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Danger Asbestos sign
March 25, 2025, 1:21 pm
OPINION: Deadly legacy of asbestos and the leaders who looked away
The asbestos crisis isn’t history, it’s ongoing and fuelled by decades of corporate silence and political indifference
By Vivian Wineman
March 25, 2025, 1:19 pm
OPINION: From Munich 1972 to October 2023 – the media myths fuelling antisemitism
As antisemitism surges in the wake of 7 October, it's time to challenge the media narratives distorting history and justifying hate
By Jan Shure
Friday Night Dinner season 6 (Credit: Ian Johnson)
March 23, 2025, 4:05 pm
OPINION: Unconscious misrepresentation: why are we downplaying everyday Jewish life?
'Can we ever be ordinary and insignificant?' asks sociologist Keith Kahn-Harris
By Keith Kahn-Harris
Screenshot: JPR
March 20, 2025, 12:51 pm
OPINION: Ex-pat Israelis are rejuvenating Jewish Diaspora
Six percent of Israelis live abroad, but it doesn't take many Israelis to arrive in a country with a small Jewish population for their presence to be felt
By Dr Jonathan Boyd
Israeli captive Eli Sharabi, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip
March 19, 2025, 2:55 pm
OPINION: The war in Gaza won’t end without a plan for Hamas’s defeat
Israel has escalated military pressure, but without a long-term plan Gaza’s future remains dangerously uncertain
By Jeremy Havardi
March 18, 2025, 12:29 pm
OPINION: The last witnesses: a once-in-a-generation call to remember
As the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust approaches, British Jews must unite in unprecedented numbers to honour our survivors – and take up the torch of memory
By Neil Martin
JWA leading Met Police training
March 18, 2025, 12:25 pm
OPINION: Domestic abuse is not a private issue – it’s a communal one
We all have a role to play, to listen to and stand with survivors
By Sam Clifford
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
March 14, 2025, 11:00 am
OPINION: Trump was not wrong to call out Schumer
Senate leader’s stance on Israel has made him a symbol of useful idiocy
By Jonathan Baz
In Their Own Words at the Royal Court, Jonathan Freedland 2022
March 12, 2025, 7:35 pm
OPINION: Hiding our identity on Purim – and all year long
The notion of hiding our identity from others seems particularly pertinent this year, as nearly two thirds of British Jews said they feel less confident revealing their Jewishness in public
By JON BOYD
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 12, 2025, 7:34 pm
OPINION: The US green card is a privilege, not an inalienable right
Many of those who have passionately defended Khalil have been so conspicuously silent on the 59 hostages, writes Jonathan Harounoff
By Jonathan Harounoff
President Donald Trump speaks in front of former Israelis hostages along with families of those still held hostage by Hamas
March 12, 2025, 12:03 pm
OPINION: Trump’s contempt for supposed allies threatens Israel’s security and peace
Any initial optimism about the US president's support for Israel’s security should be tempered by the fragile foundation of his alliances
By Ben Kentish
A rally in support of Israel in January 2024
March 11, 2025, 11:11 pm
OPINION: Purim’s lesson: Strength can and will outlast hate
Jewish life in Britain has not faltered, despite last 16 months being been the most difficult in recent memory for our community
By Keith Black
Artist's impression issued by the UK Holocaust Memorial showing the aerial view of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small triangular Grade II-listed park next to Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. Issue date: Tuesday February 22, 2022.
March 11, 2025, 1:11 pm
OPINION: A barmitzvah, two survivors and the unbreakable chain of memory
As personal recall fades, physical memorials will become ever more important
By Alex Brummer
Sarah Sackman MP pictured with UJS student leaders
March 7, 2025, 2:15 pm
OPINION: From trustees and CEOs to movement workers and grandmothers: women who inspire us
UJS President Sami Berkoff highlights what is possible when women support each other, break barriers, and lead with conviction
By Sami Berkoff
A women-only megillah reading at a United Synagogue community, March 2022
March 4, 2025, 10:43 am
OPINION: Wins and frustrations for women in Orthodox spaces
A new survey shows comparatively fast progress has been made in the past few decades
By Rabbi Miriam Lorie
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