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Holocaust Centre North

New exhibition opens inspired by Holocaust survivor testimony

The art show is the culmination of 14 artistic residencies at the Holocaust Centre North

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May 30, 2025 22:42

Pauline Gardner aged 3 in Gannex coat in 1953 and Laura Nathan in a Gannex coat (Courtesy of Ibi and Val Ginsburg/Laura Nathan)

Books

Israeli-born author of ‘The Safekeep’ wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

Yael van der Wouden’s bold debut novel charts the emotional aftermath of the Holocaust in a post-war Netherlands

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June 12, 2025 18:30

Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden has won the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction with her book "The Safekeep". (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Barnet

Hasmo reveals plans to swap girls and boys sites

Leaders hope latest development proposals for the two high schools will finally gain planning permission

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June 12, 2025 16:55

Proposed redevelopment of current Hendon site to house Hasmoneah girls

Iran

At least 100 attack drones ‘on their way to Israel’ after Iran strikes

The IDF has confirmed it is shooting down the UAVs

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June 13, 2025 07:32

Iran

Israel launches major offensive against Iran’s nuclear programme, killing military chiefs

PM says operation ‘will continue as long as needed’ as Israel readies for Iranian regime retaliation

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June 13, 2025 07:34

Rescue teams work outside a heavily damaged building, targeted by an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 13, 2025 (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 616: Israel strikes Iran

Plus, Washington denies involvement as 100 Iranian drones sent in retaliation

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June 13, 2025 08:07

Israel is reportedly readying a solo military strike against Iran (Image: Getty)

Rabbis

NNLS rabbi to take up role at Westminster Synagogue

Rabbi Zahavit Shalev will become interim rabbi at the independent Progressive synagogue as Rabbi Benji Stanley leaves to study in Israel

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June 12, 2025 11:15

Rabbi Zahavit Shalev is leaving New North London Synagogue to take up an interim position at Westminster Synagogue (Photo: Masorti Judaism)

Ice cream recipe

Rose berry ice cream

Make the most of summer strawberries with this exotic ice

June 23, 2011 09:53

Iran

Son of Iran’s last monarch calls for overthrow of Khameinei regime following Israel strikes

Reza Pahlavi accused the Islamic Republic’s ‘corrupt and incompetent’ leaders of ‘embroiling Iran in a war’

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June 13, 2025 09:23

Iran

Israeli military official on Iran: ‘We are prepared for this to keep going on for days’

Officer says overnight offensive was ‘successful’ but stresses need to remain humble

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June 13, 2025 09:59

A bomb shelter keeps its door open as Israel braces for Iran's respond to Israel's strike on June 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Getty Images)

Calendar

Shabbat times from June 13 to June 20

Shabbat times for the week

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June 12, 2025 13:11

Israel may have done the world an incalculable service – but do not expect many thank-yous

The paradox of preemption is that the very success of such an operation conceals the scale of the danger it prevented

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June 13, 2025 09:30

Smoke rises from a location targeted in Israel's wave of strikes on Tehran, Iran, on early morning of June 13, 2025. (Imaghe: Getty)

CST

CST advises British Jews to be ‘vigilant’ in public spaces after Iran strikes

The CST said the advice was not based on specific intelligence

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June 13, 2025 10:52

Hamas

‘Ghost of Al-Qassam’ with $750k bounty on his head named as new Hamas leader

Az al-Din Haddad reportedly speaks Hebrew and keeps photos of Israeli hostages on his phone after helping to plan the October 7, 2023 massacres

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June 13, 2025 10:59

Az al-Din Haddad, known as the 'Ghost of Al-Qassam', has reportedly been named the new leader of Hamas in Gaza (Image: screengrab from Hamas video)

US Politics

Court blocks deportation of Columbia Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil

A federal judge ruled that the activist’s detention and deportation would cause him ‘irreparable harm’ and ‘chill’ free speech

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June 13, 2025 11:21

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempts to deport Mahmoud Khalil (Image: Getty)

Iran

Why Israel attacked Iran

A country that has repeatedly shown its intent to destroy the Jewish state was – in Israel’s view – days away from getting a nuclear bomb

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June 13, 2025 11:38

People look over damage to buildings following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

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