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October 7

‘Work night and day’ to release hostages, MPs urge government on October 7 anniversary

Over 100 MPs attended a private commemoration ceremony in Parliament

3 min read

October 8, 2024 15:02

Labour Friends of Israel's parliamentary chair Jon Pearce MP. Credit: Parliament TV.

Netflix

Nobody Wants This: well, ain’t that the truth

The Netflix hit does a disastrous disservice to Jewish and non-Jewish women alike. It is nothing short of the Madonna-whore complex updated for our age

2 min read

October 8, 2024 14:21

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah in Nobody Wants This. (Photo: Netflix)

Magen David Adom

New MDA bike on the road, thanks to JC readers

The £35,000 life-saving vehicle can manoeuvre quickly through traffic

1 min read

October 8, 2024 14:19

New MDA motorbike from JC readers is unveiled in Israel by paramedic Gil Green (right) and MDA UK CEO Daniel Burger (second from right) (Photo: MDA)

I have been waiting a year for my son’s young, beautiful, talented, kind partner

It has been a year without routine, without rest, without respite, that's been both overwhelming and convoluted

4 min read

October 8, 2024 13:36

Gaza

Yazidi woman rescued from Hamas in Gaza: ‘I tried suicide many times’

Fawzia Amin Sido was kidnapped at the age of 11 by Isis in Iraq and later taken to Gaza

3 min read

October 8, 2024 11:46

Fawzia Amin Sido who was kidnapped at the age of 11 by the Islamic State group in Iraq and later taken to Gaza has been rescued after more than a decade in captivity (Credit: Iraqi Foreign Ministry)

The lesson of October 8? Lose solidarity with Israel and we lose ourselves

The West’s solidarity with the Jewish state is only as strong as its grasp on its own history and values

5 min read

October 8, 2024 11:02

Hezbollah at the funeral of a member killed in Syria (Getty Images)

Environmental

Jewish eco-charity volunteers start campaign to clean Hendon river

‘By the time we’re done, we’ll have a river clean enough to swim in’

1 min read

October 8, 2024 10:30

Naomi Verber, chief executive of EcoJudaism, cleaning Dollis Brook in Hendon as a "Reverse Taschlich" initiative (Photo: EcoJudaism)

Hezbollah

Hezbollah HQ head killed in Israeli strike

Suhail Hussein Husseini played ‘crucial role’ in transferring weapons between Iran and its Lebanese proxy, IDF said

1 min read

October 8, 2024 10:09

Smoke rises in the wake of an Israeli air strike on the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh in Beirut on Sunday (photo: Getty Images)

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Cranberry, pistachio and raisin boulou

A parev Tunisian treat that’s traditional for breaking your Yom Kippur fast

1 min read

October 8, 2024 09:13

Nisa-Nashim

‘I mourn and cry for every mother who has lost a child through this war’

To mark the first anniversary of October 7, Jewish and Muslim women came together to share how they had been impacted by events from the past year

4 min read

October 8, 2024 07:06

Participants at the Nisa-Nashim event to mark the first anniversary of October 7 (Photo: Yakir Zur)

Mitzvah Day

Mitzvah Day helps launch Lincoln hygiene bank

The new interfaith initiative has been launched to address hygiene poverty in the region

1 min read

October 8, 2024 06:37

Mitzvah Day helped launch the Lincoln Hygiene Bank, an interfaith initiative, at Lincoln Methodist Church. (l-r) Subash Chellaiah, Dr Charles Shaw, Hilal Ozdemir, Ruth Subash, Dr Casmir Maazure, Rev Steve Holt, Mayor Alan Riggs, Rachel Phillips, Laurie Shone and Daphne Shawatthe (Photo: Mitzvah Day)

October 7 first anniversary

The unsung community heroes of October 7

Since the Hamas terrorist attacks a year ago, many people have gone above and beyond to support Israel and the Jewish community. The JC spoke to some of them

10 min read

October 7, 2024 18:42