Category: Jewish
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Rabbi Halpern trial delayed for a year
The Crown Court trial of Rabbi Chaim Halpern, who faces two charges of sexual assault, has been delayed for a year. The case was due to begin at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, November 11. The Golders Green rabbi, 65, pleaded not guilty in… Continue Reading
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Guardian restores Israeli whisky mention in drinks column
The Guardian has reinstated a reference to an Israeli whisky distillery in a drinks column. Concerns surfaced over the weekend that the newspaper may now be boycotting all Israel-related content after reference to an Israeli whisky was… Continue Reading
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Irish schoolbooks ‘trivialise Holocaust’, report warns
Troubling aspects of education about Jews, Judaism and Israel have been revealed in Ireland’s school textbooks, according to a new report by the Tel Aviv-based organisation IMPACT-se. The findings, the first in a new survey of eight… Continue Reading
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OPINION: The noisemakers and the peacemakers
The recent besieging of JW3 by an anti-Israel mob was a vivid metaphor for external threats exploiting the conflict to fuel hate Continue Reading
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New project to improve UK healthcare using Israeli AI
A first-of-its-kind academy to connect Israeli tech startups with UK healthcare partners has been launched. Initiated by The Dangoor Foundation, together with the UK-Israel Tech Hub at the British Embassy in Israel, the the Dangoor… Continue Reading
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HARRIS vs TRUMP: Jewish storylines to follow on election day
Today’s election will tell us a lot about the current political climate in the American Jewish community. Traditionally a strong voting block for Democrats, many Jewish voters are expressing hesitation about the party after a rise in… Continue Reading
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Crown Heights get-out-the-vote activists aim to turn election into a show of Chabad’s local force
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, encouraged his followers to vote. But three decades after his death, too few Jews living in Crown Heights, the movement’s home base, are… Continue Reading
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Haaretz faces blowback after liberal Israeli paper’s publisher praises ‘Palestinian freedom fighters’
The publisher of Haaretz, Israel’s most influential left-leaning publication, sent shockwaves through his newspaper and beyond after saying Israel killed “Palestinian freedom fighters” and calling for sanctions against… Continue Reading
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American Airlines won’t fly to Israel again until at least September 2025
American Airlines announced over the weekend it would not be resuming flights to Israel until September 2025, extending an existing pause by an additional six months and potentially sparking a cascade of other airline delays in… Continue Reading
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This election, I finally understand the undecided Jewish voter
“I don’t know anyone voting for Trump,” my mother said, hyperbolically. She hates the man so virulently that my sister and I are sure to steer clear of talking politics, even though we are all Democrats. My mother is… Continue Reading