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‘Memory Man’ gets lifetime achievement award

Malcolm Ozin has been working for Jewish Blind & Disabled since it was founded over 50 years ago

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May 19, 2025 14:22

Malcolm Ozin receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award at the Barnet Civic Awards from Mayor Tony Vourou (Photo: Simon O’Connor/Mayor of Barnet's office)

Shavuot

Savoury Shavuot – fifteen fantastic recipes worth celebrating

Cheese lovers read on for the best recipes to celebrate our dairy festival

2 min read

June 10, 2024 12:45

US Politics

Vance calls off Israel trip over new Gaza offensive

There is reportedly growing frustration in Washington that a peace deal remains elusive

2 min read

May 20, 2025 13:48

American Vice President JD Vance reportedly called off a mooted trip to Israel over the new IDF offensive in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Talmud

This man knows how you can talk to your children about Israel

Israel’s former ambassador to the UK Daniel Taub, is a man who thinks he’s cracked how to disagree respectfully

6 min read

May 20, 2025 13:56

EF3KJM London, UK. 26th January, 2015. Ambassador of Israel HE Daniel Taub (R) visits the Orthodox Jewish community of Stamford Hill with Rabbi Osher Schapiro (L) Credit: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy Live News

Israel can’t be expected to sustain terrorists intent on its destruction

If not handled correctly, aid will be less about saving civilians than saving Hamas

4 min read

May 20, 2025 14:28

Hamas fighters gather at the site of the handing over of Israeli hostages at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025. Hamas's armed wing confirmed it will hand over on February 22 six hostages held alive in the Gaza Strip as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel. (Photo by Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

A gift to Hamas

Britain, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions unless the Jewish state halts its military campaign. The jihadists in Gaza can’t believe their luck

3 min read

May 20, 2025 12:59

Israel

UK suspends trade deal talks with Israel over new Gaza operation

Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused the Israeli government of ‘isolating Israel from its friends and partners’ through its ‘egregious actions and rhetoric’

3 min read

May 20, 2025 14:03

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the suspension of trade talks with Israel over the IDF's new Gaza offensive (Image: Parliament TV)

Supermarkets

Co-op’s members pass PSC-backed motion with false Gaza death toll

The motion urged Co-op leadership to demonstrate ‘moral courage and leadership’ by removing Israeli goods from its shelves

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May 19, 2025 17:18

The Co-op's board has passed a motion calling for a boycott of Israeli products in its stores (Image: Getty)

Kneecap

Anti-Israel band Kneecap ‘threatens to sue’ music agents calling for Glastonbury gig cancellation amid counter-terror probe

A confidential email trail was reportedly leaked to the band, which is now said to be exploring legal actions over the allegedly ‘defamatory’ comments from senior industry figures

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May 20, 2025 15:07

Kneecap has reportedly threatened to sue a group of music agents who called for the band to be dropped from Glastonbury as it faces a counter-terror investigation (Image: Getty)

care sector

Decision to axe overseas care worker visas prompts outcry from charities

The proposals form part of the government’s white paper on immigration

4 min read

May 20, 2025 15:34

Jewish charities are worried about how the government's proposed immigration reforms will impact staffing in the future (Photo: Mike Stone/Jewish Care)

Jewish Volunteering Network

How ordinary people build extraordinary legacies through volunteering

The Jewish community has a disproportionately high number of charities

2 min read

May 20, 2025 16:09

Some of the community's many volunteers at the annual JVN awards (Emma Ziff Photography)

Iran

Magnate admits breaching US sanctions on Iran

George Gialozoglou told the High Court he knew his tankers were carrying sanctioned Iranian oil and admitted forged documents were used to disguise its origin

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May 20, 2025 10:31