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Police should apologise after an officer told me that swastikas ‘need to be taken in context’

Woman who challenged a policeman during an anti-Israel march in London has complained to the Met

4 min read

April 2, 2024 16:35

Police should apologise after an officer told me that swastikas ‘need to be taken in context’

Spain

Spain will unilaterally recognise Palestinian state by the summer says prime minister

He said there will soon be a ‘critical mass’ within the European Union to push several member states to adopt the position

1 min read

April 2, 2024 16:27

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for a press conference at the end of the second and last day of the European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 22, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Joseph Lieberman

Joe Lieberman, a mensch whose Jewish faith was key to his life

A brave and independent politician who nearly became the US’s first Jewish vice president

3 min read

April 2, 2024 15:18

Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore is joined by vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman on the stage of the Democratic National Convention at the Staples Center 17 August 2000 in Los Angeles, California. Gore and Lieberman accepted their party's nomination. AFP PHOTO/Luke FRAZZA (Photo by LUKE FRAZZA / AFP) (Photo by LUKE FRAZZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Travel

Save the date – the top things to do in the UK in 2024

Cathy Winston finds the best new days out across the UK this year

6 min read

April 2, 2024 15:09

Save the date – the top things to do in the UK in 2024

antisemitism

Two Philadelphia synagogues vandalised with swastika graffiti

One synagogue had a swastika daubed on a banner expressing solidarity with Israel

1 min read

April 2, 2024 14:35

Two Philadelphia synagogues vandalised with swastika graffiti

BBC

Interior Design Masters’ Francesca Kletz wants to be the ‘Joan Rivers of decorating’

The Jewish star of BBC One’s Interior Design Masters opens up to the JC about her identity, living in Israel, and singing Fiddler on the Roof

4 min read

April 2, 2024 13:36

Interior Design Masters’ Francesca Kletz wants to be the ‘Joan Rivers of decorating’

Board of Deputies elections

Board of Deputies VP candidates debate refugee policy

Contenders discussed how far the representative body should go in addressing issues such as asylum

2 min read

April 2, 2024 13:00

Board of Deputies vice-presidential contenders: (top row from left); Denise Lester, Jeremy Michelson, Owen Power: (below): Andrew Gilbert, Adrian Cohen

Germany

Sale of Germany’s Adidas football shirts blocked over ‘Nazi SS’ design

The personalised shirts bearing ‘44’ will now not be made available for sale

1 min read

April 2, 2024 12:40

The controversial football jersey (Image: Adidas)

October 7

October 7 survivor screens ‘prophetic’ films

Film-maker Shaylee Atary survived by hiding for 27 hours with her baby

5 min read

April 2, 2024 12:13

October 7 survivor screens ‘prophetic’ films

Spain

Spaniards defend Easter tradition of ‘killing Jews’

Each year participants are encouraged to drink a special drink of wine and lemonade, which is accompanied by a call to ‘Kill Jews’

2 min read

April 2, 2024 12:10

Penitents from the 'Hermandad Penitencial de las Siete Palabras' brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora on March 26, 2024. (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP) (Photo by CESAR MANSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Recipe of the day

Caper puttanesca

A classic Italian favourite that will become your storecupboard staple

April 2, 2024 12:00

United Nations

Palestinians pressing for UN statehood vote this month

The PA’s representative in the UN said there could be a vote as soon as April 18th

1 min read

April 2, 2024 09:52

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The United States, Israel's ally which vetoed previous drafts, abstained. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

US college delegation inspired by visit to Israel

Delegation say they were shocked by wave of anti-Israel hatred shown by their students after October 7

2 min read

April 2, 2024 09:32

US college delegation inspired by visit to Israel

IDF

Cameron demands explanation as British volunteers killed in Israeli airstrike

The IDF said it would carry out a ‘thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident’

2 min read

April 2, 2024 09:28

People gather around the carcass of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah (Photo: Getty Images)

Iran

Top Iranian commander killed in alleged Israeli strike in Damascus

A building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus was reportedly targeted by the IDF

1 min read

April 1, 2024 18:17

Emergency and security personnel work at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. Syrian state media said Israeli strikes hit an Iranian consular annex in the capital on April 1, while a war monitor reported eight people were killed and Iranian state media said a senior commander of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was among the dead, amid rising regional tensions due to the Gaza war. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Sheriff of Nottingham

First Jewish High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire appointed

Nick Rubins takes on the oldest continuous secular office under the Crown

1 min read

April 1, 2024 14:39

(l-r) Rabbi Gili Zidkiyahu, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Nick Rubins, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue president Paula Scott and Rabbi Charley Baginsky at Rubins' installation ceremony at NLS

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