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Letters to the Editor, October 4 2024

Lebanon, Keir Starmer and East End synagogues

3 min read

October 1, 2024 13:53

Jewish unity is the strength that we have always shown

The JC leader, October 4

1 min read

October 1, 2024 13:48

Protesters wave Israeli flags and hold photos of people held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, during a demonstration outside Downing Street on November 19, 2023 to protest against antisemitism and to call for the release of the hostages. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

October 7

Hamas did get Hezbollah involved – but not as it hoped

The October 7 atrocities were meant to unleash a massive war against Israel. Instead, Israel is dismantling Hezbollah

3 min read

October 1, 2024 13:48

Smoke rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes on September 29 in Beirut (Getty Images)

Pro-Hezbollah professor tells BBC that ‘chosen people’ seek to colonise the ‘whole region’. Thank you very much, says BBC

When an Iranian professor was given airtime on the Today programme, Mishal Husain allowed him to spew out a vile rant

3 min read

October 1, 2024 13:42

Iran

Why another missile attack by Iran could weaken the regime further

Shia militias across the Middle East are looking to their patron to restore deterrence against Israel

2 min read

October 1, 2024 12:53

Iranians lay flowers beneath a billboard bearing a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Photo: Getty Images)

Lebanon

I did not know our employee was Hamas commander, says Unwra chief

Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon

1 min read

October 1, 2024 11:59

Former Hamas leader in Lebanon Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin (circled) at an undated UNRWA event. Source: UN Watch.

Music

Pop singer and tour manager Melvyn J Taub mourned

He worked in the advertising department for the Jewish Chronicle in the early 1980s, the same decade in which his music career took off

3 min read

October 1, 2024 11:55

Performing Just Wanted I Always Wanted in 1982 on Top of the Pops with Mari Wilson and the Wilsations (Melvyn J Taub is centre of the trio of backing singers)

Israel

Hezbollah has fired 4,000 missiles at us, says mayor of northern Israeli town

Avichai Stern of Kiryat Shmona said Nasrallah’s death was a victory but more work needs to be done to protect Israel’s border cities

6 min read

October 1, 2024 11:50

Israeli firefighters battle a blaze at the site of an rocket strike, fired from southern Lebanon, in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on September 24, 2024 (Getty Images)

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Szilvás Pite (Plum Cake)

Simple, rustic and packed with juicy autumn fruits – the perfect snacking cake

1 min read

October 1, 2024 11:09

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Sweet and sour brisket with golden raisins

Meltingly tender, spiced meat covered in jammy onions and sweet golden sultanas – and a Rosh Hashanah must

2 min read

October 1, 2024 10:35

USA Politics

October 7 brought Western Jews’ holiday from history to a hard stop

The past year has forced many American Jews to re-evaluate institutions and friends they thought they knew

3 min read

October 1, 2024 10:33

Students walk out from the George Washington University commencement ceremony on the National Mall on May 19 in Washington, DC (Getty Images)

Hezbollah

IDF launches ground offensive against Hezbollah

Israel says it has begun a ‘limited, localised and targeted’ operation

1 min read

October 1, 2024 09:55

IDF army tanks in the Upper Galilee region near the border with Lebanon (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer hosts British families of hostages and calls for their immediate release ahead of October 7 anniversary

Hostage families were also passed a message of solidarity from the King and Queen

2 min read

October 1, 2024 09:31

30/09/2024. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet with the families of hostages and the bereaved at a commemoration event in 10 Downing Street ahead of the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Rosh Hashanah baked apples with raisins and tipsy figs

You’ll love this quick and super simple dessert with a festive twist

October 1, 2024 09:24

Cook time: 60 minutes

Antisemitism

A third of UK Jews experienced antisemitic incident post-October 7, new survey finds

Officially recorded incidents of anti-Jewish hate represent a significant undercount, according to JPR figures

2 min read

October 1, 2024 00:00

Protesters wave Israeli and British flags during a demonstration against antisemitism following the October 7 attack (Photo: Getty Images)

Actually, terrorists don’t need nice obituaries

Why can’t Western media call Nasrallah the monster that he was?

3 min read

September 30, 2024 18:31

Iranian women hold pictures of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, during an anti-Israel protest in Palestine Square in Tehran on September 30, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

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