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Leeds

Leeds Minster closes exhibition that commemorated ‘at least 18 known terrorist fighters’

The church was reported to police after displaying an artwork that allegedly memorialised terrorists

4 min read

September 18, 2026 15:56

The "Stitch The Names Together" tapestry (Image: Stitch The Names Together)

Court and Crime

Student cleared of supporting Hamas in speech outside college

Sarah Cotte publicly offered her ‘unconditional solidarity’ with the ‘Palestinian armed resistance’ just two days after October 7

2 min read

September 18, 2026 15:06

The 'Lady of Justice', the 12-foot high statue on top of the dome of the Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

Music

Paloma Faith reveals she says ‘free Palestine’ to her children every night

Speaking in the wake of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore row, the singer said she believes children should be ‘exposed to politics’

1 min read

September 18, 2026 14:49

Paloma Faith attends an event in Paris, France, September 17, 2026 (Getty Images)

Yom Kippur

A mental reset: the therapy of Yom Kippur

The High Holy Days can help us to take more control of our own minds, writes Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

3 min read

September 18, 2026 14:28

A mental reset: the therapy of Yom Kippur

The campaign to ban kosher and halal slaughter hides a very dangerous agenda

This is less about animal welfare than making Britain inhospitable to anyone who isn’t white and Christian. More disturbing still is the silence of genuine animal-rights activists as their cause is hijacked

5 min read

September 18, 2026 14:19

Happy organic cows are released to graze out in fields (Photo: Getty Images)

Jewish Legacy

Change at the top for Jewish Legacy

Melanie Diamond is taking on the role of chair of the charity

1 min read

September 18, 2026 13:50

Israel-Hamas War 2023

Senior Hamas official admitted tunnels were to protect fighters, while Gaza civilians were not their ‘responsibility’

Mousa Abu Marzouk made the remark on TV weeks after the October 7 attack

1 min read

September 18, 2026 13:35

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the former chairman and deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau (Credit: MEMRITV/X)

A Yom Kippur unlike any in living memory

Heaton Park showed British Jewry at its best: courage, solidarity and defiance. The attacker sought to terrorise Jews out of public life – he failed

3 min read

September 18, 2026 12:42

Congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation comfort each other in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

Manchester

Yom Kippur in my beloved Manchester, one year on

Twelve months after the terrorist attack on Heaton Park synagogue, Angela Epstein reflects on marking the Day of Atonement in her home city

6 min read

September 18, 2026 12:20

Resilience: Heaton Park Synagogue with insets of Rabbi Daniel Walker and police officers outside the shul in October 2025, and floral tributes laid for Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby

East End

Plan to convert East End’s last purpose-built synagogue into a mosque paused

Muslim group buying century-old East End shul considers legal action after building was granted Grade II listed status

3 min read

September 18, 2026 11:54

Nelson Street synagogue's interior (Photo: Amy Schreibman Walter)

September 11

Archbishop of Canterbury retracts award for Muslim cleric who suggested honouring Osama bin Laden

Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi was given an award on the anniversary of 9/11 by Dame Sarah Mullally for interfaith co-operation

3 min read

September 18, 2026 11:54

Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi and his wife being presented with The Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation by Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury (Image: Neil Turner/Lambeth Palace/PA Wire)

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv beats every other Middle Eastern city in global ranking

The annual Global Cities Index ranks the world's 1,000 largest cities, based on their strengths, weaknesses and ‘future potential’

1 min read

September 18, 2026 11:44

Tel Aviv ranks 34th in the 2026 Global Cities Index (Photo: Getty)

Judaism

2,000-year-old mikveh discovered at Kiryat Gat construction site

The ritual bath weighs in at a hefty 25,000kg

1 min read

September 18, 2026 11:07

The ritual purification bath as it was uncovered at the site (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority)

Why did the archbishop honour a cleric who called bin Laden ‘mujahid’? She worships at the shrine of Palestine

Sarah Mullally is no naif – and that is deeply concerning

3 min read

September 18, 2026 10:54

Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, his wife and Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury (Image: Lambeth Palace)

IDF

IDF dismisses Gaza Division intelligence officer over October 7 failures

The officer allegedly dismissed detailed warnings about the looming attacks as ‘completely imaginary’

1 min read

September 18, 2026 10:01

Colonel Aleph was said to have disregarded warning signs reported by IDF surveillance soldiers on a base in Nahal Oz as unimportant (Photo: Getty)

A year after Heaton Park, I’m not so sure this government has the backs of British Jews

They may be building us higher walls but there is no electoral motivation for any politician to deal with what our community has to face

3 min read

September 18, 2026 07:35

Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband (Image: Parliament TV)

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