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
Holocaust Educational TrustLady Victoria Starmer visits HET’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ in first public engagement since leaving Downing StreetThe wife of former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been a fierce champion of Holocaust educationBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
Green PartyExclusive: Green councillor said Muslims who condemn October 7 attack ‘bear shame of supporting Jews’Mustafa Ahmed in Sheffield was key backer of ‘Zionism is racism’ motion passed at conference earlier this yearBy Jane Prinsley3 min read
FootballIsraeli football star announced as special guest for JC ‘beautiful game’ eventTomer Hemed will appear alongside former FA boss David Bernstein on November 19By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Classical MusicLilian Hochhauser at 100: ‘You can’t tell the Bolshoi don’t dance because it’s Shabbos’In an exclusive interview with Rob Rinder, leading impresario discusses her brilliant career and her hopes for Britain’s Jewish communityBy Rob Rinder7 min read
ChessBritain’s first chess grandmaster was Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, new research findsThe record was widely believed to be held by Tony Miles, but recently discovered records revealed that Jacques Mises achieved the feat two decades earlierBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
Israeli tourismWhy coming on holiday to Israel can feel like walking on the moonBreathtaking landscape of the Negev Desert is just one of many attractions waiting for returning visitors to discoverBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read
Palestine ActionPalestine Action refuses to apologise for sledgehammer attack against policewomanThe Supreme Court heard that Sergeant Kate Evans was left with a fractured spine during a raid on an arms factory in BristolBy Jane Prinsley3 min read
PalantirPalantir set to extend NHS contract despite BDS pressure‘Sources close to the matter’ say ending the contract with the data giant now would be too disruptive for the health serviceBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Glasgow‘Rivers to the Seas’ event handed almost £1 million in Scottish taxpayers’ cashOutrage over public funding for event that ‘calls for destruction of Jewish state’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read
UK Jewish Film Festival 2026‘Tell Me Everything’, ‘Father Father’ and ‘Shalom’ win jury awards at 2026 UK Jewish Film FestivalThe ten-day festival kicked off today in London and this year a new jury award has been added – the Judy Ironside awardBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read
FashionCelebrity hair stylist and de-frizz pioneer John Frieda dies aged 75Frieda is credited with creating Frizz Ease, as well as Joanna Lumley’s iconic ‘Purdey’ haircutBy Daisy Blakemore-Creedon2 min read
SheffieldSheffield Labour defies orders to break Green coalition over Zionism is racism motionGreen activists celebrated the ‘victory’ and the Labour group’s ‘capitulation’By Jane Prinsley2 min read
Court and CrimeSupreme Court defers verdict on Palestine Action ban appealThe group’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, is seeking to overturn its proscription, arguing that only one per cent of its activities could be defined as terroristBy JC Reporter2 min read
Metropolitan PoliceMet settles claim by pro-Palestine activist over terror arrestTej Singh Bhandal, who is involved in the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said the arrest made him feel ‘like the tabloid newspaper stereotype of a person of colour’By JC Reporter1 min read
Heaton park synagogue attackExclusive: Council to return £120k to Jewish safety after JC reveals plan to spend on ‘street art’The budget amendments come after backlash over the council’s plan to use a fifth of a government fund allocated in the wake of the Heaton Park attack on muralsBy Jamie Shapiro5 min read
