4+ day, 36+ min ago   (856+ words) Jewish protesters and allies spoke to the JC as they gathered outside Downing Street on Wednesday for a rally There was palpable anger and fear among those who gathered to protest against the government's decision to sanction Israeli settlements outside…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (301+ words) The historic community in north-east London will formally close on October 11 One of the United Synagogue’s oldest congregations, Hackney and East London Synagogue, is to close shortly after Succot. After its Grade II-listed building in Brenthouse Road was sold in…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (515+ words) Three sources, including a former Conservative minister said that official advice was that such measures were ‘unworkable’ The government is facing questions over suggestions it has ignored longstanding official advice in pursuit of sanctions against Israeli settlements. Ed Miliband, the…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (568+ words) Church of England’s second-most senior bishop Stephen Cottrell asks in Lords debate if sanctions announced by foreign secretary Ed Miliband are enough The Archbishop of York has asked if the government should impose “further measures” against Israel to stop housebuilding…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (410+ words) The assessment is the world’s largest international comparative survey of 15-year-old students Israeli teenagers have performed more poorly than ever before in an international assessment of maths, reading and science, falling further behind the average of developed countries. Israel ranked…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (800+ words) The leader of the Liberal Democrats also expressed support for the measures introduced as Kemi Badenoch honed in on defence spending plans during PMQs Andy Burnham pivoted from questioning about defence spending at PMQs on Wednesday to robustly defend his…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (534+ words) Olax Outis, who is also known as Caspar San Giorgi, allegedly carried out the vandalism while wearing a boiler suit emblazoned with the words ‘I support Palestine Action’ A man accused of defacing a statue of Sir Winston Churchill with…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (908+ words) Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg and Progressive leaders release statements offering differing view on government measures to Chief Rabbi Mirvis The co-leaders of Progressive Judaism and the senior rabbi of the Masorti movement have condemned settler violence in the West Bank, with…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (388+ words) Promotional material for the play included quotations from the two-time Oscar nominee, which he insisted he never said Actor John Malkovich has pulled out of a planned performance in Israel after accusing a PR firm working with the show of…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (511+ words) The Foreign Secretary also denied the Government had emboldened antisemites following a string of attacks on Jews in the UK Ed Miliband said he “regrets” Israel’s response to a ban on trade with illegal settlements in the West Bank, but…...