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Court and Crime

Man admits threatening to behead Jewish schoolchildren

Mohamed Ullah, 35, from Hackney, will be remanded in custody until sentencing

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Screenshot of Ullah making the beheading threat (Image: X)

James Carville (right) onstage during Election Night Live With Brian Williams in November 2024 (photo: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Amazon Studios)

US Politics

Veteran Democratic political strategist: ‘I don’t want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist’

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Immanuel College

Immanuel College appoints new CEO and interim head

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

Iran nuclear program

The world may have stopped worrying about a nuclear-armed Iran – but Israel never will

By Natalie Lisbona

6 min read

Gluten-free challah rolls from Little Home Baker

Food

Challah rolls rise to the occasion at UK’s new gluten-free Jewish bakery

By Alma Green

3 min read

The Harrow Waitrose where the alleged incident took place (Image: Google Street)

Police

Man shouted ‘kill Zionist Jews’ at Orthodox woman in Waitrose queue

By Ian Leonard

2 min read

World Jewish Relief

UK community urged to support Ukraine’s Jews after deadliest month of war

By Alma Green

2 min read

View of the Soas Building at the University of London (Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Ex-Soas student accused of pro-Hamas speech says killing of Israeli civilians could be ‘justified’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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New UJS president pledges to strengthen links outside Jewish community

Raphi Leon was speaking at the State of the Union event on Thursday morning

1 min read

Incoming UJS president Raphi Leon (left) and outgoing president Louis Danker (Photo: UJS)

Peace

UAE is safer for Jews than Britain, says Arab peace advocate

‘We are here to show the Jewish community you have friends in the Middle East,’ said Emirati influencer Amjad Taha during Golders Green solidarity visit

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Rabbi Doron Birnbaum (left) with Amjad Taha and local Jewish children in Golders Green, June 22, 2026 (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

UJS

‘We’re at risk of talking ourselves out of Britain’ warns outgoing UJS president

Louis Danker was speaking at a breakfast in London to mark the end of his term in office

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

Outgoing UJS president Louis Danker (right) with incoming UJS president Raphi Leon, in conversation with Kezzy Miller, co-president of Liverpool JSoc (Photo: UJS)

Iran

Two London homes searched by counter-terror police over suspected offences linked to Iran

Investigation not linked to recent attacks on Jewish community

By Alma Green

1 min read

London policeman uniform and equipment. Includes taser gun, radios and fully automatic weapon (Image: Getty)

US Politics

Mamdani-backed candidates achieve clean sweep in New York primaries

The candidates, many of whom are associated with the party’s hard left, will now take on Republican opponents at the midterms in the heavily blue state

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after winning the 10th District Democratic primary on June 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

World Cup 2026

Meet Matt Turner, the American Jew-ish goalie with his sights on a home World Cup win

The USMNT keeper could start against Turkey on Friday for his team’s vital final group match

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Turner during a friendly between the US and Senegal at the Bank of America Stadium in May (photo: Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

Basketball

NBA’s Sacramento Kings draft Israeli-born guard Emanual Sharp

Emanuel Sharp is the son of a Maccabi Tel Aviv legend

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Emanuel Sharp plays for the Houston Cougars against the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Toyota Center on March 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Wikipedia

Wikipedia bans co-founder indefinitely for promoting ‘anti-bias initiative’

Editors said the ban was related to Larry Sanger’s ‘off-wiki canvassing’ for the proposal, which he denies.

By Aaron Bandler

3 min read

Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger (YouTube/GlenScrivener)

Latest Israel news

Anti-Hamas activists ask international community for help ahead of planned Gaza protests

Organisers are expecting a violent crackdown on dissent as they attempt to challenge the terror group’s oppressive rule

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Hamas fighters in Gaza City on February 1, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel

British olim among graduates helping tackle Israel’s English teacher shortage

One of the organisers called the programme ‘a lesson in self-acceptance and the triumph of the human spirit’

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

(Illustrative) First graders sit in their classroom on the first day of school in Jerusalem on September 1, 2025 (Flash90)

Israel

Arab-Israeli girl's heart saves Jewish boy in Jerusalem

The surgeon who carried out the transplant said the successful transplant was ‘everything we had hoped for’, saying it carried additional poignancy after he lost his own son to the Gaza War

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Heart transplant recipient Rafael (Clalit Health Services/Schneider Children's Spokesperson's Office)

Lebanon

US proposes pilot plan for IDF to transfer territory to Lebanese army

Israel will reportedly maintain a reduced presence in a buffer zone, despite senior politicians’ insistence that they would retain all the occupied territory

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

An Israeli army Humvee patrols the northern border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee on June 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Brooks in the 1983 music video Hitler Rap

