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I’ll fight the poison of antisemitism wherever I find it

The prime minister writes for the JC ahead of Yom Hashoah

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April 23, 2025 15:21

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife, Lady Victoria, during their visit to Auschwitz in January (Image: Getty)

Shlissel challlah

The key to freedom – a new meaning for the shlissel challah

Two bakers have repurposed a loaf traditionally made for the first post-Pesach Shabbat

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May 1, 2024 14:26

The key to freedom – a new meaning for the shlissel challah

Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’ and demands hostage release

The Palestinian Authority leader called on the terror group to lay down its arms for first time since start of war in Gaza

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April 23, 2025 14:26

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called on Hamas to release more hostages, lay down its weapons and relinquish control of the Gaza Strip (Image: Getty)

Arsenal

Arsenal first with Kosher for Pesach pre-match meal

Jewish Gooners organises lunch for 55 travelling fans in advance of triumphant win

1 min read

April 23, 2025 14:17

Arsenal Jewish Gooners at Bet Chabad during Pesach in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle for Arsenal F.C. via Getty Images)

Trade Unions

Meet the hard-left, pro-Corbyn fireman elected to lead UK’s second-biggest teaching union

Jewish leader voices concern over the new role for Matt Wrack, who previously referred to ‘so-called antisemitism in the Labour Party’

3 min read

April 23, 2025 16:42

Former Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack (Image: Getty).

Israel

Pro-Israel lawyer clashes with MPs in select committee hearing on Gaza

Natasha Hausdorff and committee chair Emily Thornberry got into a row over the UK and US legal position on Israel’s military operations in the Strip

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April 23, 2025 16:57

Natasha Hausdorff, legal director of the UK Lawyers for Israel Charitable Trust, appears before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: UK Parliament)

Holocaust

Latvia drops investigation into Nazi collaborator’s Holocaust participation because it was ‘not genocide'

Prosecutors claimed that Herberts Cukurs’ actions ‘do not constitute’ genocide under the country’s criminal code

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April 24, 2025 10:36

Herberts Cukurs was a Nazi collaborator in Latvia who has been accused of participating in the mass murder of the country's Jews (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Shemini

“Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid incense on it; and they offered before the Eternal strange fire, which God had not commanded them” Leviticus 10:1

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April 24, 2025 10:07

The bodies of Nadab and Abihu are carried from the Tabernacle (James Tissot, 1836-1902/Wikimedia Commons)

Calendar

Shabbat times from April 25 to May 2

Shabbat times for the week

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April 24, 2025 10:05

Bake

Butternut and pumpkin seed muffins

A quick and easy to upscale your regular lunch

October 31, 2011 11:51

Cook time: 25 - 30 minutes

Yom HaShoah UK

Community marks Yom HaShoah in moving Westminster ceremony

Leaders pledge to continue to mark Yom HaShoah every year, even when Holocaust survivors are no longer around

3 min read

April 24, 2025 11:21

Kindertransport refugee Lord Alfred Dubs (centre) lights a candle (Photo: Meron Persey Photography)

Movement for Reform Judaism

Herts Reform and Liberals announce plans for merged Progressive community

Radlett Reform and Elstree Liberal are moving ahead with ‘bold’ new collaboration

1 min read

April 23, 2025 16:07

Rabbi Paul Freedman of Radlett Reform Synagogue

Recipe of the day

The best Pesach brownie cheesecake ever

Seriously the best Passover pudding ever – you’ll want to make this every year

April 10, 2024 09:00

Cook time: 45 minutes

Jordan

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after ‘sabotage plot’ uncovered

The Brotherhood represents the largest opposition force in the country but has long been criticised over its alleged ties to terror groups

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April 23, 2025 14:55

The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned in Jordan (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 567: A breakthrough with Syria?

Plus, IDF admits error over death of UN worker in Gaza

4 min read

April 25, 2025 08:19

Recent reports suggest normalisation between Israel and Syria is now a realistic prospect under the latter's new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa (Image: Getty)

The age-old link between antisemitism and misogyny

The parallels between the abuse suffered by women at the hands of extreme trans rights activists and what Jews endure from self-professed Palestinian supporters are striking

4 min read

April 24, 2025 14:36

Susan Smith (left) and Marion Calder, directors of For Women Scotland speak to the media outside the Supreme Court following its ruling that women are defined as biological females in terms of the Equality Act 2010 (Image: Getty)

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