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Admissions regulator partly upholds complaint against IJDS

The school says it will amend questions about religious observance on application forms to ensure that they are clear and fair

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November 15, 2024 10:16

The admissions regulator says that rabbinical references for religious observance on school applications can refer only to public worship, not private prayer (Photo of New West End Synagogue, Getty Images)

Work Avenue

Don’t let fear get in the way of your great business idea

October 7 was the catalyst for lifestyle changes, with more people deciding to launch their own company

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November 15, 2024 10:11

Work Avenue Business Awards winners 2024 (Credit: Leivi Saltman )

Racists use “the facts” as cover for their bigotry

Deploying “facts” to justify and excuse hatred against minorities is often the favoured tactic of the far-right, yet when it comes to Jews, in steps the far left

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November 15, 2024 09:44

A headstone for George Floyd in the "Say Their Names" cemetery at George Floyd Square (Getty Images)

Chicken

Braised chicken with puy lentils and Savoy cabbage

A hearty one pot that’s perfect for Friday nights

November 15, 2024 07:00

Cook time: 1 hr 35-45

Braised chicken with puy lentils and Savoy cabbage

Jewish theatre

Why I brought heimishe humour to the London stage

The producer of the new trilogy of plays Joyfully Jewish explains why she put out a call for scripts with ‘no war, no antisemitism and no trauma’

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November 14, 2024 17:52

Rachel Gaffin Fidler in Falling Berries by Elijah Lifton Credit: Gary Manhine

Netflix

Social media outrage after Israeli Jew cast as Jesus’ mother in Netflix biblical epic

The film is facing boycott calls from people insisting ‘Jesus was Palestinian’

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November 14, 2024 17:12

Israeli actors Noa Cohen (right) as Mary and Ido Tako (left) as Joseph in Netflix's upcoming biblical epic "Mary" (Christopher Raphael/Netflix)

Rabbi Leo Dee

Rabbi Leo Dee hits Palestinian Authority with £10m lawsuit over his family’s murder

A law passed by the Knesset earlier this year allows victims of terror and their families to sue the PA

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November 14, 2024 17:12

Afghanistan

Last Jew in Afghanistan arrives in Israel, ending a yearslong saga

Zebulon Simentov made Aliyah three years after fleeing Taliban rule

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November 14, 2024 16:15

Afghan Jew Zebulon Simentov blows a shofar in April 2021 in an old building in Kabul.(Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Celebrity

Robbie Keane’s wife says she feels unsafe in Ireland because he used to manage Maccabi Tel Aviv

She speaks out against online abuse targeting her family following Robbie’s tenure at Maccabi Tel Aviv

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November 14, 2024 16:11

Robbie Keane’s wife says she fears for her family’s safety after her husband was targeted following his spell in charge of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv (Credit: Getty Images)

Bezalel Smotrich

UK’s Middle East Minister condemns far-right Israeli Minister’s annexation comments

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he was considering sanctioning Bezalal Smotrich

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November 14, 2024 15:49

Close allies: Netanyahu and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich (Getty Images)

Football

Meet the non-Jewish players on Israel's national football team

The inclusion of Muslim, Druze, and Arab players challenges the oversimplified narrative that all Israelis are Jewish

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November 14, 2024 15:04

Israel heads to Paris to face France in the UEFA Nations League with several non-Jewish players included in the squad (Credit: Getty)

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan, Royal Albert Hall, review: Confounding, poignant and a privilege to witness

Dylan performed the first of three nights at the venue – a culmination of a three-year world tour

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November 14, 2024 14:13

Bob Dylan performs at Roskilde Festival in 2019 (Photo by Helle Arensbak/AFP via Getty Images)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Vayera

“Early next morning Abraham took some bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them over her shoulder, together with the child, and sent her away” Genesis 21:14

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November 14, 2024 13:52