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Jonathan Levy

you shall love your neighbour as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18)

Mar 6, 2026, 6:13 PM

A message to the new head of West Midlands Police

Response to JN article As a reminder of what happened: "Maccabi supporters were barred from traveling to a Europa League game at Villa Park in November, following an SAG decision which cited safety concerns based on a report prepared...

Feb 13, 2026, 5:28 PM

What are your red lines?

Human beings are very good at deceiving themselves. The brain is incredibly good at rationalizing and clever people are even better at doing it than most. That is how you end up with scenarios such as we have witnessed...

Dec 17, 2025, 2:39 PM

Keir Starmer – the day is short!

Last night we read about a reception held with Chief Rabbi Mirvis and PM Starmer at Downing Street. Jewish News article here. I gave Keir Starmer a lot of slack. I was impressed with how he tried to root out...

Dec 16, 2025, 5:21 PM

Rejoinder to the Economist leader 9 August 2025

The Economist leader on August 9th has a troubling subheading: Why Israel must hold itself to account And how it can be made to do so The threat implied, is sadly not new and sadly shows how the West has been cajoled...

Jun 16, 2025, 3:51 PM

10 Ways UK Allies Can Support Jews Today

I wrote this before Thursday night's war kicked off, in a bid to provide some practical tools to non-Jewish friends looking to do more than just show sympathy or pity. Anti-Semitism cannot be solved by the Jewish community, only...

Jun 4, 2025, 8:19 PM

Voice of the Jewish News?

I was shocked to open up the Jewish News today and see prominently on their home page an article by "The Voice of the Jewish News" headed "Let the cameras into Gaza now". A quick read of this short piece,...

Mar 24, 2025, 3:00 PM

Where are the British Jews?

Tomorrow evening, the Garden Cinema in Covent Gardens, London will be screening Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone - the controversial documentary that was pulled from the BBC recently. When I wrote to my friend, asking if they will be...

Mar 17, 2025, 11:32 PM

‘Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear’

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I had forgotten that,’ said Eomer. ‘It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and Dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the...

Jun 28, 2024, 1:50 PM

David Baddiel – call it out!

After many months of following the podcast, I was finally driven to write in. David Baddiel is doing incredible work trying to fight the antisemitism corner and has been for many years (Kick it out and other initiatives). David...

May 17, 2024, 6:04 PM

Are you ‘taking the kapple’?

Alright, I'll admit it. The idea was not mine. I first saw this reported in early 2019. German newspaper 'Bild' published a cut-out kippah (skullcap) on its front page, urging readers to show their solidarity with the country’s Jewish...

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Jonathan has been involved in informal youth and adult education for over a decade and in 2017 moved to Israel with his family from London. In his spare time he is an accountant.

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