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Western Holocaust erasure and antizionism follows an old Soviet script

It is curious how the day marking the liberation of Auschwitz is the only date in the year when so many people who otherwise obsess endlessly about Jews suddenly lose the capacity to mention Jews at all

4 min read

February 5, 2026 14:08

Business

New wines, historic roots: the Israeli vineyard inspired by the pioneer years

Serial high tech entrepreneur Elie Wurtman is helping define Israeli wine with a little help from regional history – and a gaggle of agriculturally inclined teens

3 min read

February 5, 2026 14:10

Farm-to-table dining meets local wine tasting at Bat Shlomo, a winery plus boutique accommodation that offers a slice of Israeli history. (Photo: Amir Giron)

Sidrah

Standing together: this week’s parashah, Yitro

“On the third day the Lord will come down, in the sight of the entire nation, on Mount Sinai” (Exodus 19:11)

1 min read

February 5, 2026 13:59

The giving of the Ten Commandments (Phillip Medhurst Collection/Wikimedia Commons)

Death

How I learnt that Judaism does grief well

A decade after her mother’s death, Sarah Ebner reflects on how Jewish rituals helped her cope with her loss

4 min read

February 5, 2026 14:36

Mishpachah: (clockwise from top left) Sarah Ebner's mother Ann and her father Henry on their wedding day in August 1964; Henry's tallit at Sarah's neice's wedding last December; Ann and Henry in 2014; Sarah with her mother in 2012

Charity Commission

Starmer promises extra powers to charity commission to tackle extremism in speech marred by Mandelson scandal

Kemi Badenoch said the prime minister’s position was ‘untenable’

3 min read

February 5, 2026 14:36

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at Horntye Park Sports Complex on February 05, 2026 in St Leonards-on-Sea (Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism

Phylisa Wisdom has previously spoken out against the BDS movement, an anti-Israel initiative supported by the New York City mayor

1 min read

February 5, 2026 14:36

Phylisa Wisdom, the new leader of the Office to Combat Antisemitism (Image: YouTube)

The Islamic Republic seeks nuclear weapons against Israel – negotiations only buy it time

The only path to lasting peace in the Middle East and beyond is to empower the Iranian people to overthrow their enemy from within

3 min read

February 5, 2026 15:30

Satellite imagery of the Natanz Nuclear Facility (Image: Wikipedia)

From Pep Guardiola to Hugh Bonneville, celebrities are spreading falsehoods on Gaza

It’s a lot easier to spew out ignorant rubbish than to actually check the facts and risk not being able to launch a broadside against Israel

3 min read

February 5, 2026 16:17

How October 7 brought this Schrödinger’s Jew to life

It makes the world a lot more interesting and complicated but, oy gevalt, it’s exhausting

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February 4, 2026 16:20

It's all relative: Albert Einstein (Image: Getty)

From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

These institutional blind spots guarantee the problem will deepen, while steadily eroding confidence in the state’s commitment to equal citizenship. That is not a drift the country can afford to tolerate

2 min read

February 5, 2026 16:27