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Democrats who marched in New York’s Israel Day parade decry attendance of far-right minister Smotrich
ByAnna Betts June 2, 2026

Politicians who attended march seek to distance themselves from Smotrich, reflecting difficulty facing pro-Israel Democrats as voter support for country fallsUS politics live – latest updatesSeveral prominent New York Democrats who participated in the …

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British Museum postpones Jewish culture month lecture over protest fears
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Decision draws criticism from some commentators and free speech advocates as well as Tory leader, Kemi BadenochThe British Museum has postponed a lecture for Jewish culture month over concerns that the event would be disrupted by protesters.The museum …

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In a hushed room, personal testimonies reveal Australia’s troubling rise in antisemitism
ByBen Doherty May 8, 2026

This week, Jewish Australians have spoken about how displays of hostility, discrimination and the Bondi terror attack have changed their lives and their feelings about their place in the communityThe narrow benches of the public gallery are filled. The…

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Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn
ByAamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent April 28, 2026

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligationThe UK’s most senior progressive rabbis have warned that Israel’s current political direction risks becoming “incompatible with Jewish val…

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Tehran’s embattled Jewish community endures despite Israeli bombing of synagogue
ByMohammad Mohsenifar in Tehran and Stefanie Glinski April 22, 2026

Members of Rafi’ Nia synagogue braved airstrikes to celebrate Passover hours before it was destroyed On the evening of 6 April, Asef, 65, and other members of Tehran’s Jewish community braved the US-Israeli bombing campaign to celebrate an evening Pass…

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Jewish diaspora leaders urge Israeli president to stop West Bank settler violence
ByChris Osuh April 2, 2026

Former UK foreign secretary among 3,000 signatories of open letter to Isaac Herzog after spate of killingsThe former British foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind is among leading members of the Jewish diaspora urging the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, t…

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‘Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses
ByJulian Borger and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims’ access as Ramadan begins A six-decade agreement governing Muslim and Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site has “collapsed” under pressure from Jewish extremists backed by the …

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British Museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from some displays
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent February 16, 2026

Museum revises labelling on maps and panels, saying term used inaccurately and no longer historically neutralThe British Museum has removed the word “Palestine” from some of its displays, saying the term was used inaccurately and is no longer historica…

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How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britain’s Jews – podcast
By February 16, 2026

The Guardian’s community affairs correspondent, Chris Osuh, reports on the plot by two IS terrorists to massacre Jews in Manchester, and how it was thwarted by an undercover stingWalid Saadaoui had once worked as a holiday entertainer, organising dance…

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In the battle against antisemitism we must accept that Zionism means different things to different people | David Slucki
ByDavid Slucki December 27, 2025

Among Jews the meaning of the term has evolved – but there is still no consensus. And when people talk past one another there are real-world consequencesThe 14 December Bondi Beach attack targeting Jews at a Hanukah celebration has brought the issue of…

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