Category: Jewish

I felt it the minute I entered the arrivals hall at Copenhagen airport – the famous hygge*, wrapping itself around me like a hug. It was the floor that did it. In place of the stark, sterile white tiles that greet us at most airports was…

World Jewish Relief has launched an urgent emergency appeal in response to the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March, leaving thousands dead and millions in desperate need of assistance.

The earthquake has…

Following its sold out run at the Kiln Theatre, Ryan Calais Cameron‘s ”electrifying” (Evening Standard) Retrograde is now playing at the Apollo Theatre for a strictly limited run.

Inspired by real events, 10 years before Sidney…

A senior minister has addressed concerns over government engagement with individuals and groups accused of links with Islamist extremism.

Security Minister Dan Jarvis told MPs on Monday that the Labour government takes tackling extremism…

A crowd gathered outside Claridge’s Hotel in central London on Sunday to protest its Qatari ownership and the Gulf state’s alleged financial ties to Hamas.

The demonstration drew a vocal crowd to Brook Street in Mayfair. Protesters…

A north London Jewish family is in mourning after a mother and her two daughters – the daughter and granddaughters of members of Mill Hill Synagogue – were killed in a car crash while walking home from synagogue on Shabbat in Brooklyn….

Adolescence, a new Netflix drama, has gripped millions. 6.45 million people watched the first episode in its opening week earlier this month. The prime minister, who viewed it with his children, has now called for action on this issue.

The…

A Ukrainian refugee who fled Russian bombardment has launched a boxing academy in Sheffield to support local children, with assistance from World Jewish Relief.

Oleksandr Pohodin, 35, arrived in the UK on 16 June 2022, through the Homes for…

Lord Mann, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, has said he had visited BBC bosses to offer training on understanding antisemitism on  three occasions – but the offers have been ignored.

The peer revealed he had…