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NY Education Department apologises after antisemitic newsletter sent to public schools

The letter included a ‘toolkit’ instructing how to boycott pro-Israel organisations and accused the Jewish state of committing genocide

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April 11, 2025 14:28

There is no ‘should’ about visiting Israel, but this is why you might want to go…

On a trip to Israel’s north, I met struggling Jewish, Druze, Muslim and Christian business owners looking for support

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April 11, 2025 15:09

Palestinian shop owners getting ready for last month's Eid Al-Fitr holiday in Jerusalem's Old City

Hamas

Exclusive: Foreign Secretary confirms Hamas’ status as terror group is ‘not for changing’ amid legal challenge

David Lammy criticised the ‘barbaric’ group for refusing to release its hostages and using civilians as human shields

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April 11, 2025 16:07

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the JC that Hamas' designation as a proscribed terrorist group is 'not for changing' (Image: Getty)

Unity does not mean uniformity – diversity is a testament to our vitality

In difficult times, our leaders must strengthen the spirit, lift hearts and guide our people with wisdom, inspiration and faith

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April 10, 2025 11:46

A protester holds reading "Coexist" during a demonstration in central London, on November 26, 2023, to protest against antisemitism (Getty)

radio play

‘The Holocaust documentary my father made with Alfred Hitchcock’

The daughter of socialist media mogul Sidney Bernstein who made a historic film about Bergen-Belsen with the help of Hitchcock reflects on their collaboration, the subject of a new BBC radio play out tomorrow

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April 11, 2025 18:30

Alfred Hitchcock (left) and Sidney Bernstein

Eurovision Song Contest

The practising Jew who’ll be singing for Muslim Azerbaijan at Eurovision

The lead singer of Mamagama, the band representing the Muslim majority Azerbaijan, is Jewish

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April 17, 2025 19:54

Arif Imanov, Asaf Mishiyev and Hasan Heydar of 2025 Eurovision hopefuls Mamagama

Pesach vegan

Vegan carrot and parsnip tzimmes

Sticky, sweet and simple — this vegetarian bake is Passover perfect

April 3, 2025 12:02

Cook time: 1 hr 15 minutes

Students

Manchester student union objects to Jewish students request for union to not glorify terrorism

Manchester University said aspects of the student union’s ‘Solidarity with Palestine’ motion were ‘wholly unacceptable’

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March 27, 2025 15:57

Manchester University student union members wear masks and keffiyehs while it deliberates a motion on 'Solidarity with Palestine'

The UK and Europe must reinstate UN sanctions against Tehran

‘Western betrayal of the US allowed Iran to sell thousands of missiles and drones to Russia, which now rain down on Ukraine’

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April 3, 2025 14:36

UN sanctions could hold the key to stalling Iran's nuclear programme (Image: Getty)

We see what you’re doing, Sadiq Khan

The mayor’s Eid message used the Sudan conflict as a cover for attacking Israel

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April 3, 2025 12:58

Germany

Berlin residents face deportation from Germany following pro-Palestine protests

The group, which includes three EU citizens, has reportedly been ordered to leave the country over allegations of support for terror and violent demonstrations, but they claim the move is intended to ‘silence dissent’

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April 3, 2025 11:59