Showbiz

‘Mel Brooks’ comedy is all about fearlessness, and there’s a lesson there for UK Jews’

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’

Reported ban announced by one elite faction sparks internal row, as other prominent figures vow revenge

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

Israeli charities send rapid response teams to Venezuela after deadly earthquake

Aid being sent both to Jewish groups and the wider Venezuelan community

By Alma Green

2 min read

Montreal gunman in fatal shooting of Jewish bystander and police officer ‘left manifesto containing antisemitic rhetoric’

The alleged shooter wrote that ‘elite Zionists’ are advancing a ‘globalist agenda’ among other conspiratorial claims about Jewish people in a manifesto 104 pages long

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Politics

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Prime Minister's Questions

British Jews ‘living in fear’, Hendon MP tells PMQs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

‘Gaza activist lawyer’ newly elected on SNP ticket accused of faking Scottish accent

The MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry was on the executive committee of the Balfour Project, now the Britain-Palestine Project

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Burnham is ‘someone who will listen and who cares,’ says Jewish former special adviser

The former mayor of Greater Manchester looks set to appoint James Purnell, the erstwhile chair of Labour Friends of Israel, as his chief of staff

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Andy Burnham was ‘absent’ from battle against Corbyn, say Labour insiders

Burnham did not resign during shadow minister coup against the hard-left former party leader

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Showbiz

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Larry David (centre) Jon Hamm and Sean Hayes portray the Wright Brothers in Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness (Photo: HBO Max)

Entertainment

New Larry David show sees comedian doing what he does best – kvetching, this time in period costume

By Katie Grant

1 min read

Legendary music executive, Clive Davis, dies aged 94

During his 60-year career, he launched the careers of Whitney Houston, Billy Joel and Janis Joplin

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Clive Davis: Bruce Springsteen hails ‘visionary’ producer who ‘changed my life’ after music mogul’s death aged 94

The rock star has paid tribute to Davis, along with fellow musicians Billy Joel and Patti Smith

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Perrie Edwards opts for two Israeli-designed wedding dresses for Portuguese ceremony and bash

The Little Mix star has tied the knot with long-term partner Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

1 min read

News

Man admits threatening to behead Jewish schoolchildren

Veteran Democratic political strategist: ‘I don’t want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist’

Immanuel College appoints new CEO and interim head

The world may have stopped worrying about a nuclear-armed Iran – but Israel never will

Challah rolls rise to the occasion at UK’s new gluten-free Jewish bakery

Man shouted ‘kill Zionist Jews’ at Orthodox woman in Waitrose queue

UK community urged to support Ukraine’s Jews after deadliest month of war

Ex-Soas student accused of pro-Hamas speech says killing of Israeli civilians could be ‘justified’

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Latest UK News

New UJS president pledges to strengthen links outside Jewish community

UAE is safer for Jews than Britain, says Arab peace advocate

‘We’re at risk of talking ourselves out of Britain’ warns outgoing UJS president

Two London homes searched by counter-terror police over suspected offences linked to Iran

Mamdani-backed candidates achieve clean sweep in New York primaries

Meet Matt Turner, the American Jew-ish goalie with his sights on a home World Cup win

NBA’s Sacramento Kings draft Israeli-born guard Emanual Sharp

Wikipedia bans co-founder indefinitely for promoting ‘anti-bias initiative’

Latest Israel news

Anti-Hamas activists ask international community for help ahead of planned Gaza protests

British olim among graduates helping tackle Israel’s English teacher shortage

Arab-Israeli girl's heart saves Jewish boy in Jerusalem

US proposes pilot plan for IDF to transfer territory to Lebanese army

World News

‘Mel Brooks’ comedy is all about fearlessness, and there’s a lesson there for UK Jews’

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’

Israeli charities send rapid response teams to Venezuela after deadly earthquake

Montreal gunman in fatal shooting of Jewish bystander and police officer ‘left manifesto containing antisemitic rhetoric’

Politics

British Jews ‘living in fear’, Hendon MP tells PMQs

‘Gaza activist lawyer’ newly elected on SNP ticket accused of faking Scottish accent

Burnham is ‘someone who will listen and who cares,’ says Jewish former special adviser

Andy Burnham was ‘absent’ from battle against Corbyn, say Labour insiders

Showbiz

New Larry David show sees comedian doing what he does best – kvetching, this time in period costume

Legendary music executive, Clive Davis, dies aged 94

Clive Davis: Bruce Springsteen hails ‘visionary’ producer who ‘changed my life’ after music mogul’s death aged 94

Perrie Edwards opts for two Israeli-designed wedding dresses for Portuguese ceremony and bash