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Antisemitism

Over 80 per cent of British Jews afraid to display their identity, antisemitism survey finds

The annual Jewish Landscape Report found that the UK’s diaspora is among those raising the most concerns about Jew-hate

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May 28, 2025 13:47

A new survey on global antisemitism found that 81 per cent of British Jews are afraid to publicly display their identity (Image: Getty)

Hebrew

After 485 years, finally there’s a Jewish Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge

Aaron Koller from New York has been appointed to the historic role which was inaugurated by Henry VIII in 1540

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May 28, 2025 12:05

Aaron Koller will take over the role from his predecessor Professor Geoffrey Khan. (Photo courtesy of Shira Hecht-Koller)

pajes

Worried parents say children still don’t have a place at a Jewish school

PaJes tells parents to hold tight as more secondary spaces are set to open up between now and September

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May 28, 2025 14:39

Jewish families are concerned that their children might not get into a Jewish school. Stock image of a student (Getty)

ICJ

UN hands ICJ role to Jordanian envoy who said Israel is at war ‘with the people of Gaza’

Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud has previously described Israel’s war against Hamas as a ‘vicious attack against the protected population’ of the Strip

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May 28, 2025 16:23

Mahmoud Hmoud has been elected to serve on the ICJ despite his previous comments regarding Israel (Image: UN Photo/Loey Felipe)

Indonesia

Indonesia ‘ready to recognise Israel’ to ‘achieve true peace’

The majority-Muslim nation, which has been publicly hostile to Israel for years, conditioned the move on the equivalent recognition of a Palestinian state by Jerusalem

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May 28, 2025 14:52

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has said his country is 'ready to recognise Israel' if Jerusalem makes the equivalent gesture for a Palestinian state (Image: Getty)

Hamas

Israel confirms death of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar

His death leaves the group without a leader in Gaza and could spark a power struggle with the political leadership in Qatar

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May 28, 2025 13:33

Israel has confirmed the death of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in a recent air strike in Gaza (Image: IDF)

Germany

German Jewry: The glory that won’t come back

Antisemitism in Germany has been surging since the Hamas massacres of October 7. But the true threat to the Jewish community’s survival lies elsewhere

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May 28, 2025 17:05