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From Labour to the Day of Rest, here are the Jewish storylines in this week’s UK election

Labour is expected to win big, and Jews are expected to vote in large numbers for the party after years of breaking with it.

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer poses for photographers after delivering a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club on July 1, 2024 in Hitchin, England. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Ideas

Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state

ISRAEL

Israel

Israel and Hamas mulling latest hostage deal as unrest roils region

Sports

Orthodox basketball star Ryan Turell to join Israel’s top league

Israel

New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say

Obituaries

Rabbi Burt Jacobson, social activist and founder of Bay Area Renewal synagogue, dies at 87

By Alix Wall July 2, 2024 5:00 pm

Religion

Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism and 2-state solution

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 2, 2024 4:40 pm

Global

Far-right German politician fined again for using a banned Nazi phrase

By Andrew Lapin July 2, 2024 3:33 pm

IDEAS

Ideas

When the political stakes are high, Judaism doesn’t place all the responsibility on a single charismatic leader

Ideas

How to disagree as Jews in a time of deep schisms

Ideas

The battle over Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is over the future of church-state separation

United States

176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries

By Andrew Lapin July 2, 2024 12:02 pm

Obituaries

Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for religious pluralism in Israel

By Rob Charry July 2, 2024 11:47 am

Politics

Next up, Cori Bush: After Jamaal Bowman defeat, pro-Israel donors pivot to Missouri

By Ron Kampeas July 1, 2024 6:26 pm

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United States

7 Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime

By Andrew Lapin July 1, 2024 5:44 pm

New York

Feeling excluded from this year’s NYC Dyke March, Jewish lesbians host their own Pride party

By Julia Gergely July 1, 2024 5:07 pm

Politics

Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 1, 2024 1:25 pm

United States

ADL joins with legal powerhouse to seek compensation for U.S. victims of Oct. 7 massacres

By Ron Kampeas July 1, 2024 1:00 pm

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Sections

From Labour to the Day of Rest, here are the Jewish storylines in this week’s UK election

Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state

ISRAEL

Israel and Hamas mulling latest hostage deal as unrest roils region

Orthodox basketball star Ryan Turell to join Israel’s top league

New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say

Rabbi Burt Jacobson, social activist and founder of Bay Area Renewal synagogue, dies at 87

Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism and 2-state solution

Far-right German politician fined again for using a banned Nazi phrase

IDEAS

When the political stakes are high, Judaism doesn’t place all the responsibility on a single charismatic leader

How to disagree as Jews in a time of deep schisms

The battle over Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is over the future of church-state separation

176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries

Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for religious pluralism in Israel

Next up, Cori Bush: After Jamaal Bowman defeat, pro-Israel donors pivot to Missouri

7 Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime

Feeling excluded from this year’s NYC Dyke March, Jewish lesbians host their own Pride party

Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban

ADL joins with legal powerhouse to seek compensation for U.S. victims of Oct. 7 massacres

From the Archives

Wyden Election Win in Oregon Means Return of Senate Minyan

Oswiecim Commander Boasts at Nuremberg Trial of Efficiency in Exterminating 3,000,000

Rabbis Say New Year’s Eve Parties Are a No No

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