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Imogen Garfinkel

Imogen Garfinkel

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Imogen Garfinkel is a reporter at the Jewish Chronicle

You can reach her at igarfinkel@thejc.com

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Head of UK Islamic school urged Muslims to ‘take up arms’ days after October 7 attack

Radical cleric, who praised martyrdom, is responsible for the education of almost 1,000 children at Blackburn mosque

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Masjid e Tauheedul Islam, where Suhail Manya has been imam since 2004, is one of Blackburn's biggest mosques.

Caryl Churchwill said ‘theatres used to say they couldn’t manage without tobacco sponsorship, but they do’. (Getty Images)

Caryl Churchill pulls out of Donmar Warehouse project over Barclays’ Israel links

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Palestinians carrying relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the southern Gaza Strip on May 29, 2025 (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF and aid organisation reject Hamas claim of Israeli strike at food distribution centre

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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) supporters gather holding flares on a street in Paris early June 1, 2025, during celebrations following their 5-0 victory in the UEFA Champions League final football match against Inter Milan. (Getty Images)

PSG fans wave ‘stop genocide in Gaza’ banner during Champions League final

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UN chief who made false claim about 14,000 babies dying doubles down on Gaza ‘starvation’

Tom Fletcher accused Israel of deliberately withholding food from Gazans, calling it a ‘war crime’

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May 30, 2025 15:26

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher doubled down on claims that Israel is intentionally starving Gaza's population (Getty Images)

Dua Lipa and Benedict Cumberbatch among 300 celebrities to call for end of UK ‘complicity’ in Gaza ‘horrors’

Director Danny Boyle, comedian Grace Campbell and actress Nicola Coughlan were also included in the list of signatories

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May 29, 2025 17:17

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GCSE exam paper pulled over ‘inappropriate’ reference to Israel-Gaza war

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May 29, 2025 15:56

Pearson removed the 2023 exam paper from its website after a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel. (Getty)

Dreyfus slated for posthumous promotion, 130 years after French treason scandal

The Jewish army captain, exiled from France under false charges, will be awarded the rank of brigadier general

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May 29, 2025 14:50

French Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried for treason before a court-martial at Rennes. (Getty Images)

Parents of two-year-old with ‘butterfly skin’ disease leading 1,000km walk to raise funds for vital research

Abe was born with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic disease that causes the skin to be extremely fragile

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May 29, 2025 13:05

Abe is covered with protective bandages and clothing from the neck down, including gloves, to protect his extremely fragile skin (Photo courtesy of Alex Hersham)

After 485 years, finally there’s a Jewish Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge

Aaron Koller from New York has been appointed to the historic role which was inaugurated by Henry VIII in 1540

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May 28, 2025 12:05

Aaron Koller will take over the role from his predecessor Professor Geoffrey Khan. (Photo courtesy of Shira Hecht-Koller)

Women’s football final abandoned over supporters waving Palestinian flags

Clapton Women and Dulwich Hamlet have criticised the stadium for cutting the match short

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May 28, 2025 10:29

Clapton CFC were winning 2-0 against Dulwich Hamlet at Maidstone United’s Gallagher Stadium. (Getty)

Yotam Ottolenghi: ‘Food should never be a tool in war’

The Jerusalem-born chef has called for ‘unimpeded access to food and aid for all civilians’

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May 23, 2025 10:12

Chef Yotam Ottolenghi told his followers on Instagram that he 'cannot stay quiet' about the use of food as a tool in war. (Getty Images)

Wombs to rent: ‘We were scared to tell our surrogate she couldn’t eat pork’

As surrogate births continue to rise, Jewish couples who have taken this path share the many moral and religious dilemmas they have had to face

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May 22, 2025 15:40

Growing their family: Alexandra and Zach French with their newborn surrogate daughter

Meet the kosher chef who can heal your gut – with pickles

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May 21, 2025 11:25

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One of Hamas’ October 7 aims was to block Israel-Saudi peace, documents show

Yahya Sinwar saw peace talks between Jerusalem and Riyadh as detrimental to the terror group

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May 18, 2025 12:22

Recovered documents from a Hamas tunnel reveal that one of Yahya Sinwar's motivations for the October 7 attack was to disrupt Israel-Saudi peace talks. (Getty Images)

Protesters back Hamas, call for ‘intifada’ and hold up ‘Zionist puppet masters’ sign on London Nakba Day march

One placard at the ‘Nakba 77’ protest compared Gaza to Belsen, Dachau and Auschwitz

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May 18, 2025 11:13

Protestors held placards accusing the West of being 'Zionist puppet masters'. (Credit: X/@habibi_uk)

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