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Smotrich preparing ‘operational plan’ to enforce ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over West Bank

Critics of the move claim it would amount to an annexation of the PA-administered territory

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June 6, 2025 13:21

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered his office to draw up 'operational plans' to assert 'Israeli sovereignty' over the West Bank (Image: Flash90)

It feels like my Jewish hood is going back in time

In some wards of Hackney, 90 per cent of births are to Charedi women. What was once a genuinely diverse area now feels less so

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June 6, 2025 13:27

It takes a village: Orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill

Books

Is your child anxious? Vanessa Feltz’s daughter can help

Saskia Joss on her new book and why we are our children’s security guard

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June 6, 2025 13:41

Talk to me: Saskia Joss and her new book

Podcasts

‘Honey, I podcasted our divorce’

Two Jewish mums who used their own experiences to launch a weekly podcast about separation and single parenthood share how our their careers as influencers took off

5 min read

June 4, 2025 17:51

Facing the future: Carly Harris (left) and Tash Gershfield

Gaza

Outrage after Dawn French appears to mock October 7 suffering

‘They did a bad thing to us’, Dawn French said in a cartoonish voice in video posted to X

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June 6, 2025 14:16

Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester

Prime Minister says ‘Mazel Tov’ to Manchester’s award winners

Two hundred nominations were received for the Jewish Community Awards

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June 6, 2025 14:42

Volunteer Team of the Year - North West Friends of Israel Hostage Vigil Team presented by Eddie Edwards (Photo: JRC)

No, you don’t get to decide what antisemitism is

From virtue-signalling anti-Zionists to diversity consultants who can’t recognise Jew-hatred, we are the only ethnic minority whose oppression is defined by those outside the community

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June 6, 2025 15:14

A synagogue entrance defaced with the acronym ZOG, Zionist Occupation Government, and a swastika. (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Tehran is reportedly rebuilding its conventional arsenal as a contingency for expected limitations on its atomic programme

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June 6, 2025 15:14

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

Gaza

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation insisted that no violence had occurred after reports of shootings at their site in recent days

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June 6, 2025 15:52

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed its distribution sites amid 'excessive crowding' (Image: Getty)

Sephardi Judaism

Month-long celebration of Sephardi culture debuts in NYC

The new Festival Sefarad will join the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival in spotlighting diverse Sephardic culture

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June 6, 2025 16:00

Recognition: Israeli actress Reymond Amsalem wins a Pomegranate Award at last year's New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival. (Photo: American Sephardi Federation)

Variety

Variety is the spice of life for couple given charity service award

Neil and Pamela Sinclair have dedicated over 50 years to volunteering

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May 30, 2025 09:43

Neil and Pamela Sinclair, who have devoted over 50 years to Variety charity (Photo: Variety)

Chai Cancer Care

‘I went through chemotherapy – the worst part was losing my hair’

Sandy Rashty speaks to women about how their changed looks from cancer treatment affected them – and a stylist who is giving them back their confidence

3 min read

June 4, 2025 09:03

Natali Weisz during a session at Chai with stylists (Photo: Alex Taibel)

BBC

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

The actor was pictured at an event which uncritically cited death toll figures from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, just before his final appearance aired

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June 6, 2025 13:45