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What does the new pope mean for Jewish-Catholic relations?

World’s first American pope studied under a pioneer of Jewish-Catholic studies

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pulitzer Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Credit: MMDA-Photos via Wikimedia Commons.

Palestinians

Palestinian Pulitzer winner insulted Israeli hostages

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

President Trump has reportedly dropped Saudi-Israel normalisation as a condition of a US nuclear deal with the Kingdom (Pictured: Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the 2019 G20 summit; Image: Getty)

US Politics

Trump ‘drops Israeli normalisation’ as condition for Saudi nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Kanye West

Kanye West releases music video for new song titled ‘Heil Hitler’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Terrorism

Terrorist responsible for Daniel Pearl beheading killed in Punjab strike, India claims

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

European Union

European Parliament passes resolution calling for PA funding freeze over hateful textbooks

By Jewish News Syndicate

1 min read

Eurovision 2025

Israel urges Eurovision visitors to avoid displaying Jewish symbols in public

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Qatar to bankroll Syria’s public sector pay hike with $29m cash boost

Qatar is set to provide $29 million to fund a pay increase for Syrian civil servants (Pictured: Qatari prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani; Image: Getty)

Syria in ‘secret talks’ with Israel over security and counter-terrorism

Israel and Syria have reportedly opened a diplomatic back channel, mediated by the UAE (Image: Getty)

Israeli couple kicked out of restaurant in Naples ‘for being Zionists’

A pair of Israeli tourists have claimed they were kicked out of a restaurant in Naples for being Zionists (Image: Getty)

Student who filmed Barstool ‘f*** the Jews sign’ calls on ‘humanity to join forces’ against ‘Jewish supremacy’

Mo Khan (right) gave an interview to notable antisemitic conspiracy theorist Stew Peters (Image: X/StewPetersNet)

How Jewish is Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy?

Dave Portnoy founded Barstool Sports in 2004 (Image: Getty)

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision boss rejects calls from former contestants to ban Israel

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Yemen

Israel strikes Yemen’s main airport days after Ben-Gurion attack

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has condemned an antisemitic sign that was shown at the chain's bar in Philadelphia

USA

Student who filmed Barstool 'f*** the Jews' sign claims he was acting as a ‘citizen journalist’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Holocaust

New Nazi recordings confirm the Holocaust was ordered by Hitler

By Jewish News Syndicate

2 min read

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Trump will not recognise a Palestinian state says Huckabee

He rejected claims that the US President is distancing himself from Benjamin Netanyahu

By Jewish News Syndicate

1 min read

Antisemitism

‘Jew-hater’ charged with hate crimes over campus protests had phone ‘littered’ with pro-Hamas content

‘The recent spike in violent crime against Jewish citizens is deeply disturbing,’ said FBI Director Kash Patel

By Jewish News Syndicate

2 min read

A self-professed 'Jew-hater' has been charged with hate crimes over alleged assaults at pro-Palestine protests on a New York college campus (Image: Getty)

US Politics

Biden team sought to ‘get rid’ of Netanyahu for opposing Gaza plans

An aide to the former US President suggested that his administration considered trying to ‘trigger elections’ in Israel due to frustration with the prime minister’s approach to the war

By Jewish News Syndicate

2 min read

A former Biden aide has claimed that the administration considered trying to 'trigger elections' in Israel due to frustration with Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen tells Tucker Carlson: ‘I love Jesus’

Ben Cohen also claimed Israel was committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s told Tucker Carlson 'I love Jesus Christ'

World news

A DJ plays while rockets fall at the Nova music festival, October 7 2023. A film about the atrocities has been honoured by the Emmy Awards (Photo: Avi Medina/BBC/Sipur/Bitachon365/MGM)

Nova massacre

BBC’s Nova documentary We Will Dance Again honoured by Emmy Awards

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration organised in part by the Urgence Palestine group, 1 June 2024. (Photo by ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP via Getty Images)

