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The Land of the Living review: ‘Fatally wears its messaging on its sleeve’ ★★★

Based on interviews with journalist Gitta Sereny, this new play about child victims of war spans 45 years – but still takes too long to answer its main mystery

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October 9, 2025 15:13

Juliet Stevenson, Cosima Shaw and Caroline Loncq star in the National Theatre's 'The Land of the Living.' (Photo: National Theatre)

Antisemitism

Antisemitic hate crime in the UK remains at historic high

Incidents fell by 12.5 per cent year on year, but remain at twice pre-October 7 levels

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October 9, 2025 15:30

Antisemitic hate crimes in the UK in 2024/2025 are nearly twice what they were in 2022/2023 (Image: Getty)

Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn & Sultana’s Your Party accused of sharing ‘Hamas symbol’

A spokesperson for the CST said the post ‘tells you everything you need to know about the extremism at the heart of this movement’

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October 9, 2025 15:28

A post by Corbyn and Sultana's party containing what CST say is a symbol associated with Hamas propaganda (Image: Screenshot/X).

Court and Crime

Man accused of planning terror attack ‘researched going to Palestine to fight Jews’

Muslim convert Jordan Richardson was allegedly found in possession of a recipe for mustard gas, while a crossbow was also discovered in his home, according to prosecutors

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October 9, 2025 15:47

Summer camp

‘I heard you had breast cancer, and I meant to text’

How a long bond with a friend was broken by a text that was never sent...

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September 18, 2025 10:39

Crushing blow: Karen felt let down by a childhood friend

Hostages

Joy and optimism sweeps through Hostages Square in Tel Aviv

‘We see more light in everyone’s eyes – we’re trying to believe,’ one resident of southern Israel tells the JC

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October 9, 2025 16:31

The crowd in Hostages Square on October 9 after news of the Trump-brokered peace deal emerged (Image: Amelie Botbol)

October 7

‘I started seeing the events of October 7 in my dreams’: Indirect exposure to trauma linked to PTSD in Israeli journalists and therapists

A study by professors at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University reveals that media and psychology professionals suffered ‘vicarious trauma’ after the massacres

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October 10, 2025 15:00

People react among Israeli flags in hostages square prior the handover of four bodies taken by Hamas fighters on February 20, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Jewish schools

Education Secretary makes solidarity visit to Jewish school following Manchester attack

Bridget Phillipson says stopping antisemitism in education ‘a priority’

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October 10, 2025 14:57

Bridget Phillipson at Yavneh College (photo: Department for Education)

Jewish secondary schools

Boutique Immanuel aims to bring out the best

The school’s new headteacher and director of education explain their ambitions for the college as it faces the challenge of new VAT charges

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October 10, 2025 14:55

Boutique Immanuel aims to bring out the best

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

The deal with Hamas is imperfect – hostages exchanged for killers, the jihadis diminished but not gone. The task now is not to romanticise the bargain, but to use this brittle pause to build a sturdier quiet

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October 10, 2025 14:06