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Fish recipe

Crispy fried red mullet with chickpea and red onion salad

This simply delicious summer supper is low on effort but full of flavour

July 11, 2025 06:48

Cook time: 10 minutes

Crispy fried red mullet with chickpea and red onion salad

chicken recipe

Chicken, peach and sourdough salad

Sticky glazed chicken, juicy peaches and crunchy croutons makes this a summer dinner winner

July 11, 2025 06:00

Cook time: 45 minutes

Jewish schools

Sephardi school seeks state aid as VAT levy on fees begins to bite

Nancy Reuben Primary says some parents may no longer be able to afford to pay with new tax

1 min read

July 11, 2025 08:22

Learning the joy of Shabbat at Nancy Reuben

Kanye West

Slovakian festival cancels Kanye gig over ‘Heil Hitler’ song

The festival was supposed to be West’s only European concert this summer

1 min read

July 11, 2025 08:40

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)

Charedi

Former Israeli chief rabbi suggests IDF deaths are linked to ‘neglecting’ Torah study

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the influential spiritual leader of the Shas party, made the comments following the deaths of five soldiers from a strictly-Orthodox unit

1 min read

July 11, 2025 10:09

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemingly suggested that the deaths of five Charedi soldiers were related to a 'neglect' of Torah study (Image: Flash90)

IDF

IDF strike on medical centre ‘under review’ after civilian casualties

The military said it was targeting a terrorist involved in the October 7 attacks, but several children are also believed to have died

1 min read

July 11, 2025 10:42

The IDF confirmed a strike in Deir al-Balah on Thursday is 'under review' after reports of civilian casualties (Pictured: Rubble following an earlier strike in the Deir al-Balah area on July 1; Image: Getty)

IDF

‘I have to help my son father a child after his death,’ says mother of fallen IDF soldier

Sharon Eisenkot’s son Maor was killed in Gaza in 2023. Two years on, she’s fighting for the right to use his sperm to start a family he’ll never meet

3 min read

July 11, 2025 10:56

Maor and Sharon Eizenkot on Sharon's last visit to her son, approximately two weeks before he entered Gaza and was killed - credit: Sharon Eizenkot

Iran

Iran poses an increased threat to British Jews, says intelligence committee

Government has not developed ‘longer-term thinking and a real understanding of Iran’, argues report

3 min read

July 11, 2025 11:10

Iranian Basij militia parade to mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on November 26, 2005. (Photo by Hossein Fatemi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN FATEMI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinian statehood

Starmer prioritises Gaza ceasefire over Palestine recognition

French President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for both countries to recognise a Palestinian state

3 min read

July 11, 2025 08:51

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appeared to prioritise the achievement of a Gaza ceasefire over the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (Image: Getty)

Holocaust

Pro-Gaza MPs comparing Israel to Nazis brought shame onto Parliament

To weaponise the most painful events in Jewish history, to which some Jews alive today are witnesses, is to play with fire.

2 min read

July 11, 2025 11:50

Adnan Hussain MP (Image: Parliament TV).

Books

The Age of Hitler review: What's next for the West? And will it be good for the Jews?

This is an incisive and persuasive account of how the story of the Second World World has been the West’s defining narrative of the past 80 years. But when the author predicts the resurgence of a Christian tradition, his polemic becomes vaporous

2 min read

July 11, 2025 12:26

Drugs

Could psychedelics offer a key to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

From ayahuasca retreats to MDMA-assisted therapy, psychedelic researchers are exploring the peace-building potential of mind-altering drugs

7 min read

July 10, 2025 15:25

The Psychedelic Science Conference, taking place in Denver, Colorado from 16-20 June, 2025, focuses this year on how psychedelic drugs can be used for peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine. (Photo: MAPS via X)

books

Shalom Auslander on his new book ‘Feh’: ‘We’ve been told a terrible story about ourselves for thousands of years’

Novelist and screenwriter Shalom Auslander is one of America’s sharpest comic provocateurs. He talks to Nicholas Lezard about his new memoir, Feh, about his love for the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, and why he would take any seat going on a plane to the UK

6 min read

July 8, 2024 14:11