Jewish students suffered antisemitic bullying within NUS, inquiry finds
Independent investigation says union failed to protect members from hostile attacks within organisationThe National Union of Students has failed to protect Jewish members and activists from hostile...
View ArticleStalking the dead: how tracing old photographs helped me resurrect my...
I spent my youth running away from my mother’s Holocaust story. As mother to the grandchildren she never knew, I ached to know moreMy mother had four different first names, depending on which language...
View ArticleWith dangerous anti-immigrant rhetoric, history risks repeating itself | Letters
Readers respond to an article by Joan Salter, a Holocaust survivor, which condemned the home secretary’s language about asylum seekersI would like to endorse Joan Salter’s brave words (I confronted...
View ArticleMuseum seeks Bowie dress for show putting spotlight on Jewish designers
Museum of London Docklands appeals for missing pieces whose influential creators have been overlookedWanted: David Bowie’s dress, Greta Garbo’s hats and the shirts worn by Sean Connery in his first...
View ArticleIan Black obituary
Middle East editor of the Guardian, author and academic who embodied the journalist’s duty to show fairness to all sidesNews of the death of Ian Black, at the age of 69 from a rare brain disease,...
View ArticleC of E vicar who shared claims 9/11 was Israeli plot barred for antisemitism
Tribunal finds former Surrey vicar Stephen Sizer’s conduct was ‘unbecoming to the office’A vicar who shared an article suggesting Israel was responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks has been barred from...
View ArticleFormer Andalucían bar confirmed as lost medieval synagogue
City of Utrera’s mayor heralds ‘extraordinary’ proof that building is part of legacy of Spain’s exiled JewsArchaeologists in the Andalucían city of Utrera have rediscovered a staggeringly rare Spanish...
View ArticleAttachment review – queer horror romcom is a rare Valentine’s Day treat
Director Gabriel Bier Gislason deftly combines dry Jewish humour with horror to create a surprisingly compelling and emotionally complex date-night thriller For a horror film about the terror of...
View ArticleOldest complete Hebrew Bible expected to break auction records
Ninth-century Codex Sassoon, critical link between Dead Sea scrolls and today’s Bible, will have estimate of $30m-$50mThe earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible ever discovered – a “vital touchstone...
View ArticleSimon Schama urges UK Jews to condemn Israel’s ‘horrifying’ shift to far right
Historian and TV presenter is among those to speak out as protest grows over settler violence against Palestinians British Jews must speak out over the “complete disintegration of the political and...
View ArticleSNP leadership hopefuls take part in second televised debate – as it happened
Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf take part in debate hosted by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-MurthyLucy Frazer won’t be happy. (See 10.40am.) Interviewed by reporters leaving home this morning, Gary...
View ArticleChaim Topol: the Fiddler on the Roof star showed Jews their origin story
The actor who played Tevye in the 1971 film brought the struggles of a generation to life and helped the children of Jewish immigrants understand their heritageEvery now and then a celebrity passes...
View ArticleBoard of Deputies of British Jews apologises for calling journalist an ‘asshole’
Tweet, now deleted, was in response to Rachel Shabi’s comments on Holocaust educationThe Board of Deputies of British Jews has apologised to the journalist Rachel Shabi after a message on its official...
View ArticleHow far-right American Jews are enabling Netanyahu’s court takeover
Rabbi Gilad Kariv, a Labour party member of Israel’s parliament, warns ultra-conservative members are pushing tighter controlsA prominent member of the Israeli parliament has a warning for America’s...
View ArticleMount of Olives becomes latest target in fight for control of Jerusalem
Israeli settler movement is making life harder for Jerusalem’s Palestinians and erasing Christian character of holy cityEven in a city as storied as Jerusalem, some places are holier than others. The...
View ArticleIsraeli hospitals scramble to comply with ‘chametz law’ for Passover
New law bans people from taking leavened food made from grain into medical centres during Jewish holidayPassover celebrations in Israel this year are once again being overshadowed by a row over the...
View ArticleAre chatbots changing the face of religion? Three faith leaders on grappling...
Mainstream adoption of generative AI and conversational bots has left few spaces untouched, even religious communities“Write a sermon in the voice of a rabbi of about 1,000 words that relates the Torah...
View ArticleBritain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research...
Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data showsSocial barriers faced by Roma, Gypsies and Travellers laid bare in...
View ArticleJerusalem holy site visits restricted after Israeli soldiers shoot two...
Al-Aqsa mosque closed to non-Muslims and tourists after gunmen who shot at an army post killed by security forcesIsrael has halted visits by non-Muslims and tourists to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy...
View ArticleUK progressive Judaism bodies merge to give movement more reach and voice
New organisation will represent about 30% of British Jews who are affiliated to synagoguesTwo bodies representing progressive Judaism in the UK have joined forces to give their movement greater reach...
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