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Film

Jewface? It gets Oscar nominations

Not only are non-Jews cast as Jews, but the people giving them big noses in make-up are singled out for praise

2 min read

January 24, 2024 17:59

Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in “Golda.” (Photo: Sean Gleason / Bleecker Street / ShivHans Pictures)

It’s time to abandon winner-takes-all politics in Israel

The Islamist savages of Hamas and the political extremists in Israel only lead us nowhere

3 min read

January 24, 2024 16:51

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Hamas War 2023

‘Every minute is crucial’: hostage’s brother appeals for UK pressure on Qatar to make a deal

Liran Berman appeals to UK political leaders to push Qatar given the mediator’s hefty investments in British land

3 min read

January 24, 2024 16:40

Liran Berman holds a photo of his twin brothers, Ziv and Gali, who were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7. Berman is visiting the UK as part of a delegation of family members of Israeli hostages pushing for their loves ones' release. (Photo: Eliana Jordan)

Gary Lineker

At least 22 Jewish employees make formal complaint against BBC Israel coverage

BBC receives a deluge of complaints from Jewish employees

2 min read

January 24, 2024 16:27

MMR vaccine

Jewish community urged to get jabbed amid measles outbreak

Figures show vaccination rates remain low in areas with large Jewish communities

3 min read

January 24, 2024 16:22

Members of the Orthodox Jewish community in Stamford Hill, ahead of Purim on February 25, 2021 (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

United Nations

UN head won’t speak at NYC shul Holocaust memorial event for first time in years

Antonio Guterres won’t attend memorial event at Park East Synagogue for first time in six years

1 min read

January 24, 2024 15:49

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Photo: Getty)

Israel

The printing press that symbolises kibbutz’s Be’eri’s spirit of survival

The business at the heart of devastated Kibbutz Be’eri was back to work within days of October 7

2 min read

January 24, 2024 15:17

The printing press that symbolises kibbutz’s Be’eri’s spirit of survival

Antisemitism

Over a third of 18-24-year-olds believe Israel treats Palestinians like Nazis treated Jews, according to new poll

A survey commissioned by CAA reveals daunting rates of antisemitism, particularly among youngest demographic

1 min read

January 24, 2024 14:37

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration to protest against antisemitism, in central London on November 26, 2023 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Guinness World Records

A 35-foot challah in NYC aims to beat Guinness World Record

The lengthy loaf, made in collaboration by Jewish organisations as part of a Shabbat initiative, could break the 2019 record

1 min read

January 24, 2024 13:23

The 35 foot long challah was baked in a tunnel oven at David's Cookies in New Jersey. It was then loaded onto a wooden plank and transported to the Upper West Side where it was unveiled at a day school's Shabbat assembly. (JFNA/Vladimir Kolesnikov)

schools

Sinai in top three per cent of schools nationally for teaching reading

Schools minister ‘delighted’ at results in letter to the London primary

1 min read

January 24, 2024 11:52

IDF

IDF soldier’s family release heartbreaking letter he wrote before his death

‘If you are reading these words, something probably happened to me’

1 min read

January 24, 2024 10:43

Master Sgt. (res.) Elkana Vizel with his family. Photo: Courtesy of the family.

Donald Trump

Trump vows to build ‘greatest Iron Dome anywhere in the world’ in the USA

The GOP presidential frontrunner spoke shortly before winning the New Hampshire primary

1 min read

January 24, 2024 10:35

NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JANUARY 23: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump (C) takes the stage with supporters, campaign staff and family members for a primary night party at the Sheraton on January 23, 2024 in Nashua, New Hampshire. New Hampshire voters cast their ballots in their stateâ€™s primary election today, with former President Donald Trump winning the primary, finishing ahead of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Antisemitism on campus

Anti-Israel students ‘heartbroken’ after ban on studying abroad

The University of Massachusetts said that students who participated in a sit-in stunt would not be allowed to take part in exchange programmes

1 min read

January 23, 2024 22:25

Anti-Israel students ‘heartbroken’ after ban on studying abroad

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer leads nominations for the Oscars 2024, with Maestro just behind

Nolan’s biopic of Jewish theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer is up for best picture

1 min read

January 23, 2024 19:09

Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer (Photo: Universal Studios)

Photography

Community mourns much-loved photographer Marc Morris

Marc devoted his career to taking photos of Jewish sporting events, as well as royalty and prime ministers

2 min read

January 23, 2024 18:56

Auschwitz

Former Israeli president links Auschwitz ceremony to October 7 attacks

Reuven Rivlin asks world to remember ‘Never again are not just words’

1 min read

January 23, 2024 17:22

Members of the Leaders Forum to Fight Antisemitism and Racism (ELCA) and the candles they have just lit, January 23, 2024

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