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Nancy Spielberg on her bold new October 7 documentary: ‘It’s an exploration of cinema versus reality’

The Jewish producer of the famous Spielberg family discusses ‘A Letter to David’, a documentary about twin brothers David and Eitan Cunio whose lives were both torn apart and captured on screen

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November 7, 2025 17:32

Fightback against Mamdani begins at shul this Shabbat

New York’s Jewish community must take a stand in the face of hatred of Israel and grievance culture which won election

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November 7, 2025 20:54

Zohran Mamdani, newly elected as mayor of New York (Photo by ANGELINA KATSANIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Emma Barnett

Emma Barnett reveals Jeremy Corbyn had to plead with his supporters to stop them sending her antisemitic abuse

Barnett also said that the terror attack on her old synagogue in Manchester last month ‘crossed a threshold’ in Britain

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November 9, 2025 13:35

Emma Barnett attends the British Podcast Awards at Indigo at The O2 Arena, October 02, 2025 (Credit: Lia Toby/Getty Images)

Jewish Small Communities Network

‘Historic’ gathering of 50 Jewish small communities in Parliament

’We’re vital to British society’: Small communities meet Parliamentarians at Westminster reception

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November 7, 2025 16:02

Tory MP Andrew Snowden addressed the Jewish Small Communities Network reception in the House of Commons on Wednesday (Yakir Zur)

Had I been wearing my kippah, I would have never made it back from Birmingham

My grandparents took their mezuzahs down so the Nazis would not spot them and, at Villa Park, I was terrified of being identified

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November 9, 2025 13:34

A mob of anti-Israel demonstrators clad in black and covering their faces gathered outside Villa Park stadium (Image: Roland Leon)

Hostages

Body of fallen soldier Hadar Goldin returned to Israel after 11 years

Goldin was killed in Gaza in 2014 and his body has been held hostage by Hamas ever since

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November 10, 2025 10:30

Simcha and Lea Goldin, parents of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, hold a press conference outside their home in Kfar Saba on November 9, 2025 (Flash90)

IDF

IDF’s former top lawyer hospitalised following house arrest

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi reportedly attempted to take her own life after being detained over the leak of a video purportedly showing soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee

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November 10, 2025 10:45

Former IDF Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is released to house arrest outside the Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramla, November 7, 2025 (Flash90)

The BBC is just like Harry and Meghan – and we’ve had enough

As with the estranged royals, we’re all bored of hearing of every new self-inflicted embarrassment, but somehow they keep on coming

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November 10, 2025 11:02

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness (Image: Getty)

Torah

What the rabbis teach about the ethics of war

We should do our utmost to minimise harm to civilians in Gaza

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October 27, 2023 10:47

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, October 20, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** צבא עזה רחבות ברזל חרבות ברזל כוחות שטח כינוס

Interfaith

Pioneer Freddie Krivine honoured on 25th anniversary of Jewish-Arab tennis programme

‘On the tennis courts, everyone is the same, with no borders’

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November 5, 2025 13:37

Guests heard about the history of the Freddie Krivine Initiative at its 25th anniversary dinner

Israeli football

Irish FA backs motion to ban Israel from European football

If approved by Uefa, Israel teams will be banned from both club and international competition on the continent

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November 10, 2025 11:55

The Israeli national soccer team plays against Poland in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2019 (Flash90)

The BBC is sorry. Not

Even as its two most senior employees resign, the corporation seems as unwilling as ever to tackle the root cause of the scandal

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November 10, 2025 16:26

BBC

Tim Davie’s resignation must be first step of many if BBC wishes to regain our trust, Jewish leaders say

The director general stepped down following a series of scandals, including the corporation’s failure to deal with accusations of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias

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November 10, 2025 14:17