Category: Jewish

A man whose evidence helped secure the conviction of an antisemitic racist has said the entire episode was “a really valuable illustration of how essential the CST is to the Jewish community”. Just days after Robert Taylor was sentenced to… Continue Reading

In the summer of 2020, a friend and I were deep in conversation about race. You might remember it well, that summer of reckoning that followed George Floyd’s murder, igniting discussions on race across the country. Race… Continue Reading

There’s a new play receiving five stars and stellar reviews across the board. And you may be surprised to know that it’s about two Jewish couples, one religious, the other secular, sitting round a table having a conversation. You may think… Continue Reading

Ever since Seth Cohen made his adopted brother Ryan a ‘yamaclaus’ for ‘chrismakah’ during season two of The OC, I knew he was destined to be a rabbi. What Adam Brody’s character in the iconic early noughties teen show and the one he… Continue Reading

One Year. It’s been a full year since the war erupted on Shemini Atzeret 2023 (due to the Jewish leap year). That’s 383 days of heroism exhibited by our brave soldiers. Get The Jewish News Daily Edition by email and never miss our top… Continue Reading

Film — as if anyone could doubt it — is increasingly important in telling the Jewish story, whether in harrowing documentaries or cleverly fictionalised versions of true-life issues. Nowhere demonstrates the breadth of film’s reach more… Continue Reading

As sure as night follows day, the Jewish News Big Event follows Yom Tov and this season it promises to be better than ever with three rooms at the Hilton Double Tree filled with suppliers for your upcoming simcha. If you’re thinking about… Continue Reading

Jewish members of Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop have filed a state human rights complaint alleging antisemitic and anti-Israel harassment there, mounting a bid for government intervention in the store’s ongoing fight over… Continue Reading

Newly painted graffiti appeared in Tel Aviv this week following the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. The ‘butcher of Khan Younis’ is depicted as a rat, next to the optimistic slogan ‘game over’.  But let’s be clear: this… Continue Reading

The daughter of an 85-year-old former Israeli hostage who told  Yahya Sinwar he “should be ashamed of himself” for planning the 7 October massacres, says her mother is “indifferent” to the Hamas leader’s death. Sharone Lifschitz told… Continue Reading