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Board of Deputies

CAA and Board of Deputies pledge to work together

Historically, the two organisations haven’t collaborated

2 min read

October 22, 2024 15:43

Gideon Falter (left) CEO of Campaign Against Antisemitism and Phil Rosenberg, president of the Board of Deputies, have said they would be exchanging ideas on how to combat the rise in antisemitism in the UK (Photos: Gideon Falter/Instagram, Phil Rosenberg)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Hezbollah drone scored direct hit on Netanyahu home

‘Iran tried to eliminate the prime minister of Israel—it will not escape responsibility’ a senior government official said.

1 min read

October 22, 2024 14:49

Damage to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Caesarea home following a Hezbollah drone attack

October 7

Why we must dance again on Simchat Torah

‘A time to weep, a time to laugh’ – we can’t forget what happened a year ago but here’s how we can celebrate the festival

3 min read

October 22, 2024 12:29

Jewish men carry Torah scrolls as they dance during Simhat Torah celebrations in Tel Aviv, on October 17, 2022. The worshippers are marking the end of the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah and the beginning of the next cycle. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** שמחת תורה הקפות תל אביב

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Bereshit

“It is only about fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said: ‘You shall not eat of it or touch it, lest you die’” Genesis 2:3

2 min read

October 22, 2024 12:20

The serpent in the Garden of Eden, as depicted in the Creation Museum, Kentucky (Wikimedia)

Calendar

Shabbat and Simchat Torah times from October 23 to November 1

Yom Tov and Shabbat times for the week

1 min read

October 22, 2024 12:19

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Etgar

The Etgar pre-Simchat Torah quiz

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge challenge

1 min read

October 22, 2024 12:18

Hezbollah

Hezbollah has lost 70 per cent of its firepower and ground operation can end in ‘very few weeks’, says IDF

Around 1,200 terrorists have been killed in past three weeks, IDF said

1 min read

October 22, 2024 12:11

Israeli airstrikes targeted Hezbollah financial sites across Lebanon overnight Sunday, including in Beirut (photo: Getty Images)

Chana

‘Freezing your eggs shouldn’t be taboo’

The JC explores the fertility process of egg freezing and the halachic implications

6 min read

October 22, 2024 12:05

Fertility support charity Chana is offering counselling support to single women who undergo egg freezing to give them a chance of starting a family in the future (Photo: Getty Images)

Ofsted

Smiling Stamford Hill girls charm Ofsted

Beis Yaakov Primary is rated as a good school

1 min read

October 22, 2024 11:59

Smiling Stamford Hill girls charm Ofsted

Charedi

Charedi education protesters back on the streets in London

Fear that new legislation will interfere with yeshivah education is prompting a new wave of opposition

1 min read

October 22, 2024 11:41

Rabbi Hershel Gluck addresses Monday's Westminster rally organised by the Rabbinical Committee of the Traditional Charedi Chinuch

Africa

Meet the Jews going back to their roots on a ‘Birthright to Africa’ trip

Teshuvah Across the Waters offers black Jews the chance to explore their roots by visiting communities throughout the African and Jewish diaspora

4 min read

October 22, 2024 11:29

Members of the Igbo Community in Ogidi, Nigeria

United Nations

Israel’s new voice at the UN is British

Jonathan Harounoff has taken the helm as Israel's International Spokesperson at the UN

2 min read

October 22, 2024 11:26

Jonathan Harounoff has been appointed as the new International Spokesperson for the Israel Mission to the UN

JNF UK

‘We danced for Nova’

JNF UK held a Zumba dance event in London and Tel Aviv to raise money to support Nova survivors.

3 min read

October 22, 2024 11:24

Zumba at JNF UK's Dance for Israel in London (Photo: Sharon Green Photographic)

Sinwar, check. Nasrallah, check. What comes next for Bibi and Israel?

If there was ever a moment ripe for launching the political process necessary to end the war, that moment is now

3 min read

October 22, 2024 11:24

Let’s hear it for the humble, wonderful Mr Cohens

Those who live modest and unremarkable lives can be the most special of all

3 min read

October 22, 2024 10:32

Lily Ebert leaves after lighting a candle at the Holocaust Memorial Day event in 2017 in London (Getty Images)

Terrorism

Seven men from East Jerusalem arrested after plotting to kill Israeli nuclear scientist

The group had already performed some tasks for their Iranian handlers

2 min read

October 22, 2024 10:21

This picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows a view of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and its Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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