The Metropolitan Police have arrested 77 people – including the vice chair of the Stop The War Coalition – after pro-Palestine activists breached police orders to stay away from the BBC and central London synagogues.
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‘The Syrian people are convinced that Israel is better than Iran’
Bakhour Chamntoub starts his day with a cup of coffee, checks his social media—Facebook, Instagram—and then runs errands. Later, he meets friends to play tennis at the Tishreen Sports Club. Surprisingly, this is the daily routine of one of…Continue Reading
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3 of the top 5 NCAA men’s basketball teams are coached by Jews
On the men’s side, Bruce Pearl’s Auburn is ranked No. 1, riding a nine-game winning streak to a 16-1 overall record and the top spot in the Southeastern Conference. Pearl, a former Maccabiah Games coach and the co-founder of the NCAA’s…
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Remembering Rabbi Alvin Sugarman – Atlanta Jewish Times
“I put on my pants one leg at a time. I’m just one guy, trying to make sense of this chaos we call life.”
That is how Rabbi Alvin Marx Sugarman, of The Temple, described himself in a 2015 interview with Atlanta’s AIB Network.
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In Israel and across the world, Jews are hopeful — and getting ready for heartbreak
One of the most lasting images of late November 2023 — alongside tearful photos of freed Israeli hostages reuniting with their loved ones — was a video of a resident of Kfar Aza breathlessly listing the names of the…
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‘Shalom, friends’: Jews on TikTok prepare for app’s possible ban after Supreme Court ruling
Like many people during the pandemic, Asher Lovy became addicted to TikTok. After watching numerous videos on the social media platform, he asked his social media manager to start an account of their own.
Today Lovy’s group,…
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Hitler fanatic jailed for life after stabbing asylum seeker at hotel
A white supremacist with a tattoo of Adolf Hitler’s signature on his arm has been jailed for life, after stabbing an asylum seeker at a hotel.
Callum Parslow, 32, stabbed Nahom Hagos in the chest and hand at the Pear Tree Inn at Smite…
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Birthday prayers for 2-year old Kfir Bibas: campaigners rally in support of youngest hostage in Gaza
The second birthday of Kfir Bibas, kidnapped by Hamas at just nine months old, was marked on Thursday, 16 January at a special vigil in London.
Held next to Save the Children UK headquarters, it followed the positive news about the…
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Jewish comedian Gary Gulman’s new one-man show will make you laugh — and probably cry
Jewish stand-up comedian Gary Gulman is trying a new approach in his new, one-man off-Broadway show, “Grandiloquent.”
Between the usual moments of hilarity, Gulman, 54 — a “Last Comic Standing” finalist whose most…
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Woman arrested for inciting others to march near synagogue against police orders
The Metropolitan Police have denied putting a “ring of steel” around Broadcasting House after a woman was arrested for inciting others to march near a synagogue against the force’s orders.
Protesters targeting the BBC were planning to…
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