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US scraps Unrwa’s legal immunity in major reversal of Biden-era policy

The decision could see the UN agency, which has been accused of employing Hamas operatives, hit with significant claims from the relatives of terror victims

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April 25, 2025 10:50

The US has removed Unrwa's legal immunity, allowing Americans to sue the agency in federal court (Pictured: Unrwa Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini; Image: Getty)

Film

Film review, Sinners: ‘Magical’

A vampire film which nearly transcends the familiar

1 min read

April 25, 2025 09:10

Trade Unions

MPs condemn appointment of hard-left Corbynite firefighter as head of teaching union

The NASUWT union faces a legal challenge over the fairness of Matt Wrack’s uncontested election

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April 24, 2025 16:31

Matt Wrack speaking at the Labour Party's annual conference (Image: Getty).

Bar v Bibi: Israel is the loser as the Shin Bet’s chief takes on the PM

The head of Shin Bet hit back at Israel’s prime minister this week

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April 25, 2025 08:40

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements (Image: Getty)

first person

What makes a car Jewish? I mean, how long you got?

In which I explain why I have been in love with my Volvo, a car that is almost as Yiddishe as me, for 16 years

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April 25, 2025 09:27

Trusty workhorse: Angela Epstein with her beloved family car -- a Volvo XC90

International Criminal Court

Appeals court freezes ICC case against Israel

The decision could see the arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant thrown out

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April 25, 2025 09:56

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has frozen its case against Israel while a review of its jurisdiction is heard (Image: Getty)

Pro-Palestine marches

Intimidating Gaza protest saw synagogue attendance ‘drop by a third’

Demonstrators marched through a Jewish area of Westcliff-on-Sea on yom tov

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April 25, 2025 11:53

Protesters at the Southend demo that passed through the Jewish area of Westcliff on Sea (Image: Alamy)

Charedi schools

Two Charedi schools sound alarm over financial blackhole

Pardes House Grammar School and Shiras Devorah High School face closure if they can’t make up their funding shortfall

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April 25, 2025 12:37

Shiras Devorah High School warned parents that the school is facing "an extremely serious financial situation" and urgent action is needed to ensure it can continue to operate. (Photo: Google Street View)

BBC

Jonathan Dimbleby claims Jewish leaders boost antisemitism by failing to criticise Netanyahu

The BBC presenter reveals he had wanted to make that point during a talk at Bergen-Belsen death camp

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April 25, 2025 12:54

Jonathan Dimbleby gives a reading during the Service of Thanksgiving for Forces' (Photo by Yui Mok/Getty Images)

Pope Francis

Israel denies downplaying Pope’s death amid claims of funeral snub

An internal row erupted after the Foreign Ministry deleted its condolence post for the late pontiff and neither the president or prime minister will attend his funeral

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April 25, 2025 13:06

An Israeli official has denied that Israel's response to Pope Francis' death has been muted after the Foreign Ministry deleted its condolence post for the late pontiff (Image: Getty)

IDF

IDF admits responsibility for death of UN worker after targeting error

The military had previously denied conducting a strike on the building in question and blamed the explosion on a land mine

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April 25, 2025 14:01

The IDF has admitted it struck a UN facility in March, killing a UN worker (stock image, credit: Getty)

Jewish dating

‘The girls are entitled’: Inside the London launch of Lox Club, the Jewish answer to Raya

Can this new Jew-ish app attract more than finance bros and Jewish princesses?

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April 23, 2025 12:45

The Lox Club, a membership-based 'Jew-ish' dating app, hosts its London launch party. (Photography: Calum Morrison)

Trade Unions

Exclusive: Jewish teachers voice fears over union’s new Corbynite leader

MPs also criticise appointment of former Fire Brigades Union chief

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April 25, 2025 15:08

Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue

The accolade of a listed status can be an unwanted gift

Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue, which was the subject of redevelopment plans, has just been awarded grade II status

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April 23, 2025 14:50

Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue windows by John Petts. The building has just received a grade II listed status (Photo: C20 Society)

Board of Deputies

Communal row continues as 25 rabbis publish new letter against war in Gaza

Fresh intervention from Progressive ministers comes as 36 deputies face a petition banning them from Israel over their letter criticisng the Jewish state

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April 25, 2025 11:14

26 leaders in the Progressive movement have signed a letter in the FT calling for an end to the war in Gaza (Getty)

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Pro-Palestine protestors hurl bottles at Ben-Gvir after speech

The far-right minister is on a tour of the US, including a dinner at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

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April 24, 2025 10:57

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was confronted by a crowd of pro-Palestine protestors following his speech at Yale University (Image: Itamar Ben-Gvir's office)

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