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Camp Simcha

Camp Simcha spa day offers respite to mums of sick children

Supporters of Camp Simcha in London and Manchester turned their homes into spas for the women

1 min read

June 14, 2024 14:04

Camp Simcha London spa day volunteers and therapists (Photo: Camp Simcha)

Social Media

Futzing around and eating pickles: The timeless allure of Old Jewish Men

From protesting the cost of pastrami to rating cookies, Noah Rinsky showcases the everyday antics of the Larry David demographic to the TikTok generation

3 min read

June 14, 2024 13:36

Bob, Dave and Aaron of Old Jewish Men get a sneak peek of Noah Rinsky's new book, 'The Old Jewish Men's Guide to Eating, Sleeping and Futzing Around' (Photo: Noah Rinsky)

Etgar

The Etgar Quiz no 273

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge quiz

1 min read

June 14, 2024 13:32

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Naso

“The one who brought his offering on the first day was Nachshon the son of Aminadav of the tribe of Judah” Numbers 7:12

1 min read

June 14, 2024 12:57

The tabernacle in the wilderness (Wellcome Library)

Calendar

Shabbat times from June 14 to June 21

Shabbat times for the week

1 min read

June 14, 2024 12:57

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Schools

Wohl Ilford and Clore Tikva go head to head in first parents’ soccer game

The inaugural contest raised funds for the two Jewish primary schools

1 min read

June 14, 2024 12:44

Game on: Wohl Ilford v Clore Tikva parents (Will Hope Photography)

BRCA

Father of woman who died of BRCA-related cancer campaigns for sharing of medical information

No one told Caroline Saunders that the BRCA gene mutation was in her family before she was diagnosed with breast cancer

4 min read

June 14, 2024 12:15

Caroline Saunders was unaware that the BRCA mutation was in her family when she was diagnosed with breast cancer (Photo: courtesy of Ellis Rich)

chicken recipe

Honey garlic roasted chicken with miso glazed carrots

This super simple savoury, sweet dish needs minimum hands-on time

June 14, 2024 12:00

Cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Masorti

Senior Masorti figures resign over New North London rabbi furore

Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov was allowed to keep job after writing that Israeli politicians were ‘war criminals’

3 min read

June 14, 2024 11:13

USA

Morrie Markoff, the USA’s oldest man and the world’s oldest Jew dies at 110

His brain will be donated to science for research on super-aging.

2 min read

June 14, 2024 11:06

Morrie Markoff and his wife, the former Betty Goldmintz, were married for 81 years. Credit: Courtesy of the family.

Palestinian Authority

Poll says 75% of Palestinians ‘satisfied’ with Hamas’s performance in the war so far

Fifty-one percent believe that Hamas terrorists are "the most deserving" of leading the Palestinian people

1 min read

June 14, 2024 10:51

Palestinians rush trucks as they transport international humanitarian aid from the US-built Trident Pier near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on May 18, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

This Father’s Day, let’s hear it for patrilineal Jews

Forget the idea that you’re only a Jew if your mother is Jewish. Let’s go back to the Bible

3 min read

June 14, 2024 10:00

Like father, like daughter: patrilineal Jew Gwyneth Paltrow with her father Bruce, in 2001 (Photo: Getty Images)

Letters to the editor, 14 June 2024

Hostage rescues and setting the record straight

1 min read

June 14, 2024 00:00

Labour

Labour government will recognise a Palestinian state as a ‘contribution’ to peace process

An end to fighting in the Middle East will be an ‘immediate focus’ for Sir Keir Starmer in office

1 min read

June 13, 2024 12:58

Sir Keir Starmer launched Labour's manifesto in Manchester on Thursday (Photo: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Hostages

Rescued hostages suffered ‘severe psychological abuse’ in captivity

New details have filtered out about the torments the rescued hostages experienced at the hands of their captors

2 min read

June 13, 2024 12:52

Noa Argamani was reunited with her terminally ill mother after being freed from captivity (Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Crime

Golders Green kosher supermarket knifeman spared jail

Gabriel Abdullah, 34, was handed two suspended sentences by a judge

1 min read

June 13, 2024 12:51

Police said the knife attack had left 'Jewish communities shaken' (Photo: Twitter)

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