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Smartphone ban: Meet the north London parents shunning devices for their children

In north London, parents at a Jewish primary school are calling for smartphone-free childhoods

7 min read

March 20, 2024 11:03

Emma Ross, pictured with her three sons, heads up Eden Primary's Smartphone Free Childhood Group (Photo: Emma Ross)

Holocaust

Howard Jacobson accuses London Review of Books of ‘Jew-baiting’

Literary magazine produced front page suggesting Israel has leveraged the Holocaust to ‘slaughter 13,000 children’

2 min read

March 20, 2024 10:23

The second March edition of the London Review of Books has been widely condemned by Jewish writers for its title, "The Shoah after Gaza"

Unwra

Hamas terror chief Haniyeh was an Unwra teacher, reveals former UN official

Footage shows a Palestinian ex-Unwra official making the claim

1 min read

March 20, 2024 10:11

Hamas terror chief Haniyeh was an Unwra teacher, reveals former UN official

Israel

Israel ranked fifth happiest country in the world

The study looked at six factors affecting quality of life including income, health and freedom

1 min read

March 20, 2024 09:40

Israelis wave national flags during the annual 'flags march' to mark "Jerusalem Day", in Jerusalem on May 18, 2023. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Austria

Austria acts after antisemitic attacks soar in Vienna

Fivefold increase in anti-Jewish incidents since October 7 prompts government to try to curb online abuse

2 min read

March 20, 2024 09:28

Oskar Deutsch, president of the Jewish Community of Vienna (Photo: Jewish Community of Vienna)

Lebanon

Hezbollah’s Beirut bases ‘could be smashed’ if war escalates

Former top Israeli military and intelligence figure says air force has only used 5 per cent of its potential against Lebanon

2 min read

March 20, 2024 09:21

Warning: Former senior military and intelligence official Zohar Palti (Photo Courtesy Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

Canada

Canada to stop selling arms to Israel

Motion tabled by New Democratic Party passed with support of Trudeau’s Liberals

1 min read

March 20, 2024 08:55

MUENSTER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 04: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly gives a statement upon her arrival for bilateral meetings following the G7 Foreign Ministers summit at the historical city hall on November 4, 2022 in Muenster, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Eylon Levy

Eylon Levy reportedly suspended from spokesman role after UK complaints

The British-born spokesman was appointed to his post in the wake of October 7

1 min read

March 19, 2024 22:18

Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy addressed South Africa's accusation of genocide in the Israel-Hamas war during a press briefing on 2 January.

Israel’s critics aren’t interested in dialogue or compromise, they just want to hate

Without dialogue, how can there ever be progress toward peace?

3 min read

March 19, 2024 17:45

Protesters hold placards and chant slogans during a rally in support of Palestinians, outside of the Houses of Parliament in central London on November 15, 2023, to demand Members of Parliament vote for a ceasefire in Gaza. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)

Gaza

Netanyahu signals intention to defy Biden on Rafah invasion

The PM also said the IDF must control the Gaza-Egypt border and that work is being done on an Israeli-controlled crossing to replace the one from Sinai

2 min read

March 19, 2024 16:36

US President Joe Biden (L), sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv in October 2023 (Photo by MIRIAM ALSTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The war goes on but already minds are turning to who will pay for rebuilding Gaza

As international opinion shifts from Gaza, the appetite for paying the tab might go with it

3 min read

March 19, 2024 16:07

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on March 19, 2024 shows a view of destroyed buildings in the Palestinian territory following bombardments amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Hollywood

Aaron Taylor-Johnson rumoured to become first Jewish James Bond

Speculation about the Jewish actor having been offered the iconic role was reignited after a report on Tuesday

1 min read

March 19, 2024 15:49

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is rumoured to have been offered the role of James Bond for the 26th film in the franchise. (Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images)

Schumer says out loud what Biden is thinking – and fearing about Netanyahu

The US’s most senior Jewish politician demanded that the Israeli PM quit because Democrats are worried about November

3 min read

March 19, 2024 15:21

Israel

Israel to hold annual remembrance day for October 7 victims

Cabinet approves plan for memorial two days after Simchat Torah every year

1 min read

March 19, 2024 15:02

BEIT GUVRIN, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Family members and friends attend the funeral of Yossi Vahab, who was killed during Hamas' attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 31, 2023 in Beit Guvrin, Israel. More than three weeks since Hamas's Oct 7 attacks in Israel, which killed 1,400 according to Israeli authorities, just over half have now been laid to rest, and over four-fifths have been identified. Volunteers continue to identify victims at the country's Shura military facility. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Hollywood

450 Jewish creatives sign letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar speech

Jewish Hollywood figures and entertainters add their names to letter condemning ‘The Zone of Interest’ director’s speech

2 min read

March 19, 2024 13:41

'The Zone of Interest' director Jonathan Glazer, who won the Oscar for best international film on 10 March, has sparked outrage for his controversial acceptance speech. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Holocaust

You’ve met the Windermere Children, here are the ‘Southampton Boys’

The Lake District village was not the only place in the UK that offered refuge to young Shoah survivors. Faith Eckersall recounts the heartwarming story of Wintershill Hall

6 min read

March 19, 2024 13:20

Remembering the past: some of the Boys’ children and their offspring visiting Wintershill House last May

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