Category: Jewish

Chai Cancer Care has reported a rise in the number of people it is supporting following a breast cancer diagnosis. To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, the charity has released new figures to highlight the need for increased… Continue Reading

I had another grandfather, one without a Wikipedia page. Harry, my father’s father, died at the end of October 2004. It was my first month at university and, as an English student, I was afforded the luxury of sleeping until noon most… Continue Reading

For the first time in its 264-year-old history the Board of Deputies has an equal number of men and women on its executive, after internal elections. Together with five honorary officers elected in May —president Phil Rosenberg, senior… Continue Reading

Some years, observing all Jewish Holy Days means you don’t get a summer vacation. For traditionally observant diaspora Jews, Jewish festival observance requires seven to twelve weekdays yearly. Unless you work for a Jewish organisation,… Continue Reading

Israel must ensure the main aid agency still operating in Gaza can continue its “essential work”, the Prime Minister has said after the country’s parliament effectively banned it. Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was “gravely… Continue Reading

A Jewish man, 22, was the victim of an antisemitic and homophobic attack by two Muslims, illegal immigrants from Algeria, in the Paris suburb of Pantin. The attackers, ages 16 and 18, were arrested. The assailants – who saw on his Instagram feed… Continue Reading

The use of words like “genocide” in relation to conflict in the Middle East “undermines the seriousness of that term”, foreign secretary David Lammy has warned. Lammy made his assessment after Conservative MP Nick Timothy raised… Continue Reading

David Lammy has told MPs in his first Commons statement since Israeli airstrikes on Iran:”We do not mourn the deaths of the heads of proscribed terrorist organisations.” Addressing the House, the foreign secretary added:”Let me be… Continue Reading