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A man holding a smartphone with an AI chatbot app against a glowing visualisation displaying artificial intelligence software.
August 28, 2026, 9:32 am
In the age of AI, arguing with God matters more than ever
New book Error 404 asks what happens when humanity no longer needs faith. The rise of the all-knowing chatbot suggests we may simply be replacing one source of answers with another
By Mark Ginsberg
Men and boys at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, the Old City. (Credit: Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.)
August 25, 2026, 12:24 pm
We don’t simply feel God exists. We know He does
Judaism is not built on wishful thinking or comforting emotions. Torah and Talmud offer a rational framework through which we can begin to know the Divine
By Rabbi Herschel Grossman
A statue of Moses returning from the summit of Mount Sinai with ten broadly decent ideas, ready to be passed down the generations
August 20, 2026, 7:58 pm
Why do we have faith? Because facts doth butter no existential parsnips
Writing his debut novel showed Richard Ferrer why blind faith is our greatest gift
By Richard Ferrer
Jewish man praying with emotion at the the Western Wall.
August 20, 2026, 3:50 pm
Judaism doesn’t ask us to choose between faith and facts
Richard Ferrer's new book Error 404 argues that religion evolved to provide humans with meaning. But he overlooks what faith actually asks of us
By Rabbi Alex Chapper
Communal leaders at Home Affairs Selct Committee
May 14, 2026, 1:14 pm
Jewish community ‘withdrawing inwards’ amid rise in antisemitism, MPs told
Home Affairs Select Committee told of articles in Jewish News
By Lee Harpin
Google search engine website showing the word search in the entry box
May 11, 2026, 6:26 pm
I deleted a young woman’s Jewish identity from the internet
Politely terrifying emails arriving at Jewish News reveal a dark and sinister truth about modern Britain
By Richard Ferrer
Yossi Cohen, former director of Mossad, Israel's state intelligence agency, attends the funeral of an Israeli killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank.
September 30, 2025, 10:07 am
‘Iran’s hate for Israel is beyond comprehension’ – former Mossad chief lifts the lid on Israel’s shadow war
INTERVIEW: Yossi Cohen’s memoir on Israel’s clandestine struggle with Tehran was finished by the time June’s 12-day conflict erupted, forcing the spymaster to rewrite the ending and face unfinished business
By Richard Ferrer
Isaac Herzog meets Keir Starmer at Downing Street
September 11, 2025, 8:34 am
ISAAC HERZOG INTERVIEW: My message to UK Jews: ‘I’ve got your back’
In a wide-ranging interview with Jewish News, the Israeli president reassures the diaspora that their concerns are heard loud and clear in Jerusalem
By Richard Ferrer
Pro-monarchy demonstrators holding pre-revolution Iranian flags and Israeli flags gather outside the Embassy of Iran in protest against the Islamic Republic and in support of Reza Pahlavi, the Crown Prince of Iran, as USA and Israel attack targets in Iran. Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News
June 26, 2025, 11:24 am
OPINION: Twelve days that changed the Middle East and shattered the illusion of Iran
The shadow of Tehran has lifted. The threat is not gone, but the rules have changed and everyone in the region knows it
By Richard Ferrer
A Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration near the Israeli Embassy in Kensingston, days after 7 October.
May 28, 2025, 12:47 pm
OPINION: If you hate Israel, you hate Jews. Own it
Anti-Zionism is not a protest, it’s a pathology — a deep, deranged hatred disguised as politics, infecting the left and much of the Muslim world, aimed squarely at the soul of Judaism itself
By Richard Ferrer
Yuval Raphael. Credit: Shai Franco
May 7, 2025, 9:49 am
Survivor’s song: Israel’s Eurovision star raises her voice from the ruins
She lived through 7 October by playing dead beneath the bodies of friends. Now Yuval Raphael has arrived at the Eurovision Song Contest to turn horror into hope
By Richard Ferrer
Yoni Jesner with his mother Marsha Gladstone, Credit Yoni Jesner Foundation.
February 7, 2025, 2:57 pm
Mother of British teen killed in Tel Aviv bombing reluctantly accepts killer’s release to save hostages
Ashraf Zughayer, who arranged the bombing that killed six people, including 19-year-old Jesner, served just 22 years of six life sentences
By Richard Ferrer
The stars of Jewish News’ Creative and Media Young Business list. Photo credit: James Shaw Photography
February 6, 2025, 10:36 am
Jewish creative elite shine at Jewish News’ ‘60 Under 40’ celebration
More than 100 stars of media and creativity gather at Netflix HQ to honour those making an industry impact
By Candice Krieger
Batia at her Between Us exhibition last year
June 27, 2024, 1:09 pm
SPECIAL REPORT: The peace campaigner who came to kill
Richard Ferrer reveals for the first time the full story of the Gazan who, after partnering with an Israeli on a peace project, arrived at her kibbutz on 7 October to murder her
By Richard Ferrer in Kfar Aza
Israeli hostages Almog Meir Jan and Andri Kozlov as the IDF stormed a Gazan residential building to rescue them.
June 12, 2024, 5:25 pm
OPINION: Next time Israel, maybe send Yahya Sinwar a friendly save-the-date card
It was a breathtaking operation, reminiscent of Entebbe. However, not everyone shared in the joy of the hostages' return, choosing instead to criticise Israel for how it rescued them
By Richard Ferrer
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