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Parashah of the week: Behar

“You shall keep My Sabbaths” Leviticus 26:2

Israel at 76: Is it more important to be safe or to be free?

As a beleaguered democracy facing a savage terrorist group, the dichotomy is acute for the Jewish state

Israel withdraws ambassadors as Ireland, Norway and Spain recognise Palestinian state

The decision on Wednesday morning prompted Israel to withdraw ambassadors from Norway and Ireland

Guernsey: Island of adventure

Cathy Winston explores Guernsey’s glorious countryside and coast — and delves into an often-forgotten dark chapter in this Channel Isle’s history

Rob Rinder is grateful for his grandmother’s Jewish Care

Rinder described the charity as “a jewel in the crown of the Jewish community”

Hostage families release horrifying unseen footage of 5 kidnapped female soldiers on Oct 7

A harrowing video of the abduction of female IDF observers has been released

The New York rabbi giving Bridgerton a Yiddishe twist

Jo David has drawn on her experience delivering High Holy Day sermons to write a Regency romance

The fashionistas fighting antisemitism

Since October 7, Jews working in fashion have faced horrible abuse. But now they’re coming together to support each other.

Shabbat times from May 24 to May 31

Shabbat times for the week

TV review: Tokyo Vice: ‘The meticulous recreation of a very strange world’

Nazi comparisons are wrong, whoever is making them

We do ourselves no favours by reaching for the Third Reich analogy – not least as regards pushing back against those using the same comparisons for the actions of Israel

Netanyahu rules out Gaza resettlement: ‘It was never our aim’

The Israeli prime minister defended his ‘day after’ plan in interviews on US TV

The identitarians and Islamists have joined under a chupah of hatred

But the Biden administration has spent three years doing nothing about anti-Jewish incitement on campus

Jews in Iran ‘shocked and angered’ about looming execution of young Jewish man

The execution has been postponed without reason according to Iranian activists

Karim Khan chose to act when Israel’s leadership is at its most isolated and vulnerable

The ICC’s prosecutor created a moral equivalence in the eyes of the world between the perpetrator and the defender

Pea, mint and toasted pine nut dip

Welcome spring with this simple, healthy dish