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Chocolate

Chanukah chocolate Biscoff balls

Perfect for gifting or parties. Make a double batch – they won’t last long.

December 3, 2025 11:32

Cook time: 5 minutes

Jewish schools

JFS listed as top comprehensive in Times survey

Immanuel College was listed as best performing Jewish school overall in annual Parent Power table

2 min read

December 5, 2025 12:44

Front-runners: JFS sixth-form students (Facebook)

Hostages

Hostage families demand final body be returned to Israel before stage two of peace plan

Ran Gvili, 24, is credited with saving some 100 people on October 7 before being snatched into Gaza

1 min read

December 8, 2025 10:37

Ran Gvili's is the final body being held in Gaza by Hamas

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu says he will not retire from politics if granted a pardon in corruption trial

The Israeli PM also said he would not be open to a plea bargain

1 min read

December 8, 2025 11:03

Netanyahu made the comments to a reporter as he met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left (Photo: Getty)

Israel

Over 1,000 evangelical Christian pastors and influencers make historic trip to Israel

It’s the largest group of American Christian leaders to visit Israel since its founding

2 min read

December 8, 2025 14:06

Dr. Mike Evans (L), with former hostages, Aviva and Kieth Segal, Cal Shoam, Moran Stella Yanai, and Israeli soldier Dan Alexander during an event at the Nova festival massacre site (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Architecture

Architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96

Celebrated designer of Gugghenheim Museum Bilbao who was born Ephraim Goldberg to a Jewish family in Toronto

3 min read

December 7, 2025 11:46

Frank Gehry in 2021 (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Israel

Survivors of sexual assault in war given voice safely by Israeli tech

Avatars created using artificial intelligence allow testimony from conflict zones to be shared worldwide, thanks to Tel Aviv consultancy

2 min read

December 7, 2025 10:54

Refugee camp in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, where conflict-related sexual violence is rife (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu

German Chancellor pledges to keep memory of Holocaust victims alive on visit to Yad Vashem

Friedrich Merz reaffirms modern Germany’s commitment to the Jewish state on first visit to Israel by European leader since Gaza ceasefire

2 min read

December 7, 2025 14:06

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 7, 2025. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Chanukah

Air traffic control lets super-bright menorah beams light up sky over Trafalgar Square

JLC gets permission from Civil Aviation Authority for rays reaching hundreds of metres up to celebrate Channukah

1 min read

December 7, 2025 17:12

Maccabi Tel Aviv

West Midlands Police roll back on suggestion Jewish community backed Maccabi ban

Calls for senior officers to go back before MPs after misleading responses to Home Affairs Select Committee

1 min read

December 7, 2025 13:09

Maccabi Tel Aviv

West Midlands Police accused of using AI in report justifying Maccabi ban

Senior officers at the force have already admitted their intelligence report contained a reference to a fixture that never happened

2 min read

December 8, 2025 11:24

West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford (Image: Parliament TV)

Scotland

Decade-old Palestinian flag ban should still stand, Scottish Jewish leaders insist

Their complaints follow a flag-raising ceremony hosted by Glasgow City Council at its chambers

2 min read

December 8, 2025 11:33

Donald Trump

Trump reiterates US position that Jerusalem is ‘Israel’s rightful capital’

The US President reflected on the eighth anniversary of recognising Jerusalem as the capital

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December 8, 2025 12:03

US President Donald Trump visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City in 2017 (Photo: Getty)

Jerry Seinfeld

Former neo-Nazi says watching Seinfeld made him realise his antisemitism was ‘stupid’

Arno Michaelis said that laughing at the sitcom ‘drove home the futility of my antisemitism’

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December 8, 2025 12:15

Former-neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis is now a public speaker (Image: Eradicate Hate Summit)

Hamas

‘High likelihood’ Hamas will attack Europe in the next six months, intelligence report warns

Key targets in Europe include Israeli diplomatic missions and religious sites related to the Jewish state

2 min read

December 8, 2025 14:08

Hamas now poses a threat in Eueope (Image: Getty)

Light and laughter will overcome the darkness this Chanukah

Jewish Leadership Council interim CEO invites community and allies to stand together in proud celebration of Jewish life for the festival

2 min read

December 7, 2025 17:38

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