Category: Jewish

Highgate’s Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre was packed with a sell-out audience for the launch of the Jewish Dramatic Association of London’s inaugural event. The evening featured six, ten-minute Jewish themed plays, all written and… Continue Reading

The UK government has announced new sanctions against organisations it says are involved in the construction of illegal Israeli settler outposts in the West Bank. The measures, announced on Tuesday by foreign secretary David Lammy, target seven… Continue Reading

A former Conservative minister has said the government should “stop wringing its hands” about the conflict in Gaza and take “positive, active steps” to enforce international law. Kit Malthouse told MPs: “Even if you care little for… Continue Reading

The Metropolitan Police has responded defensively to a video of two of its officers telling someone in central London that support for Hezbollah was not illegal, but “your opinion”. The video was taken on September 28 at a rally in Trafalgar… Continue Reading

David Cameron was planning to sanction two Israeli ministers before the previous Conservative government left office, the former foreign secretary has said. Lord Cameron told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme he had been “working up” sanctions… Continue Reading

The Guardian has admitted “collective failure” led to the publication of a review of a Channel 4 documentary about 7 October that criticised the negative portrayal of Hamas terrorists. A statement to Jewish News on Tuesday morning: “A… Continue Reading

A pledge to build on “a different kind of Holocaust education” and a celebrity lecture by Nottingham University’s professor of modern history, Maiken Umbach, has netted the National Holocaust Centre (Beth Shalom) £100,000 in its latest… Continue Reading

Lord Richard Hermer has stressed that the UK government would “comply” with its legal obligations over any potential warrant from the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In his first interview… Continue Reading

Since the events of 7 October, Jewish students across the UK and Ireland have faced an unprecedented wave of anxiety and fear. Once a place for academic growth and social connection, the campus atmosphere is now fraught with tension. Jewish… Continue Reading

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, as the members of Town and Village Synagogue welcomed Yom Kippur by gathering for the Kol Nidre service, an anonymous man called with a message: Five bombs had been placed at the Conservative… Continue Reading