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World Zionist Organisation

Zionist centre of UK diaspora collapses in historic WZC election results

Orthodox and Progressive slates score victory in UK World Zionist Congress elections that saw over 10,000 votes cast

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July 31, 2025 16:07

The latest WZC elections have seen the collapse of centrist Zionism in the UK diaspora (Image: Getty)

GIFT

Young people hit the streets of Brighton for an altruistic weekend ‘immersed in giving’

Give It Forward Today is a Jewish outreach charity set up in 2004 dedicated to inspiring and enabling lifelong giving

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July 30, 2025 14:13

Young people participating in a GIFT weekend in Brighton (Credit: GIFT)

Yahya Sinwar

‘Yahya’ soars up baby name leaderboard

Yahya gained 33 places in 2024 from the previous year, the most of any name in the top 100, followed by Vinnie

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July 31, 2025 16:22

Yahya Sinwar, slain leader of Hamas, and a baby

Tishah b'Av

The day that Jerusalem became a pariah

On Tishah b’Av, which falls at the weekend, we revisit the desolation and despair experienced by our ancestors

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August 1, 2025 07:55

2MY5848 Jewish men pray during the mourning ritual of Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. The Jewish holy day of Tisha B'Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the biblical temples is marked Sunday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Edinburgh Fringe

She dreaded sitting next to a Chasidic woman – until the conversation that changed everything

A play coming to Edinburgh Fringe explores tensions between secular and Orthodox women through a conversation set 30,000 feet above ground

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August 1, 2025 08:49

Actresses Rachel Ravel, Madeline Rose Parks and Marissa Ruben pose in costume for Gili Malinsky's play 'Will You Be Praying The Entire Flight?' which will be staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 11-16 August, 2025.

In Hastings we have created a thriving Jewish community in the face of adversity

A small community on the south coast has come together to celebrated their Jewishness despite severe pro-Palestine aggression

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July 28, 2025 10:38

Beach cabanas on the pier in Hastings (Image: Getty)

Northern Ireland

Belfast restaurant apologises after Lebanese diner complains of ‘Star of David’ drawn on plate

The customer claimed that he was targeted with the five-point star, which was not the well-known Jewish symbol, because of where he is from

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August 1, 2025 09:30

A buffet restaurant in Belfast has apologised to a Lebanese customer after what he claimed was a 'Star of David' was drawn on his plate

France

France to indict six suspects 40 years after terror attack on Jewish restaurant

Six people were killed and 22 injured in the attack in 1982

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July 11, 2025 09:07

Firemen and a rescuers evacuate the dead after the terror attack (Image: Getty)

Hamas

Hamas documents reveal October 7 terrorists had ‘manual’ for hostage-taking in ‘cognitive warfare’ campaign

New research from the Washington Institute found that terrorists targeted women and children for abduction due to their ‘utility for emotional impact’

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August 1, 2025 09:42

Hamas targeted women and children as for abduction on October 7 due to their 'emotional impact', according to a new report (Image: Getty)

first person

Is this what it is to be a Jewish patient in the UK today?

When Israel-Palestine eventually became the topic of conversation in my physiotherapy appointment

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August 1, 2025 09:48

Massage therapist giving back massage to young woman. Patient lying on massage table.

Mental health

IDF sets up committee on mental health support following suicides of ex-soldiers

‘He lost his soul in military service’, said Sigal Edri, whose son Daniel took his own life last month after suffering from PTSD

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August 1, 2025 10:24

Daniel Edri took his own life last month after suffering with PTSD following his military service

Jerusalem

Zookeeper killed by leopard at a Jerusalem zoo

A man, believed to be the leopard trainer at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, was killed after being attacked by one of the big cats during feeding time

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August 1, 2025 10:50

Zookeeper killed by leopard at a Jerusalem zoo

Office of the Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi: UK recognition of Palestine ‘a profound betrayal’

Sir Ephraim Mirvis fears it will make diaspora Jews more vulnerable

2 min read

August 1, 2025 11:37

The Chief Rabbi has called the UK government's grounds for recognising a Palestinian state "an unfathomable misstep" (Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)

United Nations

Nearly 90% of UN aid is intercepted before reaching intended recipients

The UN claims that ‘hungry people or armed actors’ are taking aid en route to distribution points

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August 1, 2025 12:32

A Palestinian volunteer distributes bags of flour at a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse on Al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 12, 2025. Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel's proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on July 12. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hostages

Islamic Jihad airs video of hostage Rom Braslavski ‘on the brink of death’

Appearing weak with a strained voice, Braslavski said he spends 24 hours a day on a mattress and often tied up

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August 1, 2025 13:13

Rom Braslavski said he was 'on the brink of death' in a six-minute video released by Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Oxford

Oxford college launches ‘Tikvah Scholarship’ to support Jewish and Israeli undergraduate students

Former principal of St Anne’s, Baroness Deech said she ‘welcomed’ the support for a group that has suffered ‘hardship’ in recent times

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August 1, 2025 13:09

Honorands and senior University members take part in the annual Encaenia ceremony at Oxford University in Oxford, September 22, 2021 (Credit: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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