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World Jewish Relief

World Jewish Relief launches urgent appeal for aid to Myanmar earthquake victims

The organisation has partnered with a Myanmar NGO to provide critical humanitarian aid

1 min read

April 8, 2025 05:05

Rescue workers stand on the street next to a collapsed building in Mandalay on April 5, 2025, following the March 28 earthquake. (Photo: Getty Images)

IDF

UK Lawyers for Israel say ‘war crimes’ dossier on British IDF soldiers is ‘publicity stunt’

Human rights lawyers to submit a dossier to police including allegations of indiscriminate killing of civilians

2 min read

April 7, 2025 12:14

Ten British nationals in the IDF have been accused of committing war crimes in Gaza by British and Palestinian human rights lawyers. The evidence, compiled in a 240-page dossier, is being submitted to the Met on 7 April. (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

Matzah recipe

Raspberry matzah brei

Turn a Pesach classic into a decadent brunch.

April 24, 2024 20:00

Cook time: 15 minutes

UK Jewish Film

Fielding difficult questions about Jews from inner-city teens

UK Jewish Film’s education manager on how the charity’s workshops help curb classroom antisemitism

3 min read

April 7, 2025 19:00

Breaking down stereotypes: UK Jewish Film's education manager Rachel Burns

Pesach

Tunisian Seder Msoki (beef stew)

Msoki preparation is a family affair - everyone gathers to prepare the vegetables.

March 30, 2017 13:09

Cook time: 3 hrs

Pesach bakes

Rhubarb pistachio meringue roulade

A showstopping Pesach dessert that pops with pink and gorgeous green

April 9, 2025 07:00

Cook time: 35 - 40 minutes

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 550: Trump-Netanyahu meeting underwhelms

Plus, Egypt outs forward new hostage release deal

4 min read

April 8, 2025 08:30

The meeting between US President Trump and Israeli PM Netanyahu yesterday has been widely viewed as underwhelming (Image: Getty)

Hostages

Mother of hostage gets ready to face second festival of freedom without her son

Viki Cohen has illustrated a children’s Haggadah which symbolises the Israeli hostages as she fights for her son, Nimrod, to come home

2 min read

April 8, 2025 05:32

Viki and Nimrod before he was abducted by Palestinian terrorists and taken into Gaza

Donald Trump

Trump announces direct talks with Iran and praises Erdogan during Netanyahu meeting

The US President also ducked questions regarding the imposition of tariffs on Israel despite Jerusalem’s efforts to reduce trade barriers

2 min read

April 8, 2025 09:52

Donald Trump announced direct talks with Iran and praised Turkey's President Erdogan during a meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

Houthis

Houthi intelligence chief reported killed in US airstrikes

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had said things were ‘about to get worse’ for the rebel group

1 min read

April 8, 2025 10:36

People assess the damage following a previous round of airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeida governorate, April 2, 2025. (Credit: -/AFP via Getty Images)

Parliament

Exclusive: Israeli politician barred from the UK accuses government of hypocrisy over MP deportations

Yesterday MPs spent more time discussing the removal of two MPs from Israel than the potential closure of Scunthorpe steelworks

4 min read

April 8, 2025 10:43

Far-right Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin has accused the government of hypocrisy over Israel's decision to deport two British MPs after he was banned from entering the UK in 2008 (Image: Getty)

Iraq

Iran-backed militias in Iraq ‘willing to disarm’ to dodge US escalation

Tehran has been pulling back from direct support for its proxies amid growing tension with Washington over the former’s nuclear programme

1 min read

April 8, 2025 11:24

A number of Iran-backed militias in Iraq are reportedly willing to disarm to avoid US escalation in the region (Image: Getty)

Pesach vegetarian

Seder plate salad with candied cinnamon walnuts

Juicy grapes, crunchy apples and bitter leaves have all the flavours of Pesach in one delicious salad

April 7, 2025 20:30

Holocaust Educational Trust

New Holocaust podcast launches with letter saved by Nick Robinson’s grandmother

Every week Objects of the Holocaust will feature a public personality telling the story behind an artefact in their family, starting with the BBC presenter

1 min read

April 8, 2025 11:53

Objects of the Holocaust hosts Professor Tim Cole and actress Louisa Clein (Credit: HET)

first person

My mission to save the threatened Jewish Arabic language of my childhood

When I learnt the Judeo-Iraqi Arabic I grew up with was dying out, I wrote a book to protect its future

4 min read

April 8, 2025 12:11

Talking for my generations: Samantha Ellis and her book. Left, from top: the writer's maternal grandmother Aida Hakim; her maternal great-great-grandfather Reuben Somekh, who was an Iraqi MP; Ellis's grandparents with her mother, Amanda. Author photo: Jules Rogers

Earthquake

‘Racing against the clock’: The Thai-Israeli officer who joined Bangkok earthquake rescue mission

The 21-year-old lieutenant provided intelligence support from Israel to rescuers in her city of birth

2 min read

April 8, 2025 12:46

The 30-storey building in Bangkok collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday 28 March. (IDF)

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