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The St Joseph Catholic School float at a Halloween parade in Hanover, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 2025 (Image: X)

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An artist's impression of its Lovelock Hostage Bridge at JW3 (Photo: JW3)

JW3

CPS may face judicial review after declining to prosecute ‘Nazi salute’ JW3 protester

By JC Reporter

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Dr Ellen Kriesels (Image: X/Ellen Kriesels)

Antisemitism

Another ‘Jewish supremacy’ doctor referred to disciplinary tribunal over tweets ‘defending Hamas’

Dr Ellen Kriesels claimed that Hamas militants are “oppressed resistance fighters, NOT terrorists”

By Jamie Shapiro

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Amiram Cooper (L) and Sahar Baruch (Image: Courtesy)

Hostages

Hamas releases bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Manchester

‘Kind, caring’ Melvin Cravitz died from multiple stab wounds inflicted during synagogue terror attack, inquest hears

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Hackney Council held its extraordinary meeting on October 23; pictured speaking is Councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock (Image: Hackney Council)

Green Party

Polanski ‘proud’ of anti-Israel Green councillors despite Hackney synagogue calls for their suspension

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Meet the Native American advocate converting to Orthodox Judaism

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Fantasy Life review: ‘I think I suffer from internalised antisemitism’ ★★★

How bad can a Friday night dinner get? How long you got?

NGOs discussed proving Gaza ‘famine’ to ‘pressure’ Israel two years ago, WHO official claims

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Self-proclaimed ‘Jew-hater’ jailed over assault at anti-Israel protest

Tarek Bazrouk was accused of targeting Jews at protests in the city over the course of 2024 and 2025

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Art

Jewish family sues NYC’s Met Museum over ‘secretly trafficked’ Nazi-looted van Gogh

The oil painting, called ‘Olive Picking’, was left behind when the Stern family fled Germany in the 1930s

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Olive Picking by Vincent van Gogh (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Neo-Nazi

Neo-Nazi groups bail Georgia man arrested over assault while dressed as SS officer for Halloween

The woman he is alleged to have attacked called the costume a ‘blatant attempt to instill fear and create outrage’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Kenneth Leland Morgan is arrested after an alleged assault in Athens, Georgia (Image: X/StopAntisemitism)

Harvard

Harvard conservative magazine suspended after ‘echoing Hitler’ in ‘blood and soil’ article

The outlet’s editor insisted that any resemblance between the piece and the Nazi leader’s infamous 1939 Reichstag speech was unintended

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Athletes row under the John W. Weeks Footbridge passing Harvard University campus during the Head of the Charles Regatta 2025 on October 18, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Getty Images)

World news

Manchester Jewish Museum

Manchester Jewish artist unveils new work to promote ‘harmony and cohesiveness’

By Gaby Wine

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JW3 Chief Executive Ray Simonson and Marcel Knobil removing padlocks on the Lovelock Bridge at JW3 (Credit: JW3)

Hostages

British Jewish communal leaders rejoice at return of the hostages

By Daniel Ben-David

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Karim Khan at a United Nations Security Council meeting in January, before he stepped down from his position as ICC prosecutor (Picture: Getty)

International Criminal Court

New details emerge of sexual abuse allegations against suspended ICC chief prosecutor

By Siam Goorwich

2 min read

Chabad

Jamaica Chabad staff locked Torah scrolls in mikvah room to protect them from Hurricane Melissa

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Ben and Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen announces the planned creation of an independently-made 'flavour for Palestine' (Instagram/Ben Cohen)

Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder claims parent company blocked development of ‘flavour for Palestine’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

An extraordinary meeting of the World Zionist Congress in 2023 to celebrate Israel's 78th anniversary

WZO

Zionist youth movement sought to delegitimise Board of Deputies at World Zionist Congress

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

New York

Rami Glickstein after the alleged attack (Image: X/Combat Antisemitism Movement)

Jewish man hospitalised in New York City attack

Rami Glickstein was on his way to a kosher restaurant in the heart of the city when the attacker reportedly approached him pointing at his kippah

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Torah translated into Ukrainian for first time despite printing press being hit by Russian strikes Mossad names IRGC terrorist accused of orchestrating antisemitic arson attacks in Australia

UK News

UK Jewish Film Festival 2025

Why is this UK Jewish Film Festival different from all other years?

