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July 15, 2026, 1:33 pm

Holocaust scholar says publisher cancelled book after he refused demands to condemn Israel

Rafael Medoff says his Holocaust book was dropped after he refused political demands, as publisher disputes his account

By Annabel Sinclair

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and Sam Churchill

July 8, 2026, 3:27 pm

HMDT launches new music competition with chance to perform at national ceremony

Offering £500 prize, initiative invites musicians aged 18 - 25 to create an original composition inspired by the Holocaust Memorial Day 2027 theme, 'No Place for Prejudice'

By Michelle Rosenberg

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July 6, 2026, 9:43 am

Why Entebbe Wouldn’t be Celebrated Today

The world has gone from celebrating the rescue of Jews to questioning whether they should have been rescued at all

By Leo Pearlman

Theodotus Inscription, City of David, 1st century CE, indicating the existence of a synagogue at that site previous to 70 CE (Creative Commons: Andrey Zeigarnik)

July 1, 2026, 11:21 am

Why Israel must stop introducing itself through victimhood

Israel is not merely a refuge born from a European catastrophe. It is the homeland of an ancient people whose history, language and civilisation are rooted in that story

By Shimon Cohen

Kingston Crown Court, where the case was heard (Creative Commons/ Jim Linwood)

July 1, 2026, 10:20 am

Top judges stalked in campaign of ‘personal and unpleasant vendettas’, jury told

The court heard that the former chief magistrate of England and Wales, Sir Paul Goldspring, was sent antisemitic and Holocaust related messages - despite him not being Jewish

By JN Reporter

The Empire Windrush carrying Caribbean passengers to Britain in 1948, a journey that became a defining moment in modern British history.

June 21, 2026, 11:00 am

Hidden Holocaust link to Empire Windrush to be commemorated in new memorial project

Anchor recovery campaign will highlight Nazi deportation of 46 Norwegian Jews to Auschwitz

By Annabel Sinclair

Jonny Daniels during filming for The Righteous Road Trip, which premieres in Hollywood next month. Credit: The Righteous Road Trip/Big Year Productions

May 28, 2026, 1:19 pm

Oscar-winning filmmaker’s Holocaust heroes documentary to premiere in Hollywood

Documentary made in association with Jewish News follows Jonny Daniels’ journey to meet Holocaust rescuers

By Annabel Sinclair

Novogrudok - then and now. Pic: The Together Plan

May 27, 2026, 6:27 pm

Why was a World War II ghetto site in Belarus abruptly sold to a private buyer?

SPECIAL REPORT: Last year Novogrudok's council signed an agreement, with Jewish community participation, to develop a major memorial. What happened next has mystified - and concerned - many

By Michelle Rosenberg

Nova Exhibition Photos - Photo Credit_ George Pimentel

May 22, 2026, 9:29 am

Shabbat Shalom: To Those Who Carry Sinai Into the Modern World

The challenge facing Jews today is not simply how we survive hatred, but whether we continue to stand visibly and proudly for truth, memory and Jewish continuity in spite of it

By Leo Pearlman

May 18, 2026, 4:06 pm

‘Hitler, you didn’t win, I won’: Windermere Boy Harry Spiro dies aged 96

Tributes pour in for extraordinary Holocaust survivor with a life of 'unimaginable loss and remarkable resilience'

By Michelle Rosenberg

Harry Spiro speaking to students (Credit: HET)

May 18, 2026, 3:41 pm

Harry Spiro’s family was his biggest reward and strongest revenge

Holocaust survivor Harry Spiro has died at the age of 96. Holocaust Educational Trust chief executive Karen Pollock pays tribute to a remarkable man

By Karen Pollock CBE

May 13, 2026, 10:01 am

At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust

The longtime ADL chief, a child survivor, helped define American Jewish leadership in the second half of the 20th century

By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA)

May 11, 2026, 9:08 am

Abraham Foxman, transformative longtime director of the Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86

Over nearly three decades, the Holocaust survivor served as the world’s arbiter on antisemitism

By Ron Kampeas (JTA)

The Louvre in Paris. Photo: Annabel Sinclair

May 6, 2026, 5:01 pm

Tracing Jewish Paris, from Herzl to the Holocaust

An LSJS educational trip explored the French capital through synagogues, museums, Holocaust memory and modern Jewish life

By Annabel Sinclair

Lighting memorial candles at 45 Aid Reunion dinner May 2026 — five survivors from left Arek Hersh, Mala Tribich, Jackie Young, Rachel Levy, Jan Goldberger, and two Second Gen Mark Frydenberg and Judi Roth
Gary Perlmutter Photography

May 5, 2026, 1:12 pm

Matt Lucas speaks out on Tube confrontation: ‘I still believe innately in the goodness of people in Britain’

The comedian, together with TV presenter and barrister Rob Rinder, hosted spoke at the 81st anniversary of the 45 Aid Society

By Jenni Frazer

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