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Antisemitism

‘Jew-hater’ charged with hate crimes over campus protests had phone ‘littered’ with pro-Hamas content

‘The recent spike in violent crime against Jewish citizens is deeply disturbing,’ said FBI Director Kash Patel

2 min read

May 9, 2025 11:31

A self-professed 'Jew-hater' has been charged with hate crimes over alleged assaults at pro-Palestine protests on a New York college campus (Image: Getty)

VE Day

British, American and Israeli Veterans Unite

Crossing battlefields and burial grounds, a multinational team marks VE Day with purpose, reflection and healing

8 min read

May 9, 2025 11:53

Shachar and Nitai with Billy MacLeod, founder of Veterans in Action

BBC

National Front Leader forced out of CAA protest against BBC coverage

The crowd chanted 'racist scum off our street'

1 min read

December 14, 2021 14:30

National Front Leader forced out of CAA protest against BBC coverage

Government

Faith minister decries ‘unfortunate’ exploitation of Israel-Palestine conflict in British politics

Lord Khan of Burnley said people had used Israel’s war in Gaza to stir up antisemitism

4 min read

May 9, 2025 11:56

Faith Minister Lord Wajid Khan (right), with the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, at his home in north London. (Image: Simon Walker / Deputy Prime Minister's Office).

Palestinians

Palestinian Pulitzer winner insulted Israeli hostages

Mosab Abu Toha decried the ‘humanisation’ of hostages, demonised Israeli soldiers and accused Israel of ‘genocide’ in recent social media posts

3 min read

May 9, 2025 11:07

Pulitzer Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Credit: MMDA-Photos via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel

Israeli arrested after attempting to join ISIS

The suspect viewed pro-terror content on social media and established contact with an individual affiliated with the organisation, according to officials

1 min read

May 9, 2025 10:41

An Israeli man has been arrested after attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS (Image: Alamy)

Scotland

St Andrews rector who accused Israel of ‘genocidal attacks’ in October 2023 wins appeal

The university’s Chancellor ruled in favour of Stella Maris, who was removed from her position on governing body in the wake of her comments

2 min read

May 6, 2025 16:00

Stella Maris, rector of the University of St Andrews (Image: University of St Andrews)

catholicism

What does the new pope mean for Jewish-Catholic relations?

World’s first American pope studied under a pioneer of Jewish-Catholic studies

3 min read

May 9, 2025 12:22

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Books

Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade, review: ‘a lost world comes to life’

A deeply affecting portrait of a pious family’s trials and turmoil in an eastern Europe on the brink of collapse

2 min read

May 9, 2025 12:56

Chaim Grade and the new translation of his novel Sons and Daughters

Books

Noble Fragments by Michael Visontay, review: ‘two stories in one book’

This gripping expedition into an arcane world of book collectors and their eccentric passions papers over an even more intriguing yarn about family history

2 min read

May 9, 2025 13:33