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Picturehouse drops Israeli film festival

Seret Film Festival launches appeal for funds after being targeted by anti-Israel cultural boycotters

By Jane Prinsley

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The Picturehouse cinema in Crouch End (Photo: Jewish Chronicle)

The graphic image by freelance AP photojournalist Ali Mahmoud depicts 22-year-old Shani Louk's half-naked body being taken by Hamas terrorists on October 7. The JC has blurred her image, but Ap and the Reynolds Institute did not (Photo: Ali Mahmoud)

Shani Louk’s father says it’s “good” that shocking picture of her body won prize

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Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the current Israeli government outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2024. (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Thousands protest against government in Tel Aviv

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Islamic State fighters aboard a captured Iraqi military vehicle

Isis calls on ‘lone wolves’ to attack Christians and Jews during Ramadan

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Members of the northern town of Katzrin emergency squad train with the IDF and Police in a joint exercise involving a terrorist infiltration, Katzrin, Golan Heights on November 20, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90 * צבע משטרה

Is there a Jewish way to fight a war?

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

An Israeli man lies on the beach while talking to Bedouin Arabs in Egypt's Sinai Desert (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Israeli security chiefs advise on this year’s no-go countries for Jews and Israelis

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The Rio Cinema in Dalston, which has hosted the UK's largest Eurovision screening in past years, has cancelled this year's screening of the song contest over Israel's inclusion. (Photo: Andrew Woodyatt)

Eurovision 2024

Eurovision boycott Cinema under investigation by Charity Commission

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

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Netanyahu throws a tantrum over US ceasefire vote abstention and plays into the hands of Hamas

The prime minister may have manufactured a crisis between Israel and the US

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March 26, 2024 18:33

Former Likud minister and head of the New Hope party Gideon Sa'ar (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Herzog blames Sinwar for hostage talks breakdown

Israeli president says ‘everything begins and ends’ with Hamas Gaza chief

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March 26, 2024 12:44

On the attack: Israel's President Isaac Herzog (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

UN passes resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza

The United States abstained from vote, allowing it to pass

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March 25, 2024 14:55

UN Security Council members vote on a US ceasefire resolution for the Gaza war (Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Jews from all over the world tune in to the Kotel to say Shema for the hostages

Families of hostages gathered at the Kotel to pray for the return of their loved ones

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March 22, 2024 14:57

Shofars being blown at the Kotel for the hostages

Israel summons Turkish ambassador after Erdoğan vows to ‘send Netanyahu to Allah’

Earlier this month, Erdoğan compared Netanyahu and his government to Nazi Germany

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March 22, 2024 11:27

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President at the Dolmabahce Presidental office in Istanbul on March 8, 2024. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Purim’s call for unity that Israel should take to heart

Israel’s rabbinate should make conversion easier for Russians and national service should be compulsory for all including the Charedi community

By Rabbi Dr Jeffrey Cohen

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March 21, 2024 13:55

Sarah Lightman's cover for the new Izzun Megillah, translated by Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet with commentary by Rabbi Jeremy Gordon. Available from izzunbooks.com

Israel’s dutch embassy firebombed after police warned of ‘serious threat’

No one was injured in the attack which took place this morning

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March 21, 2024 13:10

Black screens are errected around the building of the Israeli Embassy on Johan de Wittlaan due to a threat, in The Hague, on February 9, 2024. (Photo by Laurens van PUTTEN / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by LAURENS VAN PUTTEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel ranked fifth happiest country in the world

The study looked at six factors affecting quality of life including income, health and freedom

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March 20, 2024 09:40

Israelis wave national flags during the annual 'flags march' to mark "Jerusalem Day", in Jerusalem on May 18, 2023. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada to stop selling arms to Israel

Motion tabled by New Democratic Party passed with support of Trudeau’s Liberals

By Rosa Doherty

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March 20, 2024 08:55

MUENSTER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 04: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly gives a statement upon her arrival for bilateral meetings following the G7 Foreign Ministers summit at the historical city hall on November 4, 2022 in Muenster, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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