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Hummus recipe

Fattat hummus - crispy pita and chickpea salad

Repurpose past-its-prime pita in this fresh flavoured salad

May 13, 2024 08:00

Fattat hummus - crispy pita and chickpea salad

Disagreement does not divide us – but misjudgment might

Broadcasting criticism of Israel in the wrong context risks distorting the truth and weakening communal bonds

3 min read

April 30, 2025 10:02

Demonstrators raise placards and national flags during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of the remaining Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Hostages

UK minister’s ‘agony’ that being British did not protect Sharabi family

Hamish Falconer tells JC that former hostage’s testimony was ‘heartbreaking’

1 min read

April 29, 2025 15:15

The Chief Rabbi thanked Eli Sharabi for his strength (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography/UJIA)

Terrorism

One charged after ‘Keffiyeh-clad’ knifeman launches ‘attempted terror attack’ on Israel’s UK embassy

An armed assailant attempted to enter the embassy compound but was foiled by police

1 min read

April 30, 2025 10:32

Israel's embassy in the UK was the suspected target of an alleged Iranian plot (Image: Getty)

Sara Netanyahu

Sara Netanyahu caught saying ‘fewer’ than 24 hostages remain alive

The hot mic moment prompted anger from hostage groups, which demanded clarification of the government’s figures

1 min read

April 30, 2025 11:23

Sara Netanyahu was picked up on her husband's microphone saying that 'fewer' than 24 hostages remain alive in Gaza, which would conflict with Israel's official estimate (Image: Flash90)

Protests

Amendment to policing bill marks a ‘return to Shabbat worship in peace'

Police will be able to stop demonstrations that deter people from attending synagogue

1 min read

April 30, 2025 11:31

A pro-Palestine march in London (Photo: Getty Images)

vegetarian salad

Sabiche salad with feta

A twist on the classic Israeli sandwich for a healthy summer salad

June 10, 2016 08:48

Cook time: 50 minutes

Dying for Sex review: ‘will make you laugh and cry’

This show about one woman’s libidinous adventures following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer is at once tragic, hilarious, raunchy and moving

3 min read

April 30, 2025 15:04

Til death us do part: Michelle Williams as Molly and Jenny Slate as Nikki in Dying for Sex (Photo: Sarah Shatz/FX)

Mental health

UK volunteer supports groundbreaking Israeli mental health project after October 7 attacks

According to reports around 580,000 people are suffering from severe PTSD symptoms directly related to the attacks

2 min read

April 30, 2025 15:05

The Growing Project The Growing Project aims to establish a national network of 100 'Resilience Centres'

Israel

Three arrested after protestors storm synagogue holding Israel-Palestine memorial

Right-wing politicians condemned attendees of the ceremony as ‘traitors’ and said the violence was the ‘opening shot’

2 min read

April 30, 2025 15:11

Protestors stormed the Reform synagogue in Ra'anana last night during a Israeli-Palestinian memorial service (Image: Google Earth)

Cambridge

Cambridge University investigates senior researcher who dubbed Chief Rabbi ‘Israeli Nazi’ and called October 7 ‘an act of resistance’

Edward Tomasz Napierała, a senior research software engineer, also called antisemitism a ‘fake problem’

4 min read

April 30, 2025 15:11

Edward Tomasz Napierała, a senior research software engineer at the university, compared the October 7 attacks to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on his X account. (Pictured: Student walks across quad at Cambridge University; Image: Getty)

The London Marathon

A capital day out for this year’s London Marathon runners

This year’s field featured 59 participants who dedicated their race to the remaining hostages in Gaza

3 min read

April 28, 2025 15:00

Runners take part in the TCS London Marathon 2025 April 27, 2025 in London, England (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Brazil

Motel Destino review: ‘sordid thrills in Brazil’

An unflinchingly seedy thriller set under a bleaching sun

1 min read

April 30, 2025 16:38

Love hotel: Nataly Rocha and Iago Xavier

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 573: Wildfires ravage Israel on Independence Day

Plus, Syria’s assault on the Druze put it on a collision course with Jerusalem

3 min read

May 1, 2025 08:21

Israel

Three arrested as wildfires ruin Israeli independence day service

Roads have been closed and the IDF mobilised to assist emergency crews as fires tear through parched forest

2 min read

April 30, 2025 14:54

View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, April 30, 2025. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** שריפה לטרון כבאים אש יער שריפת ענק

sidrah

Parashah of the week: Tazria-Metzora

“Then they said to one another, ‘We are not doing right. This is a day of good news, and we are keeping silent! … Come, let us go and inform the king’s palace” 2 Kings 7:9

1 min read

May 1, 2025 09:43

Lepers outside the camp (A Dictionary of the Bible, Philip Schaff, 1887/Wikimedia Commons)

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