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Hitler

Namibian politician Adolf Hitler reveals name change

The local councillor has said he no longer wants to be associated with the Nazi leader

1 min read

December 3, 2025 13:52

Adolf Hitler Uunona is a Namibian politician (Image: X/ Adolf Hitler Uunona)

UJS

Newly elected UJS president ‘honoured’ to lead Jewish students

Raphi Leon is credited for taking Warwick Jewish Society to new heights

2 min read

December 2, 2025 14:26

Newly elected UJS president Raphi Leon (left) and current president Louis Danker (Photo: UJS)

Antisemitism

The non-Jewish Israel supporters who have lost friends over Gaza

Ever wondered who would be today’s Righteous Among Nations? We talk to the steadfast allies who have fallen out with their nearest and dearest over the Jewish state’s war on Hamas

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December 3, 2025 16:26

Brothers and sisters in arms: (clockwise from top left) Freya Papworth, Kate McDonald, Oliver and Geoff Baker

Our Freedom: Then and Now

‘By learning about the individual stories, we can try to humanise a number so great as six million’

Joshua Rocker writes about why he decided to produce a film honouring the memory of Holocaust survivor Leon Greenman for artistic exhibition Our Freedom: Then and Now

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December 3, 2025 16:26

Joshua Rocker with his installation of a film about Holocaust survivor Leon Greenman at JW3 (Photo: Lou Morris)

Jewish Care

I hate the word ‘retire’. I’ve never stopped working

JC Hero, Patsy Bloom, tells the JC what inspires her to support Jewish Care

2 min read

December 3, 2025 16:19

Patsy Bloom (left) and Susan James - co-chairs of Jewish Care's Bridge Extravaganza Committee (Photo: Jewish Care)

OPINION: Turning the music off is not a pathway to peace

The artists blocking their music being streamed in Israel are doing more harm than good

3 min read

December 3, 2025 12:36

Israeli singers Noa (left) and Palestinian Israeli singer Mira Awad, representing Israel, perform during the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi Finals (Photo: Getty)

Israel Tour

The resurgence of Israel Tour shows Am Yisrael Chai in practice

Within 24 hours of registration opening, sign-ups had already surpassed last summer’s final figures

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December 3, 2025 16:37

An Israel Tour in Jerusalem (Photo: Bnei Akiva and UJIA Israel Experience)

Manchester

Eurovision star sings praises of Manchester’s Jewish community

October 7 survivor Yuval Raphael was performing at the UJIA North West annual dinner

3 min read

December 1, 2025 18:09

Yuval Raphael singing at the UJIA North West annual dinner (Photo: Jon Super Photography) jonsuper.com www.jonsuper.com

The comforting myth of Britain as a safe haven for Jews clouds our immigration debate

If we're going to invoke Jewish history in our criticism of Shabana Mahmoud’s reforms, we owe it to those who were turned away to get that history right – and to face present realities rather than romanticise the past

4 min read

December 3, 2025 11:18

Jewish Kindertransport refugees from Germany and Austria, at a camp in Dovercourt Bay near Harwich, 11th January 1939 (Image: Getty)

Sir Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry and Miriam Margolyes among 200 public figures to call for Marwan Barghouti’s release

Barghouti was convicted by an Israeli court of involvement in deadly terror attacks but has been held up by many as a prospective unity candidate to lead a future Palestinian state

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December 3, 2025 17:02

Marwan Barghouti is led to a police vehicle on 29 September 2003 (Getty Images)

Calendar

Shabbat times from December 5 to December 12

Shabbat times for the week

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December 4, 2025 10:04

Shabbat times from December 5 to December 12

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Police integrity has been left in tatters by the Villa Park ban

Nick Timothy MP: ‘Are West Midlands Police capable of ensuring peace and order on the streets, without surrendering to the threats of activists and thugs?’

3 min read

December 4, 2025 10:19