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‘Zaftig’ is a state of mind – at least it is since I discovered weight-loss jabs

Why should a person’s weight (and the way they decide to lose it) become a moral issue – ‘cheating’ even?

4 min read

April 16, 2026 16:26

The author during her honeymoon in New York (Image: courtesy of Miranda Levy)

Leeds

Housing charity wins praise for its community impact

The Mayor of Leeds hosted a celebration for LJHA staff to recognise their hard work

1 min read

April 16, 2026 16:03

Left to right: Mark Grandfield, Councillor Dan Cohen, Lady Mayoress Mrs Elayna Cohen and Craig Simons, LJHA's director of operations (photo: LJHA)

Jewish students

What a rabbi and rebbetzin learnt when they went back to university

‘We need to find ways to ensure young people feel connected to their congregations when they return home’

5 min read

April 16, 2026 15:54

Rabbi Dr Yoni and Rebbetzin Elisheva Birnbaum with Birmingham University students (Photo: courtesy)

Gibraltar

‘In Gibraltar, coexistence is not a slogan. It is simply life’

A Gibraltarian living in the UK writes how, when living on the Rock, he never thought twice about wearing a kippah in public

4 min read

April 16, 2026 15:43

Faith leaders and dignitaries at a Chanukiah-lighting in 2025, following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack

Reform UK

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Another of the party’s candidates shared images of ‘Zionists’ pulling the strings of world leaders and questioned whether the King had converted to Islam

2 min read

April 16, 2026 15:16

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Limmud

Limmud and Azara join forces for summer study programme

The week-long residential course will take place at Sadeh Farm

1 min read

April 16, 2026 15:03

Love of learning: students on the first Azara course in 2023

Iran

Boastful Iranian leaders signal ever more hardline views as regime insiders tell JC that IRGC is in control

One deputy to former IRGC commander Ghalibaf vowed to revenge ‘the blood of the martyrs’

3 min read

April 16, 2026 15:03

Members of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army march during a military parade in Tehran on Thursday, July 23, 2009. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian dissidents

Three arrested over attempted arson of Iran International offices

The suspects were detained after a high-speed car chase with police

1 min read

April 16, 2026 14:47

Reza Mohaddes (C), a presenter and editor-in-chief for Iran International, taking part in a news broadcast at the network's studio in London (Getty Images)

IDF

IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering West Bank Palestinian

Police said the man was accused of ‘acting utside the scope of his duties’

1 min read

April 16, 2026 14:25

Mourners carry the body of Amir Mutasem Odeh in the village of Qusra, West Bank, on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

The Holocaust began with words and then ordinary people normalising hate – the same pattern we see today

This is the full text of a speech delivered by Lord Eric Pickles at Northwood and Ruislip Synagogue on Yom Hashoah, April 14, 2026

13 min read

April 16, 2026 12:50

Commemorative plaques on a railtrack leading to the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp (Image: Getty)

Film

The Drama review: Zendaya and Robert have chemistry in a very dark climate ★★★

The wedding is less a car crash and more a multiple pile-up

2 min read

April 16, 2026 12:32

Past indiscretion: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya

Books

Himmler’s Curtains: How my survivor mother ended up living in a Nazi leader’s house

This beautifully written memoir is full of startling vignettes, but using a psuedonym in this age of disinformation and denial feels a disservice to the reader

2 min read

April 16, 2026 11:50

Pulling back the curtain: Simon Weisz (a pseudonym) and his mother c.1959

TIME 100

Netanyahu named in Time 100 Most Influential list

The magazine praised the prime minister's longevity’ but suggested his controversial legacy could ‘poison international attitudes toward his country’

1 min read

April 16, 2026 11:36

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking the annual Yom HaShoah at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

Conservative Party

Foreign antisemites should be deported, says Badenoch

The Tory leader also argued that antisemites in “public institutions” needed to be removed from their positions

2 min read

April 16, 2026 11:19

Kemi Badenoch speaking at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester (Image: Getty).

Sidrah

Harmful speech: this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora

“When a person has on their skin a swelling, a rash, or a discoloration, and it develops into a scaly affection on their skin, it shall be reported to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests” Leviticus (13:2)

1 min read

April 16, 2026 11:16

Miriam afflicted with leprosy, mid-16th century, stained glass window (Schnütgen Museum, Cologne/Wikimedia Commons

US Politics

Senate votes down Sanders’ bid to block bulldozer and arms sales to Israel

The veteran Vermont senator’s motion fell by a margin of 59-40, but was backed by three-quarters of Senate Democrats

1 min read

April 16, 2026 11:06

US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a 'Tax the Rich' rally at Lehman College in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

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