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Green Party

Green co-leader ‘delighted’ to take part in event with ex-candidate who compared Netanyahu to Hitler

The Green Party has also refused to discipline a Bristol councillor who shared Hamas video

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March 13, 2025 21:48

Carla Denyer (second left), Naseem Talukdar and Lord Kamall (right) in the House of Lords (Image: Naseem Talukdar/X).

October 7

Bibas family remembered with Batman costumes this Purim

Ariel Bibas, four, was a huge Batman fan

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March 13, 2025 17:16

Kim Woolf with her business partner Scott Shulton, wearing the T-shirts which will be worn in memory of the Ariel,Kfir and Shiri Bibas on Purim

Immanuel College

Immanuel opens its doors and hearts to Israeli students

The UK pupils wanted to show their solidarity to Israel and the hostages

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March 14, 2025 08:54

Immanuel College and students from King Solomon School in Israel release balloons during a day of solidarity (Photo: Immanuel College)

Makor Hayim

Makor Hayim puts inclusion front and centre on Disability Pride Shabbat

The initiative aligns with the congregation’s broader efforts to promote accessibility and rights for people with disabilities

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March 14, 2025 09:06

Makor Hayim puts inclusion front and centre on Disability Pride Shabbat

Israel Briefing

Israel Briefing Day 525: New Gaza ceasefire proposal on the table

Plus, Israel faces international criticism and internal political tensions, with a growing focus on hostage and prisoner exchange

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March 14, 2025 09:08

Streets are filled with debris of demolished buildings as life goes on in the Holy Month of Ramadan in Central Gaza City (Picture: Getty)

Television

Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October review: ‘highly recommended’

This documentary by film maker Norma Percy is proof that the BBC can make fair programmes about Israel when it wants to

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March 13, 2025 17:38

Ehud Olmert showing the map he presented to Mahmoud Abbas detailing prospective borders in 2008, and which was rejected

New York

NYPD makes arrests as anti-Israel protesters hold sit-in at Trump Tower

The gathering was organised by the Jewish Voice for Peace group

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March 14, 2025 09:52

Demonstrators from the human rights organization Jewish Voice for Peace are detained by NYPD officers as they hold a civil disobedience action inside Trump Tower in New York on March 13, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

NHS

Starmer says hospitals should ‘take action’ when staff ‘don’t reflect NHS values’ on antisemitism

The PM also chastised Shadow Health Secretary for heckling him during his answer

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March 12, 2025 14:35

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Parliament TV).

Columbia university

Columbia revokes degrees and suspends students involved in violent Palestine protest

‘This ruling is an important first step in righting the wrongs of the past year and a half’ stated Brian Cohen, executive director of Columbia Hillel.

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March 14, 2025 09:58

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Columbia University (Picture: Getty)

Schools

Elite school cancels antisemitism talk over ‘emotional safety’ of students

Jewish speaker had been due at UWC Atlantic, founded by a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany

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March 14, 2025 10:43

Aerial view of St Donat's Castle, home to UWC Atlantic College (Picture: Getty)

Purim

'Purim is about survival, not slaughter': Chief Rabbi slams Guardian Purim column

Mirvis condemned Peter Beinart’s comparison of the Purim story to Israel’s military actions in Gaza

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March 14, 2025 11:36

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addresses an event (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Church of England

‘Toxic sloganeering’ around Israel ‘disfigures’ the debate says former archbishop Rowan Williams

The former head of the Church of England was this year’s speaker at the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture

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March 14, 2025 13:11

Rt Rev Rt Hon Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, speaks at the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture 2025, March 11, 2025

Ancient Rome

Archaeologists uncover what could be the oldest mikveh outside of Israel

A Roman-era Jewish bath discovered in Italy suggests vibrant life of ancient Jewish diaspora

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March 14, 2025 13:14

Archaeologists discovered an oil lamp bearing Jewish symbols in what the believe to be the oldest mikveh bath outside of Israel. (Photo: Ostia Antica/X)

Hezbollah

Pentagon officials surprised and ‘impressed’ by Hezbollah pager explosions

Senior US official reveals behind-the-scenes details of the Pentagon’s reaction to Hezbollah’s pagers exploding

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March 14, 2025 14:15

Home to the US Defence Department, the Pentagon is one of the world's largest office buildings (Picture: Getty)

Etgar

The Etgar Purim Quiz

Try our festive Jewish knowledge test

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March 14, 2025 14:02

Dance

‘South Africa is a dancing nation...it is the way we express ourselves’

Choreographer Robyn Orlin talks to Joy Sable about her latest work

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March 14, 2025 14:57

A scene from Robyn Orlin's We Wear Our Wheels with Pride Photo:Jérôme Séron

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