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British Airways to continue flights to Israel as airlines announce cancellations

Amid fears of an Iranian attack against the Jewish state one flight to Tel Aviv reportedly stopped in Cyprus before returning to Germany

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August 1, 2024 12:49

United Airlines have suspended flights to Israel until August 6 (Photo: Getty Images)

Books

Going Home by Tom Lamont review: ‘The significance of duty’

He writes sharply about the web of obligation and Judaism, conveniently, provides a clear framework for such a life

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August 1, 2024 12:37

Going Home by Tom Lamont review: ‘The significance of duty’

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Mattot-Massei

“Among the cities you shall give to the Levites, shall be six cities of refuge, which you shall provide [as places] to which a murderer can flee” Numbers 35:6

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August 1, 2024 12:30

City of Refuge from Charles Foster's The Stories of the Bible (Wikimedia)

Calendar

Shabbat times from August 2 to August 9

Shabbat times for the week

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August 1, 2024 12:29

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Books

Two Hours by Alba Arikha review: ‘I read it twice’

This is the only time I have finished a novel and then turned straight back to the first page

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August 1, 2024 12:24

Two Hours by Alba Arikha review: ‘I read it twice’

Israel

IDF confirms Hamas chief Mohammed Deif was ‘eliminated’ in strike last month

Yoav Gallant confirmed that the ‘Bin Laden of Gaza’ was killed in a strike on Khan Younis

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August 1, 2024 10:21

Hamas

Iran’s supreme leader ‘orders direct attack’ on Israel

It follows Wednesday’s missile strike that killed Hamas terror chief Haniyeh

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August 1, 2024 09:41

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) embraces Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Source: Khamenei's Twitter account, posted May 24, 2021.

Antisemitism on campus

Columbia delegation visits Israel, but fear repercussions on their return to campus

Columbia has removed three senior administrators after they mocked the surge of Jew-hatred on campus

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August 1, 2024 08:08

Ilay David, the brother of Hamas captive Evyatar David, speaks to Columbia University faculty members on Tel Aviv's 'Hostage Square' (photo by Amelie Botbol)

Antisemitism on campus

Meet the Jewish students turning down Ivy League offers because of Jew hate

Yeshiva University’s “Blue Square Scholars” programme helps transfer students who no longer feel safe at Ivy League universities

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August 1, 2024 08:04

A counter-protest against the encampment at Columbia University (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Antisemitism

“We are at a crossroad for democracy and free society”

Israel’s antisemitism envoy warns that Jews must stand together in a battle for civilisation

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August 1, 2024 08:00

Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism

Dessert

Four ingredient summer berry crown pavlova

A standout showstopper of a dessert that makes the most of gorgeous seasonal berries

August 1, 2024 08:00

Cook time: 60 minutes

Israel must punish any soldier guilty of abuse

The JC Leader, August 2, 2024

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August 1, 2024 07:58

A worker welds a gate to a military court during a demonstration against Israeli military prosecutors on July 30 in Kfar Yona, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

Even those once implacably opposed to the idea now argue they don’t go far enough

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August 1, 2024 07:54

Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

All together now, from Oxford to Ibiza, globalise the Intifada!

The student activists have no sensitivity to the Palestinian cause, but a huge amount for themselves

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August 1, 2024 07:50

Sunset, in the Cala d'Hort nature reserve in Sant Josep de sa Talaia, on the Balearic Island of Ibiza (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

Why is the National Theatre staging a play with antisemitic tropes on October 7?

Putting on the Lehman Trilogy while the rest of us are marking Oct 7 shows the National Threatre doesn't care about Jews

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August 1, 2024 07:31

The Lehman Trilogy in New York (DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Interfaith

Southport’s Jewish community will say a special prayer on Shabbat for victims of stabbing

The town’s Jewish community says it does not need people ‘stoking tensions at this difficult time’

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July 31, 2024 18:37

(l-r) Teacher Lianne Lucas, who is recovering in hospital from the attack; victims Alice Dasilva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Bebe King, who were killed in the attack at a dance class on Monday (Photo: X/Twitter)

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