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Ceasefire

Israel announces resumption of ceasefire following Gaza strikes

The IDF said the strikes were prompted by numerous Hamas violations of the truce

1 min read

October 29, 2025 09:41

Smoke rises after an Israeli army strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on October 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Heaton park synagogue attack

Jewish organisations issue joint call for a ‘comprehensive government strategy on antisemitism’ following Heaton Park attack

‘We need sustained action to combat the root causes of antisemitism’

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October 29, 2025 10:07

A police officer stands outside Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester (Getty Images)

Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder claims parent company blocked development of ‘flavour for Palestine’

Ben Cohen is now going ahead with the project independently, and taking recipe suggestions from the public

1 min read

October 29, 2025 12:06

Ben and Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen announces the planned creation of an independently-made 'flavour for Palestine' (Instagram/Ben Cohen)

Campus

Anti-Israel mob blocks students from attending UCL event

University president apologises after protesters storm venue hosting Jewish history event

3 min read

October 29, 2025 11:37

Protestors outside a talk by an Israeli influencer at UCL on October 24, 2025 (Image: X)

Mensch of the Month

Mensch of the Month: Matthew Kayne – Dedicated volunteer and cancer survivor

Matthew Kayne, volunteer, campaigner, DJ and music artist, lives with cerebral palsy

2 min read

October 29, 2025 12:32

Mensch of the Month: Matthew Kayne – Dedicated volunteer and cancer survivor

Nightingale Hammerson

New café and social space for those impacted by dementia

The monthly café will offer the chance to speak with others who understand and are impacted by dementia

1 min read

October 29, 2025 12:26

New café and social space for those impacted by dementia

East London

Chants about ‘Zionist scum’ at ‘anti-racist’ rally won’t be investigated, Met Police say

An east London march against the far-right saw men clad in black chanting anti-Israel slogans

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October 29, 2025 12:33

Some of the men pictured at them - there is no suggestion they participated in these chants

Mitzvah Day

Gardening and an interfaith lunch in a historic church kicks off the build up to Mitzvah Day

Mitzvah Day, this year on November 23, is the UK’s largest faith-led day of social action

2 min read

October 29, 2025 12:56

Bob Blackman CBE MP and Laura Marks CBE with the multi-faith gardening group in Canons Park (Credit: Mitzvah Day)

Glasgow

Jewish identity project launched in Glasgow

The West End Project is a semi-regular gathering for Jewish people in Scotland aged between 20 and 40

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October 29, 2025 13:02

Participants in the first meeting of the West End Project in Glasgow (Credit: courtesy)

Sir Keir Starmer

‘Scale of destruction in Gaza is unimaginable’, Starmer tells MPs

The Prime Minister urged ‘all sides’ to adhere to Donald Trump’s peace plan

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October 29, 2025 14:28

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Harvard

Harvard conservative magazine suspended after ‘echoing Hitler’ in ‘blood and soil’ article

The outlet’s editor insisted that any resemblance between the piece and the Nazi leader’s infamous 1939 Reichstag speech was unintended

1 min read

October 29, 2025 14:59

Athletes row under the John W. Weeks Footbridge passing Harvard University campus during the Head of the Charles Regatta 2025 on October 18, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Getty Images)

Manchester

‘Kind, caring’ Melvin Cravitz died from multiple stab wounds inflicted during synagogue terror attack, inquest hears

The inquests into the deaths of the two worshippers killed at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Yom Kippur opened today

5 min read

October 29, 2025 15:01

Adrian Daulby (left) and Melvin Cravitz - the victims of the Heaton Park attack (Photos: Greater Manchester Police)

Bournemouth

Bournemouth’s Jewish community are committed to continuing their historic ties to the town

In the latest JC series spotlighting different Jewish communities nationwide, Jamie Shapiro visits Bournemouth

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October 29, 2025 15:18

A final service in Bournemouth Old Hebrew Congregation (BHC) before the community moves to its new site on East Cliff (Credit: Nick Rutter Photography)

Health

Two days left to sign up for for free ‘life-saving’ cancer gene test

NHS England’s Jewish BRCA gene testing programme will stop accepting sign ups on Friday

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October 29, 2025 15:29

People of Ashkenazi heritage have a one in 40 chance of having a BRCA gene mutation and those of Sephardi heritage have a one in 140 chance

Neo-Nazi

Neo-Nazi groups bail Georgia man arrested over assault while dressed as SS officer for Halloween

The woman he is alleged to have attacked called the costume a ‘blatant attempt to instill fear and create outrage’

1 min read

October 29, 2025 15:55

Kenneth Leland Morgan is arrested after an alleged assault in Athens, Georgia (Image: X/StopAntisemitism)

Rabbi Lord Sacks

The legacy of a leading thinker

A special edition of the journal Tradition dedicated to the ideas of Rabbi Sacks will be launched at an online event on Sunday

3 min read

October 29, 2025 16:18

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