The Daily Edition
Friday, August 7, 2026
 
Israeli mother and daughter seriously injured in alleged antisemitic attack in Thailand
By Annabel Sinclair
French passport holder arrested after the women were hospitalised following an attack near a waterfall on the island Koh Phangan
 
Restore Britain co-founder sparks anger with Farage ‘bought’ by Jews post
By Lee Harpin
 
Kamala Harris urges support for controversial Michigan senatorial candidate
By JN Reporter
 
Youth Hostels Association launches probe into Palestine Youth Movement event held at one of its premises
By Lee Harpin
Exclusive: YHA spokesperson will look into whether four-day long event in Peak District hostel breached terms, conditions or policies
 
Antisemitism, interfaith and the Church of England: a Bishop speaks
By Daniel Sugarman
 
Jewish teenagers targeted with Nazi salutes and ‘Sieg Heil’ chants outside Bulgarian hotel
By Annabel Sinclair
Police removed the black-clad group from the Bansko hotel, but they reportedly returned after officers had left
 
Legal opinions on IHRA definition of antisemitism sent to NHS trusts
By JN Reporter
An opinion drafted on behalf of Health Workers for Palestine has been followed by another, commissioned by the Jewish Medical Association
 
Herzl’s grandparents are reburied in Jerusalem, fulfilling Zionist leader’s final wish
By Theia Chatelle JTA
‘When Zion brings her children home, she also brings home their forebears,’ said one leader involved in the effort
 
Analysis
Situation in West Bank enters a new, even grimmer phase
I believe people in a position to act need to have a serious conversation about what might be coming, for the sake of Palestinians, Israelis and Jews around the world alike.
 
Conservatives accuse Prevent scheme of failing to spot Islamist extremism
By Lee Harpin
Figures from the Home Office show that only eight per cent of referrals to Prevent in the year to September 2025 related to Islamist extremism.
 
US lawmakers seek 100-foot buffer zone around houses of worship to protect prayer goers from protests
By Grace Gilson (JTA)
‘The First Amendment guarantees every American the right to freely exercise their faith,’ Senator Ted Cruz said.
 
Building confidence and resilience: 750 young people join JLGB summer camp
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jewish participants from Glasgow, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Hertfordshire, London and Essex enjoy jam-packed week of activities
 
Politics, extremism, forgiveness and responsibility
By Daniel Sugarman
Ten years ago, Joshua Bonehill-Paine was one of the UK’s most notorious neo-Nazis. This week, the announcement of his candidacy as a Conservative councillor raised difficult questions
 
Haifa’s Mayor invites Mayor of Hackney to visit ‘to look for herself’
By JN Reporter
Haifa’s Mayor: ‘When a city that has devoted decades to building a shared society is portrayed as a symbol of racism or intolerance, it is the truth that suffers’
 
Voice of the Jewish News: Miller wins appeal, not the argument
By Voice of the Jewish News
The University of Bristol’s abysmally stupid legal strategy allowed its former lecturer to snatch a success, but one which is thankfully unlikely to be easily replicated
 
Analysis
2026 shows the resilience and resolve of the Jewish community continues to be tested
Each of these incidents is an attempt to intimidate, undermine and undo Jewish life in the UK. But each of these incidents also shows somebody who confronts this hostility
 
World ORT entrepreneur programme brings Brazilian and Ukrainian students to London
By Michelle Rosenberg
Northern and southern hemisphere winners of the organisation’s Young Entrepreneurship Programme came together as teams, focused on building new business ideas from the ground up
 
Lead announces 15-strong inaugural cohort for new Elevation leadership programme
By Michelle Rosenberg
Participants for ten-month initiative drawn from community organisations including WIZO UK, Camp Simcha, Paperweight Trust and Limmud
 
Former Resource client appointed new chair of trustees
By Michelle Rosenberg
Full circle moment for communal champion Jamie Field, who first came to the Jewish employment charity for support in 2007
 
Israeli researchers uncover Viagra’s potential to control cancer
By Michelle Rosenberg
Weizmann Institute of Science finds active ingredient in the drug disrupts spread by stopping cholesterol
 
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