Reform

UK Reform party leader Nigel Farage defeats main opponent Count Binface to return to parliament

Farage, one of Britain's leading Brexit campaigners, in a highly unusual move, did not turn up at the vote count in the southern English seaside resort of Clacton.

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage visits The Ship, on the day of voting in the Clacton by-election, triggered by his own resignation, in Kirby Le Soken, Essex, Britain, August 13, 2026.
Reform UK Party Leader Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference on a plan to deport foreign prisoners on August 10, 2026 at Royal Horseguards Hotel in London, England.

Reform UK rules out deal with Restore due to ‘antisemitic’ co-founder, ‘Groyper’ ideology

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (2ndR), outgoing German Health Minister Nina Warken, outgoing parliamentary State Secretary in the Digital Ministry Philipp Amthor and outgoing Secretary General of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Carsten Linnemann (R), July 23, 2026.

Germany's Merz picks first woman chief of staff in shake-up before state elections

Leading figures at the conference

Israel Securities Authority Chairman: “Regulation is stuck. The market and the public can't wait."


Tel Aviv University should implement reforms for medical studies - opinion

Systemic injustice reflects on all aspects of healthcare, the teaching of social medicine is as crucial now, as it was 200 years ago.

 THE TEL AVIV University campus in Ramat Aviv: The changes implemented by the university are undoubtedly praiseworthy. However, the teaching of social medicine is as crucial now as it was 200 years ago, the writer maintains.

France gets its first Orthodox woman rabbi

Out of France's tradition of traditional, Orthodox Judaism, is emerging an invigorated movement of women who are looking to serve as rabbis for the Orthodox community.

Female rabbi being ordained (illustration)

A new book made me appreciate Jewish Sunday schools — and the volunteer women who have powered them

In her new book “Jewish Sunday Schools,” Laura Yares backdates the story of Jewish education by over a century.

Preparations at Gabrieli School in Tel Aviv, ahead of the opening of the school year tomorrow, on August 31, 2022.

Rabbi Craig Lewis: Classy reform rabbi in Chattanooga

Lewis: “In Chattanooga, we do have very strong synagogues, a very strong federation and a lot of folks committed to it.”

 Rabbi Lewis and his wife, Jennifer, celebrating with their son Eden as he became bar mitzvah on June 12, 2021.

Israeli patients' autonomy for specialty treatments to be overhauled

The Israeli health funds’ “Form 17” will be provided to patients who want to choose where they will get medical in the six specialties.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Reformed Egyptian curriculum promotes coexistence, democracy

While the Egyptian curriculum up to 5th grade has been reformed, the rest of the education system still contains antisemitic content.

 An Egyptian teacher instructs students on the first day's class at Martyr Rami school, in Cairo, Egypt, October 2, 2022.

Cosmetics competition reform will open market, lower prices - Health Ministry

The ministry said it is reducing the regulatory burden in the field while protecting public health from cosmetics that could be harmful to health.

 Illustrative image of makeup.

Voices from the Arab press: Conspiracy theories won't stop Saudi reforms

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 GLASS CUBE: Apple’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Amid anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Reform Jews are betrayed by rabbis - opinion

Our rabbis must declare unabashed support for Zionism and vehement condemnation of anti-Zionism in our very last sanctuary: our shuls.

 THE ‘ISRAEL Apartheid Wall’ at Duke University: So many Jewish anti-Zionists cheer on the non-Jewish, anti-Zionist bullies, says the writer.

UK Labour leader: Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour candidate in next elections

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer makes a definitive effort to purge antisemitism from the party and announces that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as their candidate in the next election.

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer attend a general election campaign meeting in Harlow, Britain November 5, 2019.