Eliana Jordan speaks to the film-makers behind seven prize-winning shorts portraying weird and wonderful facets of everyday Jewish life in Britain

By Eliana Jordan

7 min read

Why is this UK Jewish Film Festival different from all other years?

TFL

TfL supervisor ‘said there should be more pro-Palestine graffiti’ following passenger complaint

The member of staff, who refused to remove the graffiti, was allegedly “hostile” and “confrontational” when the complaint was raised

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Bank Station in the City of London (Image: Google)

Health

Is Ozempic kosher?

Chabad has weighed in on whether the drug should be used for weight loss

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

A close-up of a woman self-administering an injection at home, focusing on health and medical care.

TFL

London bus driver suspended after locking in Orthodox man, saying 'I don't like Jews'

David Abraham, the passenger, was allegedly accused of being a ‘Mossad agent’ after dropping his bank card on the bus

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

David Abraham's says he was locked on the bus until police arrived (Image: X)

Opinion

Dutch voters snub parties that tried to make Gaza the central issue

Jews and friends of Israel can breathe a sigh of relief as extremists lose out in general election

By Bart Schut

4 min read

Jubilant: Rob Jetten, the leader of D66 (Democrats 66), is in pole position to become the next Dutch prime minister after Wednesday's elections. (Image: Getty)

By Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer: my government will never let up in leading the fight against antisemitic hatred

The prime minister writes for the JC to reflect on the five year anniversary of the EHRC report that found Labour discriminated against Jewish members

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By Kasra Aarabi

Iran, Russia, China: the rising axis threatening Britain

A Shaheed drone on the Commons floor is a warning the UK can no longer afford to ignore. Tougher action against Tehran, Moscow and Beijing must follow

3 min read

By Maureen Lipman

Imagine if Jews had committed any of these bestial slaughters

The muted reaction to the return of the hostages begs the question of whether we have become immune to Islamist terror

4 min read

By Rabbi Noam Marans

Nostra Aetate should matter to Jews more than ever

The document of little over 1,000 words marked a tectonic shift in the thinking of the Catholic Church and helped dispel centuries of institutional antisemitism

3 min read

By Alex Hearn

The Cable Street myth: how the left launders antisemitism in Britain

Invoked as a tale of anti-fascist heroism, Cable Street has become a cover for today’s extremists, while antisemitic marches go unchecked and Jews are left exposed

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By Kobi Michael

Hezbollah weakened, not defeated: If war returns, Israel aims to finish the job

Jerusalem, Beirut and Damascus now share the goal of defeating the terror group and curbing Iran – cooperation that could pave the way for closer ties and eventual entry into the Abraham Accords

4 min read

Life

I used to perform in the West End on Friday nights. Now I stay in to light Shabbos candles

By Gaby Wine

5 min read

Books

‘I won’t be known as the Baroness Lovell Cocks!’

The legendary Lady Cocks on her hotly anticipated memoir in which she spills nearly all the beans on a life rich in event and incident

By Jenni Frazer

4 min read

Film

‘How I mixed Jodie, Jewish jokes and AI to make my thriller’

Director Rebecca Zlotowski on the Oscar winner’s role in her new film

By James Mottram

4 min read

Flawless: Jodie Foster as psychiatrist Lilian in A Private Life

Theatre

The Assembled Parties: ‘Oberman is in the form of her life’ ★★★★

The Jewish actor stands out in this beautifully performed play about Jews at Christmas

By John Nathan

2 min read

Tracy-Ann Oberman as Faye (Photo: Helen Murray)

