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Freed hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks at the UK premiere of Home: Omer Shem Tov Speaks. Photo Credit: Julian Coleman Photography
July 25, 2025, 11:58 am
‘I was ready to kill my captors – then I sang to them’: Hostage survivor’s haunting testimony
Freed Israeli hostage recalls surviving 505 days in Gaza by faith, music, and restraint
By Annabel Sinclair
Credit: Tzemach Productions
February 9, 2023, 11:35 am
Fifth annual Festival of Spoken Ivrit returns to London
Hebrew language festival celebrates Israel's birthday with 75 shows at Jewish schools and youth groups across the UK
By Michelle Rosenberg
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
January 26, 2023, 3:48 pm
Half of America’s 25 most generous philanthropists are Jewish – and few give to Jewish causes
George Soros, Michael Bloomberg and Mark Zuckerberg feature in the poll by Forbes, yet almost none of the names listed prioritise the Jewish community.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA)
Businessman Samuel Hayek at a ceremony in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, marking the dedication of a city square in honor of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, on November 26, 2019. Photo by Flash90
January 13, 2022, 3:27 pm
Charity Commission investigating JNF UK after chair’s comments to Jewish News
Watchdog is 'requesting information' from the Israel charity and will consider if 'regulatory action is required', after its head Samuel Hayek made remarks about Muslim immigration
By Lee Harpin
January 13, 2022, 10:22 am
OPINION: Self-defeating Hayek saga only serves the far-right
Extremism researcher Hannah Rose responds to comments made by JNF UK's chair Samuel Hayek about Muslim immigration, and the ugly face of communal intolerance
By Hannah Rose
Terminal 2 border force at Heathrow airport
December 22, 2021, 4:30 pm
Charity chief’s migrant warning sparks communal outrage
EXCLUSIVE: JNF UK chairman Samuel Hayek’s claim that Muslim immigration threatens the future of Jewish life in Britain branded ‘simplistic and reckless’
By Lee Harpin
Samuel Hayek
December 20, 2021, 5:48 pm
Jewish National Fund UK chair: ‘Jews have no future in England’
Samuel Hayek made the startling claim during a newspaper interview, praised by Board of Deputies officer Gary Mond who spoke of his 'respect' for the businessman
By Lee Harpin
The iconic JNF charity box.
April 25, 2021, 11:08 am
Iconic Jewish National Fund blue charity box now takes bitcoin
The boxes, ubiquitous in the Jewish diaspora, accepts donations in a format fit for the digital age.
By Jewish News Reporter
KKL-JNF Workers holding signs and flags during a protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem,
February 17, 2021, 9:39 am
Reform and Liberal Judaism oppose KKL-JNF plans to buy Palestinian land
UK branch of Jewish charity says its work ‘takes place within the Green Line’ and it is ‘wholly independent’
British and Israeli flags waved in Trafalgar Square
October 20, 2020, 4:45 pm
UK Jews urged to oppose ‘hostile takeover’ at World Zionist Congress
Progressive group warned of a vote to 'block non-Orthodox movements and centre-left parties' from getting power in pro-Israel organisations
By Jewish News Reporter
Na'amod's message projected onto the foreign office
July 16, 2020, 11:30 am
Anti-annexation group projects message at Foreign Office, Board and JNF
Na’amod displays appeal for 'freedom and equality for Palestinians' and calls on British Jewish groups not to support 'annexation and occupation'
By Jewish News Reporter
May 27, 2020, 9:39 am
OPINION: The Jerusalem family at risk of losing their home – and how we can help
Anna Roiser reflects on Absentee Property Law and its impact on the Sumarin family in Jerusalem
By Anna Roiser
Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. (Wikipedia/Author: MSGT DENHAM)
September 17, 2019, 2:19 pm
MPs and peers meet filmmakers of Menachim Begin documentary
Reputation of former Irgun leader and prime minister of Israel to be revisited at series of events across London
By Jewish News Reporter
Volunteers help fundraise for JNF UK's Green Sunday initiative.
February 13, 2019, 4:31 pm
JNF UK Green Sunday: ‘We’ll help as long as they need’
More than 40 volunteers make thousands of calls as Jewish charity looks to raise £1 million to support southern Israeli communities
By Jewish News Reporter
In the kindergarten of Garin Harel in Moshav Zohar in the Eshkol region
February 8, 2019, 1:27 pm
JNF UK Green Sunday: Modern pioneers working on the front line 
Jenni Frazer talks to the people living in communities close to the Gaza Strip about how they are revitalising the area with JNF UK’s help, despite the odds
By Jenni Frazer
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