Taylor Swift might be an international icon, but in Israel she’s got competition – not in record sales but reverence. Most find their spotlight dims when Erin Molan gets mentioned in the Holy Land. Now fronting Elon Musk’s 69X…
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I help tell Jewish women’s stories. Trump’s attacks on diversity are an assault on everyone’s history.
History is powerful, and there’s no better evidence than the attempt to erase it.
As a historian and as CEO of the Jewish Women’s Archive, I’ve staked my career on a theory of change that insists that the stories we…
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MEP suspended for disrupting Holocaust memorial with Gaza remark
A Polish far-right MEP who shouted during a Holocaust remembrance event in the European Parliament has been suspended for 30 days.
Grzegorz Braun, a member of the Confederation party, disrupted a moment of silence on 29 January by…
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OPINION: Merged Progressive Judaism can serve a higher purpose
When Liberal Judaism – then called the Jewish Religion Union – was founded in 1902, it was done so in response to a perceived apathy and an absence of spiritual awareness in the existing Orthodox and Reform synagogues of the time.
Its…
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Middle East Minister rejects new calls for suspension of all UK arms sales to Israel
The Middle East Minister has rejected calls for the UK to suspend all arms sales to Israel in response to Israel’s planned expansion of military operations in Gaza.
Layla Moran, the former Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesperson,…
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OPINION: Why the Abraham Accords still matter
As chair of Labour Friends of Israel, last week I became the first British MP to travel between Israel and the UAE – an unimaginable reality before the historic Abraham Accords in 2020.
My flight – one of 18-daily ones which now…
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Cory Booker spoke at a synagogue on Yom Kippur. Its rabbi says Jews should learn from his 25-hour Senate speech.
As Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest Senate speech and made clear he was going for 25 hours, Jewish social media lit up with jokes.
“This is the closest Cory Booker will get to experiencing Yom Kippur,”…
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Starmer says UK pressing Israel to ‘accelerate’ probe into killing of British aid workers
Keir Starmer has said the UK is pressing the Israeli government to “accelerate an investigation” into the “appalling” deaths of three British aid workers tragically killed in Gaza after their marked vehicles were fired on in a…
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New York Dyke March bans ‘Zionists’ from attending
Organizers of the New York Dyke March, one of the largest LGBTQ Pride events for women worldwide, announced that individuals identified as “Zionists” will not be permitted to participate in this year’s march, set for June 28.In a public…Continue Reading
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Eliya Cohen recalls horror of captivity and pledge to fellow hostage Alon Ohel
Former hostage Eliya Cohen has revealed the horrors he endured during 505 days in Hamas captivity and the promise he made to fellow hostage Alon Ohel, who remains in Gaza.
In his first interview since being freed in February, Cohen, who was…
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