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Seder

Pomegranate and rose jelly for Pesach

A fresh and fruity finish for your Seder meal

April 9, 2025 09:09

Cook time: 5 minutes

Rhinoceros review: ‘don’t follow the herd’

The message of this 1959 absurdist play survives. But instead of looking back at the horrors of conformism in 20th-century Europe, it now warns of the stampede ahead

1 min read

April 9, 2025 09:55

Metaphor: Anoushka Lucas (left) and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù Photo: Marc Brenner

Holocaust

Germany’s last convict for Holocaust crimes dies aged 99

Irmgard Furchner was found guilty for being an accessory to murder when she worked for the commander of the Stutthof concentration camp.

1 min read

April 8, 2025 16:28

Irmgard Furchner, who was convicted over her role in the Holocaust in 2022, has died aged 99 (Image: Getty)

US Politics

Isolationist Pentagon appointee Colby provokes mixed views among Zionists

The career civil servant, who will oversee US defence policy, has split Zionist opinion with his unusual stance on the Middle East

3 min read

April 9, 2025 12:35

Elbridge Colby has been confirmed for a senior policy role at the Pentagon despite his track record of isolationism, even in regard to America's allies.

UKLFI

Pro-Israel lawyer kicked off LBC show after on-air row with Iain Dale over MP deportations

Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were denied entry to Israel last week, provoking a political row in the UK

3 min read

April 8, 2025 13:32

Iain Dale kicked UKLFI's Natasha Hausdorff off his LBC show following a row over the deportation of two Labour MPs from Israel (Image: LBC/YouTube)

Hezbollah

Hezbollah ‘ready’ to hold disarmament talks if IDF withdraws from Lebanon

If achieved, a deal would mark the latest blow to Iran’s network of proxies in the region

1 min read

April 9, 2025 11:51

Hezbollah is reportedly willing to enter into disarmament talks with the Lebanese government (Image: Getty)

Stanley Kalms: A true visionary who valued his protégés’ success above his own

My great friend led an inspirational life built on drive, passion, flair and highly exacting standards

4 min read

April 9, 2025 09:28

Stanley Kalms, hands out strawberries to customers at Dixons' Oxford Street Store in London to celebrate the company's 60th birthday

Film

What They Found review: Sam Mendes presents the proof of Bergen-Belsen

The intention to counter Holocaust denial is achieved in the director’s first documentary

1 min read

April 9, 2025 14:19

An Imperial War Museum archive still used in the film

Family

How we live with disability, from frustrations and isolation to closeness and strength

Three families tell Elisa Bray how parenting has brought a rollercoaster of hospital trips, funding battles – and unexpected wonders

10 min read

April 9, 2025 13:53

How we live with disability, from frustrations and isolation to closeness and strength

Donald Trump

Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman warns Trump’s tariffs could lead to ‘economic nuclear winter’

The outspoken CEO has long been a staunch Trump ally but has now broken with the President over trade policy.

4 min read

April 9, 2025 12:36

Bill Ackman in East Hampton, New York, August 6, 2016 (Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for Hamptons International Film Festival)

Letters to the editor, April 11 2025

Violence on the West Bank, interfaith dialogue, the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Overground line names

4 min read

April 9, 2025 15:33

Antisemitism on campus

Two US universities have funding frozen over alleged civil rights violations

The move comes after other institutions received similar suspensions in connection with an Education Department investigation into campus antisemitism

1 min read

April 9, 2025 16:29