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Why didn’t Netflix’s hot rabbi mention October 7?

A gag about hostage negotiations revealed the show’s lack of connection with the reality faced by Jewish people

3 min read

October 16, 2024 10:23

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah in Nobody Wants This. (Photo: Netflix)

Succot

We will say l’chaim this Succot – but we can’t forget the darkness

Shuls will be trying to find a balance between our obligation to celebrate and remembering those in captivity

3 min read

October 16, 2024 10:00

We will say l’chaim this Succot – but we can’t forget the darkness

This exceptional woman gave so much to millions

The JC Leader October 18, 2024

1 min read

October 16, 2024 09:51

Lily Ebert lights a candle during a National Holocaust Memorial Day event on January 26, 2017 in London (Getty Images)

bake

Rugelach with raspberry walnut filling

A sweet treat guaranteed to be a huge hit for succah teas

2 min read

October 16, 2024 09:00

Israeli theatre

‘My own breakup inspired my sweet and sinister LGBT comedy’

Israeli playwright Gur Piepskovitz’s upcoming work explores themes of otherness and self-discovery

2 min read

October 15, 2024 17:40

The cast of Earworm, written by Gur Piepskovitz. (Photo: Naomi Barrett)

Israel

US warns Israel arms transfers could halt if Gaza aid crisis not addressed in 30 days

Meanwhile, the UK has imposed sanctions on illegal outposts and organisations supporting settlers in the West Bank

2 min read

October 15, 2024 17:29

The US has warned Israel that weapon supply is at risk if the Gaza aid crisis is not addressed in 30 days (Getty Images)

Metropolitan Police

Serious concerns after police say it is an ‘opinion’ to call Hezbollah terrorists

Police at a ‘vigil for Lebanon’ in London seen making the remark in video footage

1 min read

October 15, 2024 17:09

The policeman seen answering questions about Hezbollah (Image: CAA)

October 7

‘I saw my friends writing goodbye messages, but I couldn’t do it’

Israeli student Ariel Ein-Gal was in the UK with Stand With Us to tell his story of October 7

2 min read

October 15, 2024 16:55

breast cancer

BRCA testing offers positive news this Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Predictive tests give women power to take early steps against breast and ovarian cancer

5 min read

October 15, 2024 15:59

Beaux Harris, 29, recently tested positive for a mutated BRCA gene

October 7 Massacres

Include diverse voices in hasbara, says Israeli Druze nurse

Stand With Us October 7 memorial events in the UK covered stories of survival, heroism and diversity

1 min read

October 15, 2024 15:56

Lorin Khizran is a Stand With Us fellow and visited the UK last week to share her story (Photo: Khizran)

Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue

Brighton & Hove Reform host Masorti services

Until now, masorti services have been held in people’s homes

1 min read

October 15, 2024 15:34

Brighton & Hove Reform host Masorti services

Antisemitism

Paris teen wearing kippah told ‘Jew, wait for us’ before being kicked in face

Boy aged 15 was attacked by two youths in Levallois-Perret

1 min read

October 15, 2024 15:33

A kippah-wearing teen has been attack in a Paris suburb (Credit: Getty Images)

October 7

‘Our house was destroyed but the succah remained’

Hiding in her safe room for 12 hours, Rachel Fricker, 70, survived the Be’eri massacre with her family and her faith

7 min read

October 15, 2024 15:18

Our house was destroyed but the flimsy succah survived (Photo: Kfir Sion)

Israel Hamas War 2023

The hospital that learnt how to care for hostages back from hell in Gaza

Sheba Medical Centre had to come up with its own protocols and best practices to receive and treat returning hostages

3 min read

October 15, 2024 14:37

Dr Itai Pessach, director of the Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Centre

The Russia-Iran axis is transforming the nature of Middle East danger

Russia’s siding with Iran will make it harder for peace to be achieved in Lebanon, or for a ceasefire to be achieved on the multiple fronts that Israel is facing

4 min read

October 15, 2024 14:34

Vladimir Putin meets Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of an international forum "Interrelation of times and civilizations - basis of peace and development" October 11 (Getty Images)

Succot

What should we think about when we are sitting in the succah?

The mitzvah of succah focuses our attention on both past – and present

3 min read

October 15, 2024 13:26

A Jewish family sitting in a Sukkah during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Moshav Yashresh, on October 2, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** סוכה סוכות משפחה חג חגים מבנה מושב ישרש

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