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Jewish community in Glasgow fights back against cinema’s Coca-Cola boycott

BDS ‘amounts to discrimination’, say Jewish leaders as cinema prepares to vote on adopting the anti-Israel movement

4 min read

March 18, 2025 10:37

Glasgow Film Theatre stopped selling coca-cola after a campaign from staff members of Unite Union who demanded the cinema adopt BDS (Photo by Euan Cherry/Getty Images)

Our community needs to tackle the rise in sexual violence against younger women

Jewish Women’s Aid has seen a 64 per cent overall increase in calls from women and girls who have experienced sexual violence

2 min read

April 18, 2025 09:54

Activists from feminist groups sing beside a banner reading "Stop sexist and sexual violence" during a protest in January outside a courthouse in France during a trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing his former partner (Photo: Getty)

Fish recipe

Salmon and dill fishcakes for Pesach

These are great for Passover or any time and a great way to use up mashed potatoes and can be air fried

April 18, 2025 10:25

Cook time: 40 minutes (plus chilling time)

Great British Bake Off

Ellie’s chutzpah is Bake Off’s sweetest ingredient

Ellie Goldstein on how she shattered stereotypes about people with disabilities during her time in the famous tent

2 min read

April 18, 2025 10:52

Theatre

Midnight Cowboy review: ‘not cut out for the stage’

Why turn John Schlesinger’s famous 1968 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight into a musical? Does the story really need more music?

1 min read

April 20, 2025 12:28

Paul Jacob French (centre) as Joe Buck & cast in Midnight Cowboy- A New Musical, Credit Pamela Raith

United States

Jewish family killed in plane crash en route to Seder celebrations

The Groff family were travelling to the Catskills for Seder night and to celebrate their daughter’s 25th birthday, when their private plane went down

1 min read

April 16, 2025 11:01

Board member of the Transportation Safety Board, Todd Inman, announced the deaths of the Groff family at a press conference (Credit: ABC News/Youtube)

Showbiz

Showbiz: yesterday’s antisemitism warrior queens

New rock musical Rise tells a story of Jewish defiance and rebellion

1 min read

April 17, 2025 13:06

Joshua Daniel Hershfield's new musical, Rise, is preparing for a UK curtain raiser (Image: Rise The Musical)

Jewish celebrities

Showbiz: Jews in the news

Your monthly round-up of the Jewish names hitting the headlines

1 min read

April 17, 2025 13:13

Jason Isaacs' fans will be delighted to hear he has two new films coming up (Image: Getty)

The Board works on trust and misrepresenting our community damages us all

Airing our grievances in public undermines the strength of our community

2 min read

April 17, 2025 19:29

Demonstrators light up smoke flares and hold up signs during an anti-government protest calling for action (Image: Getty)

Books

‘Douglas Murray’s latest book must be read even by those of us who think we know exactly what is going on’

The journalist’s bestseller combines reportage from inside Israel, Gaza and Lebanon and should open minds to the precarious position we find ourselves in the West

6 min read

April 18, 2025 13:04

Prophet journalist: Douglas Murray and his new book

Mimouna

Magical Mimouna

Moroccan Jewish mark the end of Passover with this colourful festival of flour-based foods

2 min read

April 1, 2021 11:47

People in celebrate the Jewish Maroccan holiday of Mimuna, in Sacher Park in Jerusalem. April 27, 2008. Photo by DanielDreifuss/Flash90

Israel

Government rejects efforts to detain Israeli foreign minister during London visit

An anti-Israel NGOs attempted to seek an arrest warrant against Gideon Sa’ar, accusing him of involvement in ‘genocidal’ policymaking

1 min read

April 17, 2025 15:14

Gideon Sa'ar on March 13, 2025 (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaza

IDF admits errors over ambulance shootings, but decries ‘blood libel’

Two officers were reprimanded over the incident after

2 min read

April 20, 2025 20:36

A funeral procession at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis for some of those killed in the shooting incident on March 23 (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel

Israel bars 27 French politicians and officials from entry

The move comes after two British Labour MPs were banned

1 min read

April 21, 2025 08:35

French President Macron has been asked to intervene on behalf of the banned politicians (Image: Getty)

Music

Outrage from Jewish groups after anti-Israel slogans on stage at Coachella festival

Kneecap and Green Day attacked Israel and the US during their sets

1 min read

April 20, 2025 20:59

Mo Chara (L) and Moglai Bap from Kneecap perform onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Indio, California. (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel Hamas War

United Synagogue leadership challenges Board of Deputies over FT letter criticising Israel

Ninety representatives of the community’s largest Orthodox body questioned Board president Phil Rosenberg over the letter, which was signed by 36 deputies

4 min read

April 21, 2025 09:06

Dozens of UK-based Israelis have staged a protest against the Netanyahu government in London, mirroring similar demonstrations across Israel (Image: We Democracy)

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