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Labour Friends of Israel

Steve McCabe: Labour’s reaction to October 7 showed it was a changed party

Outgoing Labour Friends of Israel head says party has changed compared to the Corbyn years

3 min read

July 2, 2024 12:53

Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

ultra-Orthodox

Orthodox protesting against IDF conscription get ‘skunk sprayed’

Strictly-Orthodox young Jewish men will now no longer be exempt from serving in the Israeli military, the country’s High Court has ruled

2 min read

July 2, 2024 12:30

Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against the recruitment of Ultra orthodox Jews to the IDF, Jerusalem, June 30, 2024 (Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Friday night dinner doesn’t make you a slacker

The Tory party offended us all by attacking Sir Keir Starmer for observing Jewish traditions

3 min read

July 2, 2024 12:04

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps knows full well what trying to keep Friday night free for Shabbat means (Photo: Getty Images)

General Election 2024

‘Zionist child killer’ daubed on Tory candidate’s office

Robert Largan told the JC he was worried this abuse was becoming “routine”

1 min read

July 2, 2024 11:57

Robert Largan's constituency office. Credit: Robert Largan Twitter/X

Zionism

Meet the London plumber who will not unblock your toilet if you are a Zionist

The London plumbing firm left a potential customer ‘shocked and upset’

1 min read

July 2, 2024 11:45

The Jewish customer was left 'extremely shocked and upset' by AWG's response (Photo: Getty Images)

General Election 2024

I refused to cave to the Gaza mob, says elderly rabbi in Bury

Rabbi Saunders tells JC he is ‘proud’ that despite the intimidation, he refused to condemn Israel

1 min read

July 2, 2024 10:23

Rabbi Arnold Saunders outside Bilal Mosque in Prestwich. Credit: North West Friends of Israel, X/Twitter

Gaza hostages

Noa Argamani’s mother dies of cancer three weeks after her daughter was rescued

Liora Argamani spent her final days alongside her daughter Noa

2 min read

July 2, 2024 09:32

Liora Argamani, mother of hostage Noa Argamani, at a meeting at the Knesset to lobby for the release of her daughter in January 2024. (Photo: Flash90)

Recipe of the day

Shally Tucker’s spinach and strawberry salad

A fast, seasonal salad that’s ready in minutes

July 2, 2024 08:24

Eden Golan

Eden Golan receives standing ovation in London for October Rain performance

The Letters Light and Love evening sought to raise funds to rebuild Kibbutz Be’eri, eight months after the town was devastated by Hamas terrorists

4 min read

July 1, 2024 18:22

Eden Golan at the Letters Light and Love fundraising event in London, June 30, 2024

Board of Deputies

New Board president pledges ‘a little less conversation, a little more action’ at his first plenary

Phil Rosenberg said he had received messages from over 30 Muslim leaders who would like to work with the Board

3 min read

July 1, 2024 17:47

Board of Deputies' new President Phil Rosenberg is pledging more action from the Board

Lebanon

Furious Lebanese protesters block Pepsi lorries claiming new bottle cap resembles ‘Zionist entity’ flag

A legal case against Pepsi’s distributors in Lebanon accuses them of ‘sowing civil strife’

1 min read

July 1, 2024 17:45

Furious Lebanese protesters block Pepsi lorries claiming new bottle cap resembles ‘Zionist entity’ flag

Schools

Ofsted praises educational excellence of Chasidic school

The Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School in Stamford Hill is rated good overall with outstanding features

1 min read

July 1, 2024 17:20

Ofsted praises educational excellence of Chasidic school

Pride

1,000 gather to celebrate Jewish LGBT+ Pride in London

Jewish LGBT+ groups pulled out of London Pride over safety concerns, choosing to organise their own event instead

1 min read

July 1, 2024 16:56

Around 1,000 people took to the streets of London to celebrate at an alternative Jewish LGBT+ Pride party (Photo: Amanda Rose)

Schools

New teaching fellowships launched in memory of Lady Lira Winston

14 teachers from Liverpool to Stamford Hill chosen for leadership training course

1 min read

July 1, 2024 16:36

Members of the Winston family, Lira Winston Fellows and some of the organisers of the programme (photo: Paul Lang)

antisemitism

Toronto synagogues vandalised in suspected hate crime

The Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue has already been attacked twice this year

1 min read

July 1, 2024 14:51

Toronto synagogues vandalised in suspected hate crime

France

Jews caught between far left and far right in French elections

The election could see a wave of immigration from France to Israel, experts say

2 min read

July 1, 2024 14:34

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