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Tunisian national accused of plot to kill Jews claims he was only ‘role playing’

Tunisian national Walid Saadaoui, 38, is alleged to have targeted a mass gathering of Jews in the Manchester area when he unknowingly laid bare his scheme to an undercover operative.
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Wicked: For Good: Pitch-perfect escapism that surpasses the smash-hit original

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are superbly matched in the roles of Elphaba and Glinda in this film version of Stephen Schwartz’s musical ...
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The Hunger Games On Stage: Concept and spectacle aplenty but no heart

This theatrical adaptation of the trailblazing dystopian movie by Jewish director Gary Ross lacks the emotional depth of the film and book franchises ...
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Fortress mentality? Not at this medieval castle where Jews, Muslims and Christians did Shabbat

Burrowed within miles and miles of undulating green patchwork fields, an 800-year-old castle was temporarily transformed into Cumbria’s only synagogue to host a Shabbat and 2-day interfaith and bridge ...
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New York City imam leads Muslim student walkout of university interfaith event after row with Jewish speaker

The imam, named only as ‘Abdullah’, reportedly went from praising Allah, to advocating Sharia law, to demanding Muslim attendees leave because of the presence of a ‘Zionist’ ...
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‘Pay-for-slay’ may still be operational despite PA guarantees

The EU is reportedly set to investigate whether the ‘Martyrs’ Fund’ is still active through a series of backchannels ...
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Claim Farage chanted ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them’ as a teenager ‘without foundation’ insists Reform

The party said the allegations from its leader’s former classmates, published in the Guardian, are part of an effort to ‘discredit’ him ...
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New AI model that can translate handwritten Yiddish will bring ‘the voices of the past’ back to life

The Vilne-Yiddish model will allow anyone, no matter their language, to read historical handwritten Yiddish text ...
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Revealed: Oxford Union protestors who disrupted Israeli ex-PM’s speech are scholarship students

Two female international scholarship students – their hands painted to mimic dripping red blood –were among the protesters removed from the Oxford Union chamber after sabotaging a speech by a former ...
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Palestinian Authority continues to ‘incite antisemitism’ in UK-funded schools despite reform pledge, claims education watchdog

A Palestinian student stands at the blackboard on the first day of classes in the West Bank city of Ramallah (Getty Images) The Palestinian Authority is using school textbooks that promote an ...
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Bristol venue accepts ‘mistake’ in Oi Va Voi cancellation and admits band was treated differently due to Jewish heritage

Bristol venue Strange Brew has accepted that it was a "mistake" to cancel a show by the British band Oi Va Voi in May and admitted that the group was treated differently due to their Jewish heritage.
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Government commissions former DPP to review legal protections against ‘hate and intimidation’ following Heaton Park attack

A former director of public prosecutions (DPP) has been tasked by the government to review whether current public order and hate crime laws is up to the standard of protecting communities from “hate ...