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The Jewish Da Vinci Code

Lithuanian novelist Rytis Sabas explains why he pitched a rabbi into the page-turning plot of his bestselling book, The Goan Code

5 min read

June 18, 2024 19:36

Shining a light: Rytis Sabas says interest in Jewish culture has soared in Lithuania since the success of his book

Israel Hamas War 2024

Rally planned outside Times HQ to ‘denounce the dismissive coverage’ of October 7 rapes

Protesters will show the footage from the Hamas attack

2 min read

June 18, 2024 19:09

Protesters outside the BBC in February (Photo: Gaby Wine)

books

Confessions of a gay Chasidic wife

Sara Glass shares her remarkable journey from Chasidic wife to gay therapist

6 min read

June 18, 2024 19:09

memoir

Fat-shamed in life and death, this is the truth about Mama Cass

Mamas and Papas singer Cass Elliot suffered abuse over her weight – and she didn’t die choking on a ham sandwich, says her daughter

4 min read

June 18, 2024 18:41

Proud Mama: Cass Elliot with her daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell

Eastern Europe

Northwood Ark emeritus rabbi reunites with former student in Slovakia

They both attended the inaugural service at the restored Trencin Synagogue

2 min read

June 18, 2024 18:20

(l-r) Rabbi Misha Kapustin, Rabbi Andrew Goldstein and his wife Sharon reuniting at the newly restored Trencin Synagogue in Slovakia (Photo: courtesy of Reform Judaism)

France

Children arrested in France after 12-year-old Jewish girl raped in ‘antisemitic attack’

Teenage boys have been charged with aggravated sexual assault, attempted extortion, and invasion of privacy

1 min read

June 18, 2024 17:43

A 16-year-old and a 19-year-old have been arrested (Photo: Getty Images)

israel

Maldives Israel ban backfires after country realises 2m Muslims would be barred from entry

The island nation threatened the ban last month over Israel’s war in Gaza

1 min read

June 18, 2024 17:36

In this photograph taken on September 24, 2023, tourists disembark from a seaplane at a resort in Baa Atoll in Maldives. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Dimona

Israel reportedly upgrading nuclear reactor site at Dimona

Israel is also believed to be modernizing its nuclear arsenal

1 min read

June 18, 2024 17:20

DIMONA, ISRAEL: (FILE PHOTO) A recent undated file photo of Israel's nuclear reactor at Dimona. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tony Awards

Tony Awards 2024: Big winners Stereophonic and Merrily We Roll Along are Jewish

Daniel Radcliffe and Jeremy Strong were the other lead winners in the 77th awards ceremony

2 min read

June 18, 2024 16:38

Daniel Radcliffe at the 2024 Tony Awards (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

Florida

Florida man arrested for threatening to kill Jews

Paul Thomas Morris, 36, of Boca Raton acknowledged social-media accounts of his with disturbing messages

1 min read

June 18, 2024 16:33

Boca Raton police cars (Photo by RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images)

Television

Breaking Dad Amazon Prime review: A mediocre story stretched too thin

The documentary’s title writes cheques that the story can’t cash

2 min read

June 18, 2024 16:20

Breaking Dad Amazon Prime review: A mediocre story stretched too thin

France

Paris court reverses ban on Israeli defense firms at Europe’s largest weapons convention

"France is supposed to be a friend, not just an ally, of Israel. If an ally decides to boycott Israel and throw them out, imagine countries who are not friends or allies?”

2 min read

June 18, 2024 16:07

A visitor holds a weapon from Israeli weapon manufacturer Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) at the Eurosatory international land and airland defence and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

jewish care

Jewish Care celebrates its volunteers in style

‘Our volunteers are the heartbeat of Jewish Care’

1 min read

June 18, 2024 15:46

Jewish Care celebrates Volunteers' Week at the Michael Sobell Community Centre in Golders Green by dancing to a viral TikTok dance (Photo: Jewish Care)

University

Leeds Palestine encampment removed after threat of legal action

Anti-Israel campus activists say they will return in September and ‘escalate’ their protests

3 min read

June 18, 2024 14:57

Pro-Palestine encampments were launched at universities across Britain in May (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The ‘Neutrality with Hitler’ argument is a sad reflection of today’s politics

Those who say we should have stayed out of WW2 really mean that the likes of Hitler and Putin are not the cause of wars – rather it is interference by Western warmongers

3 min read

June 18, 2024 14:50

British statesman and prime minister Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) at Heston Airport on his return from Munich after meeting with Hitler, making his 'peace in our time' address. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Michigan

UCLA, Michigan and Northwestern drop in ADL antisemitism ranking

The universities, popular with Jewish students, all saw their grades drop after poor handling of campus protests

1 min read

June 18, 2024 14:32

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - MAY 4: A student holds a Flag of Israel during a Pro-Palestinian protest during the University of Michigan's Spring Commencement ceremony on May 4, 2024 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A group of students called for the University of Michigan to divest from companies with ties to Israel during the spring commencement ceremony. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

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