Category: Jewish

Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after paint was thrown on a business premises in Hampstead, north London. The Metropolitan Police received reports of criminal damage at 9.29am on Saturday on High Street, Hampstead. Officers… Continue Reading

Kemi Badenoch has won the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. The 44-year-old North West Essex MP, who has been a staunch supporter of Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war efforts in Gaza and in Lebanon, was declared… Continue Reading

Police have charged a woman for allegedly vandalizing the Manhattan district office of New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat last month. Espaillat’s office in Washington Heights was splattered with red paint by two people, in an… Continue Reading

As a 40th birthday gift to himself, Rabbi Joshua Franklin is running his first-ever marathon in New York City on Sunday. The head of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons will be running on behalf of the Familial Dysautonomia… Continue Reading

Last week the Brooklyn rabbi Andrue Kahn received a request from a group of Jewish students at New York University: Would he come to lead prayers at their sukkah? It wasn’t an unusual request for a rabbi during the holiday of… Continue Reading

When Zack Weiner ran for New York City Council in 2021, he was a 26-year-old Jewish actor and screenwriter with no political experience, hardly any funding and, crucially, a complete lack of publicity.  That was until a few… Continue Reading

Columbia University paid a Jewish student nearly $400,000 in a settlement after suspending them for spraying a novelty “fart spray” at an anti-Israel protest last year. The settlement was revealed in a sprawling report on… Continue Reading

One of the privileges of being a Member of Parliament is meeting remarkable individuals from all walks of life. Amongst the hundreds I have already met, there is one person who stands out as someone I’ll never forget. Standing in a… Continue Reading

Wes Streeting has demanded that the NHS takes action after Jewish News and with Twitter account @GnasherJew exposed a torrent of antisemitism from health workers since 7 October 2023.  The comments by the health secretary come after JN’s… Continue Reading

A Palestinian student who celebrated the 7 October Hamas attacks in a television interview has won her appeal against a Home Office decision to revoke her visa. Dana Abu Qamar, a 20-year-old law student and president of the Friends of… Continue Reading