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How to celebrate Pesach after Shabbat

Trying to get your head around what to do and when to do it for Passover 2025? Here are some questions answered

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March 27, 2025 16:35

When matzah starts to feels like a plague it still has some uses.

My silicon implants feel like two permanent ice packs

When I had reconstructive surgery I didn’t think my gel bags would feel like real boobs, but neither did I think winter would be with me at all times

3 min read

March 27, 2025 17:59

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 539: Lebanon truce on the brink after latest rocket attack

Plus, Hamas split over latest Gaza ceasefire proposal

2 min read

March 28, 2025 09:52

Tension is growing between Israel and Lebanon following a wave of rocket exchanges (Image: Getty)

Community

Fundraiser launched to support student fighting leukaemia

18-year-old Ella Greenwood is currently undergoing treatment

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March 27, 2025 14:02

A fundraising campaign has been set up to support Ella Greenwood and her family as she undergoes treatment for leukaemia

Holocaust Centre North

Holocaust Centre North launches exhibition to mark 50 years since Cambodian genocide

‘The artists tell stories of survival and rebuilding lives, which is what we do here’

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March 28, 2025 10:48

One of the works in the Holocaust Centre North's exhibition, Cambodia - 50 Years of Reckoning (Photo: Holocaust Centre North)

Hamas

Hamas divided over latest US ceasefire proposals

The terror group’s leadership in Gaza is said to be at odds with its political wing in Qatar

1 min read

March 28, 2025 10:52

Hamas is reportedly reckoning with an internal split over new proposals for a Gaza ceasefire (Image: Getty)

Jewish celebrities

Like mother used to make

It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday. To mark the date which is a national event, if not a strictly Jewish one, celebrities share their favourite childhood dish made by the woman who brought them into the world

4 min read

March 28, 2025 11:44

Nigel Farage

Farage vows no repeat of antisemitic candidate scandal as Reform vetting now ‘tougher than Labour or Tories’

The MP for Clacton also predicted that there would be between 20-30 pro-Gaza MPs at the next election and derided his Conservative opponents as ‘boring old b*******’

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March 28, 2025 11:47

Nigel Farage has pledged there will be no repeat of the scandal of antisemitic candidates that dogged Reform UK at the last election (Image: Getty)

Technology

Fear for Jewish genetic data as 23andMe goes up for sale

Sensitive genetic information – including that of many Ashkenazi Jews – will hit the market as the once thriving firm files for bankruptcy

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March 28, 2025 11:49

Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, has filed for bankruptcy, and its data - including that of many in the Jewish community - is up for sale (Photo: Getty Images)

VAT on independent schools

Jewish families involved in legal challenge to VAT on private schools

The High Court is to hear a claim that the government’s policy is a breach of human rights

1 min read

March 28, 2025 11:59

Lord Pannick QC, who will be presenting case against the government at the High Court (Photo: Getty Images)

Books

How Henry VIII turned to rabbis to divorce wife No1

A new book claims Jewish scholars guided the Tudor king in his row with Rome

5 min read

March 28, 2025 12:27

Marital issues: Jerry Rabow and his book

Celebrity

Influencer Alix Earle settles case with Gymshark for $1million after they allegedly ended brand deal because she supports Israel

The company was accused of withdrawing because of Earle’s ‘perceived stance on Israel’

1 min read

March 25, 2025 16:43

Alix Earle attends SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall (Image: Getty)

Etgar

The Etgar Quiz no 298

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test

1 min read

March 21, 2025 14:14

Qatar

Qatari Defence Minister reportedly tweeted about ‘Israel’s control of the US’ and said ‘We are all Hamas’

Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani allegedly offered open support for the terrorist group despite holding various positions in the government now acting as a mediator in ceasefire talks

2 min read

March 28, 2025 16:06