Category: Jewish

There are 15.8 million Jews in the world, according to data published by the Jewish Agency for Israel, an increase of about 100,000 compared to 15.7 million last year. The figures, based on demographic research by Prof. Sergio Della Pergola from… Continue Reading

Hundreds gathered in Times Square, New York, yesterday to commemorate the anniversary of October 7. The event, one of many memorials occurring across the city, was organised by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and his World Values Network. As rally-goers… Continue Reading

Government ministers joined communal leaders in Manchester to attend moving commemoration events on the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre. Lord Wajid Khan, the Faith Minister, and Hamish Falconer, Middle East Minister spoke to… Continue Reading

Around 300 people — ranging in age from ten-year-olds to retirees — took part in a “Bring Them Home” bike ride in Regent’s Park, central London, on Sunday. Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, senior rabbi of the Masorti movement, started the… Continue Reading

More than 4,000 people, including a large contingent of Manchester-based Iranians, gathered in the city on Sunday for a Manchester Stands With Israel March and Rally, organised by North West Friends of Israel (NWFOI) and supported by the Jewish… Continue Reading

Each Shabbat after its regular morning service, Chabad of Golders Greenhosts a farbrengen — a gathering with kiddush, discussion and inspiration. The Shabbat farbrengen of September 28 was a little different, asthose present responded to Rabbi… Continue Reading

This week, we marked the anniversary of the 7 October pogrom. One year on, the hostages remain in Hamas’s hands and their families’ torment is ongoing. At last month’s Labour Party conference, I met a number of hostage families. Their… Continue Reading

Representatives of global and local bodies, Jewish and non-Jewish, have marked the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 with emotional statements and events. Speaking in New York, Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish… Continue Reading

Muslim and Jewish women came together at the weekend to show unity and counter hatred at a deeply divided time. Members of the Jewish-Muslim women’s network, Nisa-Nashim, met in London for reflections, readings, prayer and… Continue Reading

Yesterday, I attended the main memorial in Park Hayarkon, Tel Aviv, held by the families of the Israeli hostages seized by Hamas on 7 October. I also visited the grounds of the Nova music festival where friends and families of the victims… Continue Reading