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Terrorism

US Treasury slaps sanctions on Hamas official and finance network

The sanctions are targeted at Hamas’ Investment Office, which is estimated to hold assets of more than $500 million

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

RZESZOW, POLAND - MARCH 05: The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau (not seen) give a press statement at the Bristol Hotel on March 05, 2022 in Rzeszow, Poland. The United States' top diplomat, Antony Blinken, is touring the region to coordinate with NATO allies and European leaders in their response to Russia's large-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses school leavers and university graduates in Moscow on June 27, 2020, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Sanctions

Russia updates sanctions list to include several American Jews including three Chabad rabbis

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

USA

Son of Holocaust survivor to face lethal injection after his lawyers urged him not to pick poison gas execution

By Josh Kaplan

2 min read

Antisemitism

The antisemitic roots of the Great Replacement theory

By Josh Kaplan

5 min read

By Robert Philpot

The parable of Josh Mandel

4 min read

USA

Jewish divorce joke used in Florida textbook branded ‘antisemitic’ by activists

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

Members of Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades take part in a military parade in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 28, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מצעד חמושים חמאס טיל תומכים חאן יונס רקטות משאיות

By Anshel Pfeffer

Did Israel need an Iranian leak when the talks are sunk already?

5 min read

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By Dominic Green

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

United? The USA is as divided as ever with its most prestigious university's newspaper backing the boycott movement while a baseball star's father openly practises the Jewish custom

2 min read

May 6, 2022 15:03

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

Farewell to comic book genius Neal Adams, who fearlessly battled for justice

The superhero artist leaves behind an important legacy not only as a storyteller but also for his campaigning as a proud Jew

By Joel Meadows

2 min read

May 6, 2022 15:02

American DC comics book and commercial artist Neal Adams, UK, 15th June 1979. (Photo by Jones/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ice cream and politics don’t mix, campaigners tell Ben & Jerry’s owner

Protesters outside Unilever board meeting in London make clear their opposition to 'hypocritical' statements on foreign affairs and Israel

By David Rose

1 min read

May 5, 2022 14:18

Ice cream and politics don’t mix, campaigners tell Ben & Jerry’s owner

By Dominic Green

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

I didn’t want spelt matzah from Streit or Manischewitz..., I want the real thing - a stack of red Rakusen’s

5 min read

April 21, 2022 14:42

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

On her 80th birthday, a celebration of Barbra Streisand's glittering career in showbiz

From her first screen role in William Wyler’s 1968 film Funny Girl to her hilarious turn in 2004's Meet the Fockers, few can rival the success of this global icon, who grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn

By James Mottram

3 min read

April 21, 2022 13:03

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Singer/actress Barbra Streisand presents in the press room at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

As her Grammys appearance showed, Doja is the 21st century's Tin Pan Alley cat

My teenage informants tell me that Doja Cat is a skilled crafter of the 'memeable hooks' which helped her “blow up” on TikTok. Her performance last Sunday, was, I’m told, a 'massive bop'

2 min read

April 7, 2022 12:16