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Israeli couple arrested on suspicion of spying on Mossad HQ for Iran

The couple from Lod are alleged to have conducted surveillance on several high-security locations including the Mossad HQ

3 min read

October 31, 2024 10:08

A photo Ayatollah Ali Khameini in Iran (Getty Images)

Budget

Disappointment at no relief from VAT charge for independent schools

New policy due to come into effect in January could force closure of some Charedi schools, educational organisation warns

2 min read

October 30, 2024 18:14

Pardes House Grammar (photo; Philafrenzy, Wikipedia Commons)

Islington Chabad

Jewish comic to lead medley of acts at Chabad fundraiser

Magicians, classical music, and comedy will come together on Sunday

2 min read

October 30, 2024 17:29

Music

The man with the golden touch: Who was ‘the fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein?

With release of new biopic about Jewish visionary who discovered the Beatles, the JC reflects on his short but triumphant life

4 min read

October 30, 2024 17:20

Beatles manager Brian Epstein (second from right) with the Beatles at London Airport on 22 September, 1964. Epstein, who died in 1967, is the focus of a new biopic called Midas Man. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Paris

Teenage thugs in Paris ‘try to rape’ Jewish man after they ‘find image of Israeli flag on his phone’

Parisian man aged 22 reported to have been victim of sexual assault

2 min read

October 30, 2024 17:16

A 16-year-old and a 19-year-old have been arrested (Photo: Getty Images)

Cancer

If only Chris Hoy had been tested in time, as my dear husband was

When the Olympian revealed the sad news he has terminal prostate cancer last week, it felt personal

4 min read

October 30, 2024 16:44

Terminal diagnosis: Olympian Sir Chris Hoy

first person

My mother insists that I’m hot

Has the woman who brought me into the world really forgotten about my breast cancer and early menopause?

2 min read

October 30, 2024 16:24

Holocaust

Rachel Reeves pledges £2m boost to Holocaust education

The Holocaust Educational Trust welcomed the budget announcement

1 min read

October 30, 2024 15:29

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing the budget in the House of Commons. Credit: Parliament TV

Antisemitism on campus

Dear students, this is how to resist the academic intifada

In letters adapted from a new book, US academic Gil Troy explains why celebrating Zionism is the best way to counter the anti-Israel movement on campuses

17 min read

October 30, 2024 15:08

Tension between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators at Columbia University campus on the anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack (Credit: FreedomNews.TV)

Culture

Jews being ‘erased’ from culture, warns head of UK Jewish Film Festival

Michael Etherton said that arts bodies across UK now feel ‘impunity’ to exclude Jews

6 min read

October 30, 2024 14:49

Israel

Bill to deport relatives of terrorists is unconstitutional, warns Israeli civil rights group

The proposed legislation will now be considered by the Knesset after being approved in committee

2 min read

October 30, 2024 14:29

Members of the Knesset House Committee meet on October 29, 2024 to debate the bill which would deport the relatives of terrorists (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

Boycotts

Sir Simon Schama, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Howard Jacobson lead 1,000 intellectuals in open letter against boycott of Israel

Among the signatories of the letter are musicians Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons

2 min read

October 30, 2024 14:01

Sir Simon Schama, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Howard Jacobson lead 1,000 intellectuals in open letter against boycott of Israel

Dance

Dance review: Encounters and Legacy: ‘It’s heartening to see modern works’

Joy Sable didn’t enjoy all the offerings at the Royal Opera House and Linbury Theatre, but a dance critic can’t exist on classics alone

2 min read

October 30, 2024 13:45

Chalvar Monteiro, Xavier Mack and ChristopherWilson in Alvin Ailey's Revelations (Photo by Andrej Uspenski)

Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies achieves first gender-balanced executive committee in 264 years

Election of five women to the leadership team comes after launch of gender equality initiative last month

1 min read

October 30, 2024 13:34

The five newly elected female executive committee members at the Board of Deputies: (l-r) Judith Prinsley, Claire Morland, Harriett Goldenberg, Sheila Gewolb and Naomi Ter-Berg

Israel

Why are young British Jews feeling alienated from Israel?

Social media and far-left ideologies are pushing young people away from Zionism

2 min read

October 30, 2024 13:18

More and more young British Jews are starting to question their attachment to Israel, says Benjy Lewis (Photo: Benjy Lewis)

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer refuses to call Israel’s war in Gaza ‘genocide’

Green co-leader Carla Denyer sought to pressure PM over description of Israel’s actions in Gaza

1 min read

October 30, 2024 13:03

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking in Parliament on the anniversary of October 7. Credit: Parliament TV.

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