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Vegetarian salad

Tomato, grilled peach and buffalo mozzarella salad with basil oil dressing

Sweet peaches and juicy tomatoes pair beautifully with creamy mozzarella

July 21, 2025 08:00

Tomato, grilled peach and buffalo mozzarella salad with basil oil dressing

‘Everyone makes mistakes’: Nigel Farage declines to sack Zia Yusuf over ‘accidental like’ of antisemitic tweet

The former Reform UK chair said the like was done by one of his staff and was inadvertent, though Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick called his apology ‘b*******’

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July 21, 2025 09:54

Nigel Farage has declined to sack Zia Yusuf from Reform UK after the former party chair's X account liked an antisemitic tweet (Image: Getty)

Hostages

‘The only thing we think about is how to bring the hostages back’

In conversation with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Keith and Aviva Seigel share harrowing moments from their time in captivity

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July 21, 2025 10:18

Keith and Avia Siegel in conversation with the Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

hostage rally

‘Our people are not whole while Avinatan, Alon and the hostages are not home’

Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice joins dozens calling for the release of the hostages nearing their 650th day in captivity

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July 16, 2025 14:17

MP Richard Tice said Alon Ohel is 'one of the greatest musicians of his era' (Photo: Elliott Franks)

Ireland

‘Genocidal Jew’ Dublin bus abuser is released without charge

A man filmed launching a drunken antisemitic tirade was arrested by police

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July 20, 2025 15:37

The man who launched the abusive tirade (Screenshot: X)

Israel

Israel refuses to renew UN humanitarian chief’s visa over ‘biased and hostile conduct’

Jonathan Whittall will leave the country ‘in the near future’ and will not be able to return unless a future application is approved, Israeli officials confirmed

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July 21, 2025 10:48

Israel has declined to renew the visa of Jonathan Whittall, head of the UN's humanitarian office in Jerusalem (Image: X/@UNOCHA_ar)

Jewish dating

Looking for love? New scheme helps singles find their beshert with timeless Jewish wisdom and real relationship tools

The Date Smarter program has resulted in three marriages so far

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July 21, 2025 10:59

Registration for the Date Smarter programme closes today (Image: Getty)

I don’t need a survey to tell me the city of Toronto – my hometown – has become a Jew-hating cesspit

Jewish kids were harassed and attacked, teachers looked the other way – when they were not themselves participating – and officials did nothing

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July 18, 2025 13:39

Hundreds of pro-Palestine activisits, carrying the flags of Palestine and Lebanon, march in Toronto, Canada, on October 20, 2024 to show solidarity with Palestinians. (Photo by Mohammad Javad Moghaddasi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMAD JAVAD MOGHADDASI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Police arrest woman after antisemitic tirade aimed at Jewish diners at kosher café

The Met said a woman had been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage and multiple assaults, but was subsequently released on bail

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July 21, 2025 12:08

Police arrest woman after antisemitic tirade aimed at Jewish diners at kosher café

US Politics

US congressional committee finds Biden administration let $900m go to anti-Netanyahu protests

Taxpayer funding helped six nonprofits fund efforts to undermine the Israeli government, according to an investigation of over 380 documents

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July 21, 2025 12:33

The House Judiciary Committee has reported that the Biden administration allowed $900 million in taxpayer funds to go to NGOs which supported anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel (Image: NBC News)

Jewish Deaf Asssociation

Hearing loss care is ‘in crisis’ in UK residential homes, says new report

Jewish charities have published a white paper, setting out recommendations for improvements

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July 18, 2025 13:00

Jewish charities have published a white paper with recommendations to support residents in care homes with hearing loss (Photo: Getty)

Obituary

Valery Panov, ballet dancer and refusenik, dies at 87

The acclaimed ballet dancer whose lengthy struggle to emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel focused worldwide attention on the plight of ‘refuseniks’

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July 21, 2025 14:01

Russian Ballet dancer Valery Panov and his wife Galina were dramatically released from Russia in 1974 to settle in Israel. (Photo by Peter Cade/Central Press/Getty Images)

Iran nuclear program

Iran to hold nuclear talks with E3 countries this week

Representatives from the foreign ministries of the UK, France and Germany will conduct talks in parallel to the currently stalled negotiations between Tehran and Washington

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July 21, 2025 13:49