CardiffSir Michael Moritz: I am a card-carrying ‘October 8 Jew’The Cardiff-born hi-tech financier was speaking about his life and family at JW3By Simon Rocker3 min read
sexual abuseHalpern cannot remain as synagogue rabbi, warns Charedi leaderDivrei Chaim shul in Golders Green told it faces disaffiliation if convicted sex offender remains in placeBy Simon Rocker1 min read
Righteous Among the NationsCouple honoured with award in memory of righteous Gentile for work with refugeesIrena Sendler saved the lives of around 2,500 Jewish children in Warsaw during the HolocaustBy Ben Conway2 min read
MusicThe sound of music – and contagious laughter: Shesh Besh, the Arab-Jewish ensemble from IsraelSix-member combo delight British audiences with traditional Middle Eastern and classical works on visit since 2009By Jamie Shapiro2 min read
Court and CrimeSuspected Hamas terrorist handed British citizenship faces extradition over alleged plot to murder JewsMohammed Alfatih, who was granted asylum in 2015, can now be named after he was convicted of attacking a bailiff with a knife amid a row over his wife’s parking finesBy JC Reporter4 min read
Israel TourRSY and LJY announce full Israel tour next summer for first time in three yearsThe youth movements have taken teenagers on cultural trips around Europe in the last two summersBy Ben Conway2 min read
Charity CommissionLewisham mosque handed Charity Commission warning over ‘inflammatory’ antizionist sermonsThe south east London Islamic centre accused the regulator of being ‘overbearing’ and suggested it may challenge the decisionBy JC Reporter1 min read
sexual abuseThe downfall of Rabbi HalpernAllegations about his behaviour towards women first surfaced in 2012By Simon Rocker2 min read
sexual abuseChief Rabbi calls for strong stand against abuse after Halpern convictionFederation spiritual leader also praises courage of victims who speak outBy Simon Rocker1 min read
EdinburghJewish poet’s event cancelled over bookshop fears of ‘perception that we'd support Israel’Tracey Rosenberg’s slam event was axed by Typewronger after it received an anonymous complaint about ‘Zionist/racist’ poemsBy Jane Prinsley4 min read
CourtsGolders Green rabbi guilty of sexually assaulting young woman who sought religious adviceRabbi Aaron Halpern, also known as Chaim Halpern, touched the woman’s breasts and groin over her clothes in the flat above his Golders Green synagogue, the court heardBy Simon Rocker4 min read
ZionismGreen deputy leader defeated as Leeds council declares ‘Zionism is not racism’Mothin Ali suggested that his party’s contention that Zionism is, in fact, racist was ‘an understatement’By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
BBCOscar winner Lucie Kon ‘looking forward’ to ministerial meeting after BBC antisemitism probe raised in parliamentThe celebrated producer has alleged that she was subjected to anti-Jewish hate during her time at the corporationBy JC Reporter2 min read
IranTwo Iranians convicted of spying for Tehran on dissident journalists and pro-Israel lawyer in the UKOne of the men, Mostafa Sepahvand, intended to carry out ‘violent attacks’ against at least one of the ‘subjects’By JC Reporter2 min read
BagelsBrick Lane bagel bakery opening new branch in BorehamwoodMelanie White, the shop's director, said the East End would ‘always be the home’ but hailed the ‘next chapter’ in its expansionBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
BBCBBC Charter may be amended to protect against antisemitism, Director General suggestsMatt Brittin writes to staff at the Corporation following scrutiny over the case of Oscar-winning filmmaker Lucie KonBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
US PoliticsUS states threaten economic backlash over UK West Bank sanctionsBritish companies could be barred from winning government contracts and see overseas investment dry upBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
Courts‘Old fool’ Golders Green rabbi was ‘infatuated’ with young woman but did not grope her, defence claimsThe jury is set to go out on Wednesday to consider allegations of sexual assault against Rabbi Chaim HalpernBy Simon Rocker3 min read
IranIranian mastermind behind arson attacks on London Jews organised RAF airbase plot, US officials allegeThree men have been charged in the US with orchestrating a string of ‘Iran-backed terrorist plots’By JC Reporter2 min read
Kristallnacht‘I couldn’t understand it’: Kristallnacht eyewitness recalls ‘painful’ memories at commemoration serviceInge Gershfield recalled seeing people ‘laughing’ and ‘singing Nazi songs’ in front of a burning synagogue on her way to school on November 10, 1938By JC Reporter2 min read
AJEXJewish ex-servicemen break 100-year Remembrance tradition in protest at Green-led Hackney CouncilThe Hackney branch of Ajex honoured the fallen separately rather than participate alongside representatives of the ‘scurrilous and racist’ Green PartyBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
Save the ChildrenSave the Children UK refuses to adopt IHRA definition despite antisemitism review recommendationsThe charity also declined to create a specific policy regarding comparisons of the conduct of the Gaza War and Nazi atrocitiesBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read
IranDowning Street insists British air bases are safe after US aircraft moved from RAF Mildenhall following ‘Iranian threat’US President Trump had earlier said that the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic is ‘effectively over’By JC Reporter1 min read
