Israeli coalition collapse averted
Seven weeks since the elections, on Wednesday afternoon, the Knesset removed the final obstacle to Benjamin Netanyahu's fourth government when it narrowly passed an amendment that allowed him to...
View ArticleKeep calm and carry the motion: Israelis in UK-style debate
British-style debating for teenagers landed in Israel on Tuesday, when the London-based Institute of Ideas took its Debating Matters competition to Tel Aviv.Teams from six high-schools, most of whom...
View ArticleIsrael rethink on Armenia genocide?
Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein has called on the Israeli government to formally recognise the Armenian genocide."It is no secret that Israel has taken an ambivalent position about the genocide,"...
View ArticleLeeds chefs making a meal of their training
The visit of Israeli chef Yossi Elud from award-winning Soho restaurant, The Palomar, to Leeds' MAZ community centre inspired eight amateur chefs to cook up a storm.Under the tutelage of Mr Elud, Chloe...
View ArticleSacked rabbi reinstated by popular demand
Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation's Rabbi Binyamin Bar, who was dismissed for alleged gross misconduct but has continued leading services at the behest of members, has been formally...
View ArticleSharing VE Day stories in London and Leeds
Harrow's Mosaic Reform community marked the 70th anniversary of VE Day with a themed Shabbat morning service led by Rabbi Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton. The congregation was joined by members of Mosaic...
View ArticleHoney sweetens Women's Week pot
The face of this year's Wizo UK Jewish Women's Week collection campaign is Yossi, who struggled at school because of severe learning difficulties, but was given the opportunity through Wizo to train as...
View ArticleNepal trekker repaying debt to guide
When the first earthquake shook Nepal, Jonty Hikmet was on a trek in the Himalayan Tsum Valley."It was really scary," recalled the 25-year-old former JFS pupil, who had been travelling around the...
View ArticleBritain freed ‘hundreds’ of WW2 Nazis
Britain released “hundreds” of suspected Nazi war criminals after the Holocaust, according to a leading historian. Dan Plesch uncovered United Nations War Crimes Commission documents which prove that...
View ArticleKingston honours war heroes
Ninety-five-year-old Harold Shattock, a member of Ajex, read the memorial prayer at KIngston Synagogue's Shabbat civic service. The shul's cheder children contributed their thoughts about the...
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