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When I fell pregnant for a second time I hired a doula

Amid rising complaints against NHS maternity services, more Jewish women are turning to professional birth partners to help bring their children into the world

5 min read

September 2, 2025 11:34

When I fell pregnant for a second time I hired a doula

Iran’s costly statecraft failures

Tehran’s main foreign policy objectives were to thwart snapback, lure the US into a nuclear deal and avoid Israeli and/or US military strikes. With the E3 decision to trigger UN sanctions, Tehran has failed in all three

4 min read

September 2, 2025 13:38

French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer prior to an E3 meeting on the sidelines of the 2025 NATO summit on June 24, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Image: Getty)

Pro-Gaza independent MPs

Pro-Gaza MP compares Netanyahu to a ‘dog that has tasted blood’

Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary denied that recognising a Palestinian state would be a reward for Hamas

3 min read

September 2, 2025 14:27

Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn and Sultana hit by fresh divisions over trans rights

Independent MP Adnan Hussain sparked a row with pro-trans campaigners after indicating support for the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the definition of the word “woman”

2 min read

September 2, 2025 09:24

Adnan Hussain MP (Image: Parliament TV).

Israel

International genocide scholars accuse Israel of ‘crimes against humanity’ in Gaza

The Israeli government has condemned the resolution as ‘based on Hamas’ campaign of lies’

2 min read

September 2, 2025 10:21

The International Association of Genocide Scholars has accused Israel of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Art site removes ‘antisemitic’ paintings comparing Gaza War to Holocaust

Some of the works depicted Benjamin Netanyahu as a Nazi officer and Israeli soldiers beating a young man

2 min read

September 2, 2025 14:31

Mowing The Lawn by James Earley depicts Gazans as Holocaust victims (Image: James Earley)

Project ImpACT

How teenagers can help the vulnerable – one meal at a time

A Project ImPACT volunteer talks about how cooking has changed lives, including her own

2 min read

September 2, 2025 14:55

Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid: Netanyahu re-election would spell ‘the end for Israel’ and turn ‘Judaism into racism’

The ‘state will fall apart’ if Bibi wins another election, the opposition leader declared

1 min read

September 2, 2025 15:17

Lapid urged voters to unite behind his party, Yesh Atid, and 'send home the October 7 government' (Photo: Flash90)

Congregation of Jacob Synagogue

‘This is our beacon of Jewish hope in Tower Hamlets’

The Congregation of Jacob Synagogue’s leader on why his East End shul is so unique

5 min read

August 29, 2025 10:03

The facade of the Congregation of Jacob Synagogue in Shadwell

October 7

Brighton community leads final hostage vigil in Palmeira Square

The memorial will be relocated nearby due to council works on the square

4 min read

September 2, 2025 11:23

The October 7 memorial at Palmeira Square (Photo: Heidi Bachram)

BBC

BBC Arabic guest posted that Jews ‘infiltrated’ America

The channel’s Egypt MeanTime programme has hosted yet another pundit with a history of inflammatory posts about Jews and Israel

4 min read

September 2, 2025 15:02

Gamal Qalyoubi, who has written about Jewish control of America, appeared on BBC Arabic's EgyptMean Time programme on May 29

Rabbi Lord Sacks

It’s out at last… the new Sacks Chumash

The late Chief Rabbi’s translation and commentary for Koren is set to become a standard edition

3 min read

September 1, 2025 12:12

Books

The case for surrealism: ‘Rooms for Vanishing’ author Stuart Nadler on writing catastrophe in our senseless era

The author’s new book about a Jewish family in post-war exile employs an unconventional format and elements of the supernatural to illustrate the disarray of grief

3 min read

September 2, 2025 16:41