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Dutch government collapse spells danger for Israel ties

The exit of the far-right could actually hurt pro-Israel Jews in the face of an increasingly radical left

3 min read

June 12, 2025 14:48

The exodus of Geert Wilders far-right party from the Dutch government could spell trouble for the nations relationship with Israel (Image: Getty)

Schools

Etz Chaim celebrates its bar mitzvah with new ‘illustrated Torah’

The Orthodox Mill Hill primary was one of the first Jewish free schools

1 min read

June 11, 2025 13:36

Ice cream

Coconutty ice cream

A delicious and refreshing dessert

July 19, 2012 13:39

Cook time: 20 minutes

Brent

Outrage in Brent over decision to twin London borough with Nablus in West Bank

Labour council voted for ‘cultural’ link to municipality described as ‘hotbed of anti-Jewish terrorism’

3 min read

June 19, 2025 16:53

Brent Council, the home of Wembley Stadium, has voted to twin with the West Bank city of Nablus (Photo: Getty Images)

parev salad

Keep cool with these easy hot weather Shabbat recipes

Barely any oven time needed to get these brilliant, kosher meals on the table

2 min read

June 20, 2025 07:16

Keep cool with these easy hot weather Shabbat recipes

Israel Briefing

More than half of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed: JC Israel Briefing Day 623

Israeli security sources claim the covert Operation Narnia killed Iran’s ten most senior nuclear scientists while they slept last week.

3 min read

June 20, 2025 08:40

Iran struck an Israeli hospital in Be'er Sheva overnight (Image: Flash90)

I was 50 metres from an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv — there’s no doubt the regime is targeting civilians

If this is what they do with ballistic missiles, imagine what they would aim for with a nuclear bomb

6 min read

June 19, 2025 10:48

People look up at the burning site of the blast (Photo: J Prinsley)

first person

I wish my new toy was more stimulating company!

In which I explain why electric massagers are less fun when you’re on your own

2 min read

June 20, 2025 12:41

Brits in Israel

UK scrambles to charter flights out of Israel as Brits complain about response from government

Brit stuck in Israel amid spiralling war call for Foreign Office to think of ‘more creative solutions’

2 min read

June 20, 2025 12:53

Citizens repatriated from Israel disembark a flight from Egypt at Figo Maduro airport in Lisbon on June 19, 2025. A Portuguese flight brought repatriated citizens of Portuguese, German, Israeli, Czech, Spanish, Austrian, Bulgarian, Argentine and Ukrainian nationality. Governments are evacuating thousands of their nationals caught up in the rapidly spiralling Israel-Iran conflict, after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on June 13, 2025 targeting Iran's nuclear and military facilities, sparking retaliation from Tehran. (Photo by MARIO CRUZ / AFP) (Photo by MARIO CRUZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Alzheimer's Society

Singer-songwriter uses her voice to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s

Alexis Strum discovered last year that her mum was suffering from the disease

3 min read

June 20, 2025 13:47

Alexis Strum has written a song to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society and to spread awareness of the form of dementia, which can be debilitating (Photo: Paul Madeley)

Rebbetzin Miriam Plancey

Community in grief and shock after much-loved rebbetzin passes away just days after husband

Miriam Plancey’s husband, Rabbi Alan Plancey, had died only five days earlier

1 min read

June 18, 2025 22:36

Community in grief and shock after much-loved rebbetzin passes away just days after husband

Music

Azealia Banks cancels festival shows claiming promoters ‘forced’ her to say “free Palestine”

The US rapper claims the promoters of Boomtown Festival and Maiden Voyage threatened to cut her from the bill

2 min read

June 25, 2025 13:41

US rapper Azealia Banks claims festival promoters “forced” her to say “free Palestine” (Image: Getty)

Jewish Care

Jewish Care thanks its volunteers 3,000 times

Volunteering hours equate to more than £9 million each year

2 min read

June 25, 2025 13:43

Volunteers at the Jewish Care Betty and Asher Loftus Centre after receiving their awards (Photo: Jewish Care)

first person

Why isn’t there a Jewish family living on Coronation Street?

Could it be because the writers of British soaps think Jews are too middle class?

4 min read

June 25, 2025 13:45

Why isn’t there a Jewish family living on Coronation Street?

Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been set back by years

Israel and the US hold the upper hand after the bold strikes on Iran

4 min read

June 25, 2025 13:54

IN FLIGHT, UNITED STATES: A B-2 Stealth Bomber flies towards a refuel stop with an KC10 refueling jet as part of Global Power Launch training mission out of Whiteman Air Force Base, Home of the 509th Bomb Wing and all US B-2 Stealth Bombers 30 October, 2002 some where over Missouri. The US will deploy B2 Stealth bombers closer to the Gulf region to increase the US firepower there amid mounting pressure on Iraq. AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Guide Dog Centre UK

‘The dog hears the siren and waits calmly by the door, ready to go to a shelter’

The JC speaks to the Israel Guide Dog Centre to find out how its animals and their owners cope in a warzone

2 min read

June 25, 2025 14:52

‘The dog hears the siren and waits calmly by the door, ready to go to a shelter’

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