19 h. ago Volunteers on patrol, security cameras and plans to flee the country: Life for Jewish families in Fortress Golders Green

After the horrifying scenes on Bondi Beach last week and the attack outside a Manchester synagogue in October, many now feel Britain is no longer safe for Jews.

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63 h. ago At the dark end of a brutal year, I’m grateful to these heroes for showing us the light | Jonathan Freedland

From Palestinians standing up to Hamas to the Bondi beach rescuers, great acts of courage offer hope even in the bleakest timesSome traditions are getting harder to maintain. Among them, my own custom of devoting the last column before Christmas to reasons to be hopeful. In recent years, amid war and bloodshed, that task has been especially challenging – and this week was no exception.It began with the news from Bondi beach, where 15 people were gunned down and dozens more injured, most of them Jews celebrating the festival of Hanukah. That came just two-and-a-half months after the deadly attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. To be a Jew at the end of 2025 is to fear that to gather together, whether at moments of joy or sorrow, is to take a mortal risk. That even to do relatively ordinary things together has become a matter of life and death.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and the author of The Traitors Circl...

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6 d. ago How are you? If you’re German, like me, you might struggle to answer | Carolin Würfel

Our cultural aversion to superficial answers leaves ‘Wie geht’s?’ sounding like a trick question. Perhaps it is time to let our guard downIn the early autumn, over pizza and wine, I had a conversation with a dear friend. He’s Turkish. We were in Ayvalık, a small town on Turkey’s Aegean coast, talking about cultural imprints, when he suddenly paused and looked at me. “You know what?” he said. “Whenever I ask you how you are, you never really answer. You go into a meta space immediately – talking about politics or about bigger things that worry you – but you never say how you actually are.”I’ve been thinking about his observation ever since, debating in my mind whether it was true – and I’ve recently reached the conclusion that, unfortunately, he was right.Carolin Würfel is a writer, screenwriter and journalist who lives in Berlin and Istanbul. She is the author of Three Women Dreamed of Socialism Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'Grief and trauma' as Manchester's Jewish community responds to Bondi Beach terror attack

The Sydney attack comes just over two months since the Manchester synagogue attack on October 2, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur

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1 week ago Donald Trump slammed by BBC Question Time MP for 'trying to divide Europe'

Stephen Flynn, leader of the SNP at Westminster shared his outrage at Donald Trump's comments about Europe "decaying" on BBC Question Time's discussion from Paisley tonight

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1 week ago BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce halts show to make huge announcement

BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce had some important news to share during tonight's show - Fiona paused a debate surrounding the lifting of the two-child benefit cap to make the announcement

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2 w. ago Reform blasts 'biased' BBC: Zia Yusuf makes official complaint after Question Time bosses 'stacked' audience with small boat migrants

Yusuf, the party's policy chief, said the broadcaster had created a situation he likened to asking 'convicted burglars to debate law and order'.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage hits out at BBC over small boat migrants in Question Time audience

Two men granted refugee status after arriving on small boats were in the Question Time audience for an immigration special edition of the show.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf questioned by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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2 w. ago Reform’s Zia Yusuf branded ‘rude’ for heated Question Time audience member clash

Reform’s Zia Yusuf has been slammed for being “rude” during a heated clash with a Question Time audience member.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf ambushed by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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2 w. ago Reform's Zia Yusuf condemns BBC for ambushing him with questions from small boat migrants on Question Time

Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, appeared on the immigration special to debate the issue but was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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2 w. ago BBC Question Time audience gasp as Reform UK's Zua Yusuf slammed as 'rude'

The Reform UK politician drew sharp reactions in Dover when he told a long-serving NHS worker he “hadn’t paid attention” to the party’s policies.

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2 w. ago BBC Question Time crowd gasp as Reform UK's Zia Yusuf branded 'typically rude'

One member of the crowd in Dover, Kent was heard shout "that's rude" when Zia Yusuf took a swipe at a man in the audience who merely asked a question about immigration

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2 w. ago BBC Question Time audience claps as panelist skewers Nigel Farage in immigration row

Question Time on the BBC aired a special episode last night — touching only on immigration — and it led to feisty showdowns between the likes of Zia Yusuf and Zack Polanski

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2 w. ago Man charged with assisting Manchester synagogue attacker with reconnaissance

Mohammad Bashir, 31, from Manchester, was charged with four terrorism offences

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2 w. ago ‘God chose to save me’ says Manchester synagogue attack survivor

Yoni Finlay is believed to have been hit by a police bullet at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall in October

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2 w. ago Ofcom probing how social media firms remove illegal hate and terror content

MPs raised concerns over the volume of antisemitic content on X after the Manchester synagogue attack.

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack hero speaks of moment he was shot while barricading doors

Yoni Finlay, 39, has opened up about his 'survivors' guilt'

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3 w. ago ‘In the presence of evil’: Manchester synagogue attack survivor on the day that shook British Jews

Exclusive: Shot as he barricaded the synagogue, Yoni Finlay describes the assault – and the climate that allowed it to happenIt was just after 6am and Yoni Finlay woke early with nerves. It was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and the 39-year-old Mancunian was due to sing the dawn prayer, Shacharis, before hundreds of worshippers later that morning.After practising his verse, Finlay buttoned up his white robes and headed to Heaton Park shul in north Manchester. He greeted familiar faces – exchanging a cheery hello with Bernard Agyemang, the security guard – then took a seat on the stage, the bimah, and said prayers. Continue reading...

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