France

France starts proceeding to dissolve anti-Israel activist group

By Jewish News Syndicate

1 min read

Francesca Albanese, the UN's top advisor on Palestine, has seemingly suggested that the LA wildfires and Gaza War are 'connected' (Picture: Getty)

United Nations

Francesca Albanese reappointment ‘invalid’, NGO says

By Jewish News Syndicate

1 min read

Syria

Druze leaders in Syria agree to disarm after sectarian clashes

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Gaza

Unauthorised Gaza aid ship ‘hit by drone strike’ during attempted blockade breach

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Donald Trump has threatened sweeping new 'secondary sanctions' against importers of Iranian oil (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Iran could sell enriched uranium to the US under new nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Bergen-Belsen

Holocaust survivors return to Bergen-Belsen to mark 80th anniversary of their liberation

At the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, survivors felt it may be their last chance to see it

By in Bergen Belsen

3 min read

Iran to hold nuclear talks with UK, France and Germany ICC chief prosecutor seeking more arrest warrants against Israel

UK News

Emily Damari

‘I’m finally home’: emotional homecoming for Emily Damari as she attends Tottenham match in north London

Hundreds gathered at Tottenham Hotspur stadium and Highgate Synagogue to welcome freed British-Israeli hostage

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Emily Damari and her mother Mandy were given a heroes welcome at Tottenham on Sunday

Wes Streeting

NHS crackdown on political symbols welcomed after Board of Deputies raises alarm

The Health Secretary said he was determined to eliminate antisemitism from the NHS

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

Protesters attend a national demonstration for Palestine in Central London on November (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Reform UK

Newly elected Reform UK councillors shared Hitler memes and re-posted articles from neo-Nazi group

In last week’s local elections, Farage’s party gained control of 10 councils, two mayoralties and won more than 500 council seats

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

Nigel Farage's party Reform UK enjoyed sweeping success across the country in last week's local elections. (Getty Images)

VE Day

The forgotten story of Jewish refugees who fought to beat the Nazis

How a secret troop of British commandos, carried out some of the most daring missions of the war

By Leah Garrett

3 min read

The forgotten story of Jewish refugees who fought to beat the Nazis

Opinion

The new campus normal: harass the Jews, protect the mob

A new report reveals how UK universities are failing Jewish students. The push needs to be to require them to use the existing legal framework to act.

By Stephen Pollard

5 min read

A student highlighting kidnapped Israelis stlll being held in Gaza stands next to an encampent of pro-Palestinian protesters at Manchester University on May 08, 2024. (Image: Getty)

By Shany Mor

The West’s two-tier international law doesn’t harm just Israel

European diplomats invoke legal norms that don’t exist – and in doing so make the plight of the hostages far worse and the war much longer and deadlier for both sides

4 min read

By Julia Pascal

Guernsey’s shameful collaboration will always be a stain on Britain’s war history

After the occupation, the Guernsey authorities collaborated in hunting down Jews

3 min read

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

In Italy, the battle for truth about the Jewish war effort never ends

80 years after the war, there are attempts to erase the contributions of Israeli Jews to Italian liberation

3 min read

By Dov Forman

VE Day stands for victory over evil but the fight against hatred still rages

As we remember and celebrate those who gave their lives for our freedom, we must use their experience to take action against the bigotry, extremism and dehumanisation

3 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

Tory push to recognise Palestine shows they’re not serious about winning

Somehow, MPs have come to the conclusion that the Conservatives’ biggest problem is that they’re not sufficiently pro-Palestine

4 min read

By Gerald Steinberg

Gaddafi blinked – will Iran do the same before it’s too late?

Two decades ago, Libya gave up its nuclear programme to avoid US military action. The hope is that the regime in Tehran will follow this example

3 min read

Life

Meet the non-Jewish Brits who stand shoulder to shoulder with us

By Lianne Kolirin

12 min read

Books

Noble Fragments by Michael Visontay, review: ‘two stories in one book’

This gripping expedition into an arcane world of book collectors and their eccentric passions papers over an even more intriguing yarn about family history

By Jennifer Lipman

2 min read

Books