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Police officers at the scene in Golders Green, north-west London, in April after two Jewish men were stabbed. There have been a series of antisemitic attacks in the NW London neighbourhood
May 18, 2026, 2:32 pm
Police investigating new ‘violent attack’ in Golders Green as antisemitic hate crime
A young man was left with cuts and bruises to his face and body after he was set upon by what has been described as 5 masked men speaking Arabic
By JN Reporter
The inauguration ceremony of Rabbi Yoni Wieder as chief rabbi of Ireland was held at the Dublin Hebrew Synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Ros Kavanagh/ Courtesy Office of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland)
March 2, 2026, 3:59 pm
Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months through a new reporting system
The tally by the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland marked the first effort to track antisemitism in the country.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Festival of Spoken Ivrit 2026
January 29, 2026, 2:48 pm
Curtains up as Festival of Spoken Ivrit brings five new plays to London
JW3 to showcase performances including The Tortoise and the Hare and The Ugly Duckling, from Israel's HaShaa Theatre
By Michelle Rosenberg
The evacuation from the Chabad House in Kathmandu (Photo: Chabad Kathmandu) via YNet
From the WebJanuary 5, 2026, 10:58 am
Chabad House in Kathmandu forced to vacate: ‘they didn’t want a Jewish presence’
Chani and Hezki Lifshitz were told to vacate the site immediately, after the landlord demanded the removal of Hebrew signs, sharply raised the rent and ordered an abrupt eviction
By Itamar Eichner YNet
Lord Polak at Hasmonean Boys School, 7th Festival of Spoken Ivrit, 2025.
January 30, 2025, 4:16 pm
Welcome to the 7th Festival of Spoken Ivrit!
Thousands of school children set to enjoy new performances championing the Hebrew language
By Michelle Rosenberg
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam
April 12, 2023, 12:54 pm
REVIEW: David Baddiel’s affectionate two fingers up to faith
It would be a sea-splitting miracle if The God Desire has the cultural impact of the author's previous seminal work, writes Richard Ferrer. This time the iconoclast bites off more than he can Jew.
By Richard Ferrer
Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi provided the illustrations “For Our Freedom.” (Courtesy of Project Kesher)
March 30, 2023, 2:13 pm
First Haggadah in Ukrainian marks community’s break with Russia
Under the Russian empire, Jews living in what is now Ukraine in the 19th century tended to adopt Russian rather than Ukrainian, usually in addition to Yiddish.
By David I Klein (JTA)
Yair Lapid arrives at the Israeli president's residence (Photo: Beit HaNasi)
October 19, 2022, 1:33 pm
Israeli PM Lapid vows to change Jewish nation-state law
Lapid also promised to make sure that the Temple Mount status-quo isn't violated
By Jotam Confino
May 10, 2022, 5:04 pm
First Hebrew book to describe the New World from 1586 up for auction
Igeret Orchot Olam, written almost 450 years ago by Rabbi Abraham ben Mordechai Farissol, contains earliest known descriptions of lands outside Europe and the Middle East.
A child reading in Hebrew (Image: Unsplash)
October 29, 2021, 4:45 pm
Study: Parents of autistic Jewish children wrongly told not to teach Hebrew
Cambridge University study finds Jewish autistic children thrive as bilingual learners despite 'outdated' advice not to teach Hebrew.
By Jewish News Reporter
March 3, 2021, 4:45 pm
My word! Bahrain offers Hebrew classes for Arabic speakers
Asma Alatwi says demand is rising for business and tourism ties with Israel after relations were normalised last year
By Jewish News Reporter
Orthodox Jewish men gather on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah at the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. (Photo by Ron Adar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
October 19, 2020, 11:36 am
Satmar wedding made ‘family only’ after plans for ‘thousands’ of guests halted
New York governor issued a formal public health order to prevent a planned simcha in Williamsburg, due to be attended by tens-of-thousands of well-wishers
By JTA
The reading room at Israel's National Library
March 20, 2020, 10:14 am
Israel’s national library offers raft of audio books free amid virus crisis
With schools closed and pupils forced to learn at home, the organisation has made many works in English, Hebrew, Arabic and French free of charge
By Jewish News Reporter
The new Wall of Names with names of the 3,485 Jews who were deported during Nazi occupation
January 31, 2020, 12:52 pm
City of Nice remembers the thousands forcibly deported
We look at the history of the French city with two shuls that has just dedicated a new Wall of Names
By Robert Levitt
Amazon packaging Photo credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
November 16, 2019, 5:36 pm
Amazon adds Hebrew to its international website
Online retail giant expands the number of languages it offers to eight, including English, Chinese, German, Spanish and Korean.
By JTA
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