Books

This is how we defeat Britain’s far right

A welcome guide on combatting extremism from a figure who can draw on decades of hard-won street-level experience doing exactly that

By David Bennun

4 min read

This is how we defeat Britain’s far right

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Kosher chef

Review: London roots, Israeli soul: Katzir is Tel Aviv’s tastiest kosher story

By Debbie Kandel

4 min read

Vegetarian recipe

Burnt courgette, basil and cannellini bean stew

By Xanthe Ross

Cook time: 50 minutes

cheese recipe

Bubala’s halloumi with black seed honey

By marc summers

Cook time: 30 minutes

Salmon recipe

Simple salmon tikka skewers

By Maunika Gowardhan

Cook time: 10 - 12 minutes

Bishop condemns ‘gates of Auschwitz’ float at school’s Halloween parade

CPS may face judicial review after declining to prosecute ‘Nazi salute’ JW3 protester

Another ‘Jewish supremacy’ doctor referred to disciplinary tribunal over tweets ‘defending Hamas’

Hamas releases bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch

‘Kind, caring’ Melvin Cravitz died from multiple stab wounds inflicted during synagogue terror attack, inquest hears

Polanski ‘proud’ of anti-Israel Green councillors despite Hackney synagogue calls for their suspension

Editor's Picks

Meet the Native American advocate converting to Orthodox Judaism

Book your tickets now for the JC’s upcoming events

Fantasy Life review: ‘I think I suffer from internalised antisemitism’ ★★★

How bad can a Friday night dinner get? How long you got?

NGOs discussed proving Gaza ‘famine’ to ‘pressure’ Israel two years ago, WHO official claims

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Latest US News

Self-proclaimed ‘Jew-hater’ jailed over assault at anti-Israel protest

Jewish family sues NYC’s Met Museum over ‘secretly trafficked’ Nazi-looted van Gogh

Neo-Nazi groups bail Georgia man arrested over assault while dressed as SS officer for Halloween

Harvard conservative magazine suspended after ‘echoing Hitler’ in ‘blood and soil’ article

World news

Manchester Jewish artist unveils new work to promote ‘harmony and cohesiveness’

British Jewish communal leaders rejoice at return of the hostages

New details emerge of sexual abuse allegations against suspended ICC chief prosecutor

Jamaica Chabad staff locked Torah scrolls in mikvah room to protect them from Hurricane Melissa

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder claims parent company blocked development of ‘flavour for Palestine’

Zionist youth movement sought to delegitimise Board of Deputies at World Zionist Congress

Jewish man hospitalised in New York City attack

UK News

Why is this UK Jewish Film Festival different from all other years?

TfL supervisor ‘said there should be more pro-Palestine graffiti’ following passenger complaint

Is Ozempic kosher?

London bus driver suspended after locking in Orthodox man, saying 'I don't like Jews'

Opinion

Dutch voters snub parties that tried to make Gaza the central issue

Sir Keir Starmer: my government will never let up in leading the fight against antisemitic hatred

Iran, Russia, China: the rising axis threatening Britain

Imagine if Jews had committed any of these bestial slaughters

Nostra Aetate should matter to Jews more than ever

The Cable Street myth: how the left launders antisemitism in Britain

Hezbollah weakened, not defeated: If war returns, Israel aims to finish the job

Life

I used to perform in the West End on Friday nights. Now I stay in to light Shabbos candles

‘I won’t be known as the Baroness Lovell Cocks!’

‘How I mixed Jodie, Jewish jokes and AI to make my thriller’

The Assembled Parties: ‘Oberman is in the form of her life’ ★★★★

This is how we defeat Britain’s far right

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Review: London roots, Israeli soul: Katzir is Tel Aviv’s tastiest kosher story

Burnt courgette, basil and cannellini bean stew

Bubala’s halloumi with black seed honey

Simple salmon tikka skewers