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Antisemitism becoming the "new normal" in Germany, warns Jewish leader
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (506+ words) Serious incidents recorded included a woman who was choked and assaulted while cleaning a Holocaust memorial in Hamburg and a man in Coburg who was stabbed after being mistaken for a Jew Germany's Jewish Council has warned that hatred of…...
Mr Pickle, Jewish punk, Friday night dinners and Freud
23+ hour, 10+ min ago (710+ words) The first Jewish Cultural Month, which finished yesterday, had it all. Its curator, Liat Rosenthal, looks back " and forward to the next one It all started with a pickle " Mr Pickle to be precise. The first ever Jewish Culture Month…...
Sometimes, people need to be invited to show solidarity
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (560+ words) Jewish Women's Aid have spearheaded a letter condemning antisemitism, which has been signed by around 80 organisations and leaders working to support women I am a deeply proud of our vibrant community and its contribution to British life. Yet it has…...
UCL axes antisemitism officer post sparking fear of worsening "hostile environment" for Jewish students
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1381+ words) Axed role's remit to be taken over by EDI department run by trustee of charity with alleged links to Hamas University College London (UCL) is axing the post of'antisemitism officer "a move critics claim will'make the'campus "a more hostile environment…...
For me, Amsterdam has been about canals, cycling and Shabbat dinners " not antisemitism
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (231+ words) I think sometimes adults accidentally trap young Jews inside narratives of fear. Yes, the hatred is real but I do not want it to become the defining story of my year abroad Since moving to Amsterdam for my year abroad,…...
Jewish students invited to take a crash course in "real life
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (370+ words) Paperweight is launching a new initiative for people aged 18 to 25 Jewish 18 to 25-year-olds will be able to get a crash course in "real life, thanks to an initiative being run by the charity Paperweight. The Jewish crisis-support organisation " fondly referred…...
Women and tallit: this week's sidrah, Shelach Lecha
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (350+ words) Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner" Numbers 15: 38 Parashat Shelach Lecha is…...
World Cup 2026: Jewish England fans pray for victory at the Western Wall
1+ week, 2+ day ago (571+ words) We need all the help we can garner, supporters tell the JC There was'quite a surreal scene at the Kotel before the 2018 Russia World Cup. "We went to the Western Wall, a group of die-hard England fans, to pray for…...
No one asks antizionist Jews hard questions. So I did
1+ week, 2+ day ago (761+ words) I came face to face with conspiracy theories, rape denial and support for Hamas In November 2023, while human remains were still being collected by Israeli forensic teams in southern Israel, the total number of hostages taken was unknown and the…...
More than 60, 000 people attend pro-Israel march through central Toronto
1+ week, 2+ day ago (568+ words) The Walk with Israel event has been taking place annually since 1970 and is said to be one of the world's largest A sea of white and blue covered one of Toronto's major streets on Sunday as a record-breaking number of…...