Daniella Peled
Haaretz.com
United Kingdom
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How a last letter from a Holocaust victim inspired an album of Jewish choral music
British vocal ensemble Mosaic Voices wants the world to hear that there’s much more to Jewish music than just klezmer. Look out Gregorian chanting, ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ is coming for you → Read More
Jewish students slam Oxford for donations from fascist Mosley’s family
An Oxford college accepted a $6.8 million donation from a trust set up by the son of Oswald Mosley, and initially planned to name a student building Alexander Mosley House → Read More
Israeli yeshiva student could open asylum doors to conscientious objectors, Palestinians
Lawyers for unnamed 21-year-old ultra-Orthodox man who is trying to avoid service in Israeli military say victory in British court could set a precedent for both Israelis and Palestinians → Read More
The Israeli yeshiva student who could set a precedent for asylum-seeking Palestinians
Lawyers for unnamed 21-year-old ultra-Orthodox man who is trying to avoid service in Israeli military say victory in British court could open asylum doors to Israeli conscientious objectors, as well as Palestinians → Read More
Jewish Labour members applaud move to kick pro-Corbyn, far-left factions out of party
‘This shows Labour under Keir Starmer is serious about zero tolerance of antisemitism,’ says head of Jewish Labour Movement, after decision to oust four groups that supported former leader Jeremy Corbyn → Read More
Israel’s diverse new government will not heal the country’s deep fault lines
The fragile coalition is unlikely to challenge the divisions in Israeli society → Read More
U.K. Jews warn of ‘nonstop’ antisemitic incidents during Gaza fighting
With pro-Palestinian protests taking place across Britain, members of the Jewish community are increasingly worried by the ‘demonization’ of Israel and any Jews unwilling to disavow the Jewish state → Read More
How comedian David Baddiel became an unlikely voice for Britain’s Jews
David Baddiel has attracted widespread praise for his book ‘Jews Don’t Count’ and his online condemnations of antisemitism. But how did a ‘fundamental atheist’ best-known for his sweary stand-up end up a pillar of the community? → Read More
Why has Israel done so well with the Covid-19 vaccine?
A sense of emergency—and Benjamin Netanyahu’s election prospects—have led to Israel leading the world → Read More
U.K. Labour Party Leadership urges members to 'get real' about confronting antisemitism
In a conference hosted by the Jewish Labour Movement, party leader Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner continued their efforts to repair the damages of the Corbyn era → Read More
Colum McCann's Apeirogon sheds imaginative light on a seemingly endless conflict
Israel-Palestine has come to be defined by platitudes. Can fiction succeed where journalism has failed? → Read More
Jewish Labour Movement’s Preferred Successor to Corbyn? There’s a Twist
Lisa Nandy has won over hearts and minds by noting that she’s also a long-time member of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East → Read More
Labour pains: For Britain’s Jews, Corbyn’s departure doesn’t mean anti-Semitism crisis has ended
The party will have a new leader in April when Jeremy Corbyn steps down, but with the results of a probe into anti-Semitism due this summer, will that be enough to persuade former Jewish members to come back? → Read More
Corbynism Crashed the British Left, Enabled the Populist Right, and Will Always Blame the Jews
The dogwhistle attacks on Jews for Labour’s historic defeat has already begun. They will only get louder → Read More
'Zio scum': Leaked Labour document reveals dozens of anti-Semitic incidents
Corbyn-led party 'is no longer a safe space for Jewish people or for those who stand up against anti-Semitism,' according to the submission, citing 70 testimonies → Read More
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Everything you need to know about the leader of the Islamic State
The Iraqi-born ISIS leader, a scholar who spent four years in U.S. captivity, uses Islamic law to justify his ruthlessness, but he still enjoys soccer and fancy watches. → Read More
Jews Have Been Seen as ‘All About the Benjamins’ for 2,000 Years, New Exhibition Shows
From Judas and his 30 pieces of silver to internet memes presenting avaricious Jewish bankers, anti-Semitic imagery linking Jews to money is nothing new. The ‘Jews, Money, Myth’ exhibition at London’s Jewish Museum is confronting the problem head-on → Read More
Report from Tel Aviv: The curious tale of Israel and its new far-right allies
Benjamin Netanyahu is greeted by Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: Rex/Shutterstock When Italy’s far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini—who has called for all Roma to be put on a register and for restrictions on shops owned by ethnic minorities—visited Israel last year, his trip included a one-to-one meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu and a tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. Israeli left-wing… → Read More
How Amos Oz became the cliché of the 'good' Zionist
As a public figure, Oz was the ideal cipher on which outsiders could project their own ideas of a 'different Israel': philosophic, progressive, peace-seeking. But that idealistic dream, together with the two-state solution Oz tirelessly advocated, has long gone → Read More
80 Years On, Kindertransport Survivors Call for New British Rescue Mission for Child Refugees
Leslie Brent and Lord Alf Dubs among those urging government to take in more migrant children, like the 10,000 mainly young Jews who were saved from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 → Read More