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How my potty Passover family holiday became a joyful Jew-bubble

This is my third all-inclusive, all-Jew, all-kosher-for-Pesach getaway and I’m happy to share that even the bad bits (how long you got?) have their silver lining

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April 17, 2025 14:17

Split decisions: Misha and family in Croatia's second-largest city

Pesach meat recipe

Perfect for Pesach Balkan beef and leek patties

A popular Passover treat with Balkan heritage

April 5, 2024 08:28

BBC

Board of Deputies calls on BBC to move ‘firmer, further and faster’ over coverage ‘bias’

The Board also urged the corporation to improve its ‘treatment of Jewish staff and contractors’

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April 12, 2025 13:14

The Board of Deputies has urged the BBC to go further in tackling allegations of bias in its Middle East coverage (Image: Getty)

Canada

Canadian Conservative leader promises to deport people convicted of antisemitic crimes if elected

‘Anyone who is here on a visitor visa who carries out law-breaking will be deported from this country,’

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April 14, 2025 09:58

Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a campaign event on April 12, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

United States

Man tries to burn down Jewish governor Josh Shapiro’s house on first night of Pesach

A man has been charged with terrorism and attempted murder following the fire at the Shapiro’s official residence

2 min read

April 14, 2025 09:00

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference outside of the Governor's Mansion (Image: Getty)

US Politics

US judge rules pro-Palestine activist can be deported over campus protests in landmark case

The decision sets an important precedent that legal residency can be revoked without any criminal conviction

2 min read

April 12, 2025 11:05

An immigration judge has ruled that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported over his role in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University, despite holding a green card (Image: Alamy)

Obituary

David Sassoon, Jewish designer who dressed Princess Diana, dies aged 92

Designer whose Iraqi-Jewish roots shaped a five-decade career at the pinnacle of British fashion

3 min read

April 14, 2025 11:25

David Sassoon, who passed away this week, pictured at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London (Alamy)

October 7

‘I have no fear anymore’: the growth of Jewish grassroots in the wake of Oct 7

Ever since Hamas’ massacre, Jewish protest groups have made their voices heard across the UK, but are they divided or united?

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April 10, 2025 11:55

Hundreds mourn the Bibas family in a mock ‘funeral’ outside Parliament following the return of the bodies of Oded Lifshitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir on February 20

Hamas

Netanyahu tells parents of Israeli hostage that new deal could free 10 captives

Israeli hostage families press for unified release as negotiations with Hamas continue

2 min read

April 14, 2025 19:17

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements (Image: Getty)

Pesach

Shakshuka jackets with crispy potato dippers for Pesach

Two comforting suppers in one — the perfect Passover midweek meal

April 15, 2025 06:43

Cook time: 40 - 50 minutes

I just wanted to get out of Bamberg

Eva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94

Child refugee who saw the synagogue in her home town in Bavaria burn on Kristallnacht

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April 9, 2025 13:24

Eva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94

Progressive Judaism

After six years Cardiff Reform finds a rabbi

The only Progressive congregation in Wales has not had a permanent rabbi since before the pandemic

1 min read

April 10, 2025 10:46

Bound for Wales: Rabbi Martina Loreggian (photo: Zoe Norfolk/Leo Baeck College)

Pesach bake

Healthy Twix-inspired millionaire bars for Pesach

Turn a favourite chocolate bar into the ultimate Passover treat — and they’re vegan

March 18, 2025 07:47

Cook time: 10 minutes

Kosher for Pesach

Perfect for Pesach cheesy vegetable frittata

This will become your flexible friend and bound to become a staple – even beyond Passover

April 28, 2024 10:09

Cook time: 35 minutes - less if using leftover veggies

Prince Harry

Prince Harry’s charity donated to ‘Muslim Women’s Coalition’ whose founder used ‘from the river to the sea’ slogan

The Duke’s foundation has since halted funding to the organisation over Janan Najeeb’s ‘anti-Israel’ remarks, after she called the country an ‘apartheid state’

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April 15, 2025 10:21

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex waves as he arrives at the the Royal Courts of Justice (Image: Getty)

Iran

Government hits Iran-backed criminal network with fresh sanctions

The foreign secretary said that UK ‘will not tolerate’ threats from from the Islamic Republic

2 min read

April 15, 2025 10:39

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