputies said the measures were especially needed in the aftermath of October 7

2 min read

December 4, 2024 17:39

Preet Kaur Gill MP (Image: UK Parliament)

Emily Damari

Starmer raised Emily Damari’s plight with Emir of Qatar

Party leaders paid tribute to Mandy Damari’s campaign in Commons

2 min read

December 4, 2024 17:35

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Credit: House of Commons)

Arts

Turner Prize engulfed by anti-Israel rage as winner makes ‘genocide’ speech

A Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally outside Tate Britain was met by a pro-Israel demonstration

1 min read

December 4, 2024 17:21

Turner prizewinner Jasleen Kaur gives her acceptance speech (Image: BBC)

Amnesty International

‘Baseless’ upcoming Amnesty International report is a new ‘blood libel against the Jewish state’

The NGO’s upcoming investigation has been met with outrage

2 min read

December 4, 2024 17:05

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard gives a press conference in Madrid on December 13, 2022 (Getty Images)

Hezbollah

British Iranian film-maker raises money for Hezbollah families

Reza John Vedadi memorialised ‘the Butcher of Tehran’, Ebrahim Raisi, as a martyr

1 min read

December 4, 2024 16:11

Dr Reza John Vedadi posted on Instagram: 'A Lebanese family in Qom/Iran is in need of financial aid. If you would like to donate please DM... their sons, husbands and fathers fought and gave their lives and limbs. Least we can do is support those in need.'

national grief awareness week

‘If you’re grieving poetry has power beyond words’

In National Grief Awareness Week, a Jewish poet explains how verse can help us process personal and collective loss

3 min read

December 4, 2024 16:05

March Against Antisemitism

Why we need to keep on marching against antisemitism

On Sunday, the Jewish community and its supporters will take to the streets to call out the rise in Jew-hate

4 min read

December 4, 2024 15:29

With Eddie Marsan, Rachel Riley and Dame Maureen Lipman at the March Against Antisemitism in November 2023

Emily Damari

Nigel Farage meets Emily Damari’s mother and accuses government of ‘pandering’ to Hamas

Reform UK’s leader said the government had ‘written off’ Britain’s Jewish population

3 min read

December 4, 2024 14:40

Nigel Farage (right) with Emily Damari's mother Mandy (Image: Nigel Farage, X/Twitter)

London

Hottest teen-approved London foodie trips for December

Cookie mountains; kosher cereal shakes, sushi and late night bagels – each of these outings was a hit, but make sure to plan ahead

5 min read

December 4, 2024 14:00

Oxford

Oxford Union ‘apartheid Israel’ debate accused of breaking the law by glorifying violence

An open letter to Oxford chancellor, organised by the Pinsker Centre, decried ‘toxic and polarising’ event

2 min read

December 4, 2024 12:59

From left: Natasha Hausdorff, Yoseph Haddad, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jonathan Sacerdoti. (Photo via X)

Assisted Dying Bill

Leading rabbi welcomes assisted dying vote

Rabbi Jonathan Romain is also chair of Dignity in Dying

2 min read

December 4, 2024 12:55

Leading rabbi welcomes assisted dying vote

Travel

Spain’s Sephardi sounds

The International Sephardic Music Festival in Córdoba pays homage to the city’s Jewish legacy. Jules Stewart listens in

4 min read

December 4, 2024 12:47

Chinuch UK

VAT on private education ‘could force closure of strictly Orthodox schools’, fear leaders

Pupils usually come from families who are already struggling financially

4 min read

December 4, 2024 12:39

Donna Thomas (second from right), head of Hackney early years, visiting a girls school in Stamford Hill (Image: Chinuch UK)

Schools

Let’s Talk Schools: our new book shows where Jewish schools do work

A pioneering study into the lives of young Jews reveals the impact of Jewish education

2 min read

December 4, 2024 12:03

JFS students at an inter-schools competition in 2019

Israel

Majority of Israelis don’t think Netanyahu is doing enough to release hostages

A new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute also found that around two thirds of Israelis believe Trump will prioritise Israel’s security interests

1 min read

December 4, 2024 11:52

A new survey has revealed that the majority of the Israeli public believe the upcoming Trump administration will prioritise Israel’s security interests (Getty)

Syria

Israel ‘wary’ of growing Islamist power in Syria as rebels advance

Military planners welcome the setback to Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ but fear ‘chaos’ sparked by the collapse of the Assad regime

4 min read

December 4, 2024 11:35

Anti-government fighters seized the city of Aleppo from the Syrian regime (Photo: Getty Images)

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