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Chicken recipe

Tarragon and lemon roast chicken with charred red onions and chicory

Switch up your Friday night favourite with this simple and delicious roast

May 30, 2024 17:13

Cook time: 45 minutes to 1 hour

Eurovision 2025

Israel urges Eurovision visitors to avoid displaying Jewish symbols in public

More than 70 former contestants, as well as Ireland’s national broadcaster, have called for Israel to be barred from the competition

1 min read

May 8, 2025 10:17

Israelis travelling to Eurovision next week have been urged not to display Jewish symbols in public due to safety concerns (Pictured: Yuval Raphael, Israel's Eurovision entry for 2025; Image: Flash90)

Chidon HaTanach

British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

Michal Rowe said it felt ‘surreal’ to win the Chidon HaTanach

1 min read

May 8, 2025 10:34

British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

local government

Teenage Peterborough councillor quits Labour citing ‘bullying’, ‘marginalisation’ and ‘an antisemitic incident’

Daisy Blakemore-Creedon was first elected aged just 18 but now claims to have been hounded out of her party after arguing in favour of putting CCTV in local minicabs

1 min read

May 8, 2025 10:56

Peterborough councillor Daisy Blakemore-Creedon who resigned from the Labour group on Peterborough council (Image: X)

Bonei Olam

One-hundred-mile walker aims to get community talking about infertility

Saul Muzlish will be raising money for Bonei Olam

3 min read

May 7, 2025 11:47

One-hundred-mile walker aims to get community talking about infertility

VE Day stands for victory over evil but the fight against hatred still rages

As we remember and celebrate those who gave their lives for our freedom, we must use their experience to take action against the bigotry, extremism and dehumanisation

3 min read

May 8, 2025 11:15

(L-R) Dov Forman, Mervyn Kersh and Susan Pollack

Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen tells Tucker Carlson: ‘I love Jesus’

Ben Cohen also claimed Israel was committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza

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May 8, 2025 12:13

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s told Tucker Carlson 'I love Jesus Christ'

Police

Thousands sign petition calling for new guidance on policing in Jewish areas

The campaign follows last month’s controversial anti-Israel demonstration through in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

1 min read

May 8, 2025 13:04

Protesters at the Southend demo that passed through the Jewish area of Westcliff on Sea (Image: Alamy)

Russia

The bravery of Soviet Jews should be remembered this VE Day

Jewish troops in the Red Army fought to the end rather than face the horror of capture

4 min read

May 8, 2025 13:24

22nd January 1943: Red Army reinforcements arrive in Stalingrad during World War II to recapture the city from the German 6th Army. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Tory push to recognise Palestine shows they’re not serious about winning

Somehow, MPs have come to the conclusion that the Conservatives’ biggest problem is that they’re not sufficiently pro-Palestine

4 min read

May 8, 2025 10:29

Kit Malthouse this week signed a letter calling on the UK government to recognise the State of Palestine (Getty images)

Second World War

Half a million US Jews helped beat the Nazis – it transformed a generation

Jewish soldiers had to confront the enemy and prejudice in the US army

3 min read

May 8, 2025 13:24

Half a million US Jews helped beat the Nazis – it transformed a generation

US Politics

Biden team sought to ‘get rid’ of Netanyahu for opposing Gaza plans

An aide to the former US President suggested that his administration considered trying to ‘trigger elections’ in Israel due to frustration with the prime minister’s approach to the war

2 min read

May 8, 2025 13:33

A former Biden aide has claimed that the administration considered trying to 'trigger elections' in Israel due to frustration with Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer honours Jewish veterans in VE Day column

The prime minister paid tribute to Stanley Fisher and Mervyn Kersch, who helped liberated Bergen-Belsen

2 min read

May 8, 2025 11:23

Mervyn Kersh, the Jewish veteran who helped to liberate Belsen

Counter-terrorism

Alleged terror plot against Israeli Embassy in London bears hallmark of secret IRGC unit, says ex-intelligence officer

Suspects may have entered UK on small boats, ex-military intelligence officer says

2 min read

May 8, 2025 13:35

Israel's embassy in the UK was the suspected target of an alleged Iranian plot (Image: Getty)

The new campus normal: harass the Jews, protect the mob

A new report reveals how UK universities are failing Jewish students. The push needs to be to require them to use the existing legal framework to act.

5 min read

May 8, 2025 14:22

A student highlighting kidnapped Israelis stlll being held in Gaza stands next to an encampent of pro-Palestinian protesters at Manchester University on May 08, 2024. (Image: Getty)

The West’s two-tier international law doesn’t harm just Israel

European diplomats invoke legal norms that don’t exist – and in doing so make the plight of the hostages far worse and the war much longer and deadlier for both sides

4 min read

May 8, 2025 14:18

Israeli troops deploy at a position near the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on May 8, 2025 (Photo: Getty Images)

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