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Heading to Europe this summer? These are your Jewish cultural must-sees
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (668+ words) Jewish culture and history is on display across the continent. Summer brings a swathe of festivals to celebrate Yiddish culture lost and rediscovered. The European cities hosting these events are worth visiting at any time, for their architecture, culture and…...
Israel marks 1, 000 days since October 7 with minute of silence to remember the fallen
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (731+ words) As memorials take place IDF reveals more than 30, 000 projectiles launched at nation by Iran's terror proxies since massacre Israel today marked 1, 000 days since the atrocities of 7 October with ceremonies, gatherings and protests. As the nation marked the somber moment, the…...
The story behind north London's hot new schnitzel joint
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (689+ words) Restaurateur Eric Elbaz tells Siam Goorwich why he's going all-in for the fried food favourite At the end of May, eagle-eyed residents of north west London might have noticed a new kosher eatery in their neighbourhood. In Temple Fortune, just…...
Notorious" antizionist Tony Greenstein expelled" from Green Party
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (482+ words) Greenstein appeared to suggest that a member of the committee responsible had "consulted her Israeli embassy handlers" when making the decision A "notorious" anti-Zionist activist has claimed he has been permanently expelled by the Green Party. Tony Greenstein, whom the…...
Shabbat times from July 3 to July 10
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (52+ words) Shabbat times for the week Friday, July 3 (Tammuz 18) Saturday, July 10 (Tammuz 19), Torah portion: Pinchas, Numbers 25: 10 to 30: 1 Haftarah: Jeremiah 1: 1 to 2: 3 Shabbat ends in London at 10. 24; Bournemouth 10. 33; Leeds 10. 50; Manchester 10. 55; Gateshead 11. 17; Glasgow 11. 32 Friday, July 10 (Tammuz 25)...
Korah's descendants: this week's parashah, Pinchas
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (335+ words) The descendants of Korah did not die" Numbers 26: 11 Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur In Numbers 16: 32 we read that all of Korah's people were swallowed up by the earth, yet here we are informed that his descendants survived. There are further biblical…...
Will it be the Vance vision or Rubio rules that shapes the future of the Middle East?
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (1491+ words) Competing strategies within the US administration are vying to determine the fate of Israel, Lebanon and Iran From the Roman Empire to the Cold War, the Middle East has long not been master of its own fate but so often…...
Knesset advances controversial Torah study Basic Law amid draft exemption row
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (331+ words) The law would designate religious education as a foundational value of Israel, but critics claim it could be used to help students avoid the draft The Knesset has approved the first reading of a controversial Basic Law that would enshrine…...
Don't use Holocaust as "debating tool' Diane Abbott told after she cites Kindertransport to oppose asylum seeker charge
20+ hour, 4+ min ago (386+ words) Veteran MP claimed new Home Office proposal amounts to "tax on refugees" The Holocaust Education Trust has warned that the Holocaust must'not be "deployed as a debating tool," after Diane Abbott invoked the Kindertransport while attacking new Home Office plans…...
Exclusive: Dame Priti Patel slams Green councillor who used a "racist" slur against her
20+ hour, 24+ min ago (515+ words) The Labour Party's chair also attacked the Lewisham councillor who has shared posts comparing Zionism with Nazism Dame Priti Patel has accused the Green Party of indulging in "racist identity politics" and blasted a south London councillor who labelled her…...