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On the dance floor: Michael Sluckis and Jay Schlesinger

3 min read

Clara Ludski's legacy remains largely unrecognised (Photo: Hackney Society)

Jewish women

Unsung pioneer of London’s cinema scene ‘deserves recognition’ with Dalston Rio plaque

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

A burnt out shed after the attack and (foreground) kibbutz residents Marcus, Huller, Landsman and Braverman

October 7

The kibbutz that rose from the ashes of October 7

Left devastated by Hamas, Alumim is thriving again in an extraordinary story of resilience, hope and rebirth

By Jamie Shapiro

9 min read

Residents in North Tel Aviv being evacuated on October 7, 2023 (Flash90)

Israel

Israel did not have up-to-date evacuation plan on October 7, state comptroller finds

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Adam Mitula (Image: Facebook/ Adam Mitula)

Reform UK

Reform UK aide suspended after ‘I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman’ post

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Kosher restaurant

Paris kosher restaurant hit by third acid attack

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Friends, Romans, countrymen – feast on Italian-style ‘Haman’s ears’ this year for Purim

Meet the Holmes (and Watson) of pre-war East European Jewry

Jenny Lipman, ‘life-changing' acting tutor to the stars, dies at 77

Israeli divorce rate spirals as the trauma of war takes toll

World Jewish Relief raises critical funds on fourth anniversary of Ukraine war

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Iran

US will ‘never’ allow Iran to build nuclear bomb, claims Trump in State of the Union address

The president’s speech, which lasted a record 107 minutes, was interrupted multiple times as he was heckled by Democratic lawmakers

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Aliyah

‘I won’: 96-year-old Auschwitz survivor makes aliyah surrounded by four generations of her family

Charlotte Roth officially became an Israeli citizen at a ceremony in Tel Aviv

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

Charlotte Roth, pictured with some of her family, on the day she officially became an Israeli citizen (Picture: Nefesh b'Nefesh)

USA

Vanderbilt University launches investigation after maths professor sets question on Israeli ‘occupation’

Tekin Karadağ reportedly asked students to determine the rate of Israeli territorial expansion in Palestine as a calculus exercise

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

An exterior shot of Kirkland Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University and (inset) a maths problem allegedly set by one of the college's professors

Second World War

US soldier credited with saving 200 Jews in Second World War to receive posthumous military honour

‘We are all Jews here,’ said Roddie Edmonds, defying a Nazi order to identify all the Jewish troops in a POW camp

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Sergeant Roddie Edmonds saved 200 Jews in the second world war (Image: Yad Vashem)

World news

Germany

Warning over ‘explosive’ rise in hatred in Germany

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Simson mopeds in an AfD video (Image: YouTube/ AfD-Fraktion im Thüringer Landtag)

Germany

Don’t exploit our iconic mopeds for your political agenda, Jewish family tells far-right

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Yonatan Netanyahu pictured in 1966 (Yoni.org)

Israel

Uganda to erect statue of Yonatan Netanyahu at Entebbe Airport

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Noam Bettan will represent Israel at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna (Photo: Flash90)

Eurovision 2026

Israel announces name of Eurovision 2026 song entry

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Jack (L) and Quinn (R) Hughes of Team USA celebrate winning the gold medals in ice hockey on February 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy (Getty Images)

Winter Olympics

Jewish hockey star scores winning goal to secure US gold

By Ben Conway

4 min read

A pick-up truck reverses into the gates of Brisbane's largest synagogue (Photo: X)

Australia

Driver charged with hate crime after pick-up truck rammed into gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogue

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Iran

Iran could plan attacks abroad if US launches strikes, Western officials warn

US and Iranian negotiators are due to meet on Thursday for the latest round of talks aimed at limiting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme and staving off a military clash

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Eric Dane, Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star, dies at 53 Israel pulls its bobsleigh team after fake illness report to officials

UK News

BBC Arabic

BBC Arabic ‘double standards’ in using different ages to define Jewish and Palestinian children

Corporation corrects claim that 21 Palestinian male prisoners were minors – despite most being over 18

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

The BBC has been accused of double standards after it initially claimed any Arab under the age of 20 was a child, whereas a response to another complaint suggested that Jews could only be referred to as such when they were babies (Photo: BBC)

James Condradi

Family of father with aggressive cancer raising funds for treatment abroad

James Conradi, 38, is hoping to have a liver transplant

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Family of father with aggressive cancer raising funds for treatment abroad

Courts

Trial date set for student accused of ‘Put the Zios in the ground’ chant

Samuel Williams, 21, has pleaded not guilty to stirring up racial hatred at a protest

By Jordan Reynolds and Tom Anderson

1 min read

Southwark Crown Court in London (Photo: Alamy)

Film

Jewish filmmakers scoop best documentary Bafta for ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’

‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ took home the prize at Sunday’s ceremony

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

Jewish-American director David Borenstein (left) and his Russian co-director Pavel Talanki won the 2026 best documentary Bafta for their film 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' (Photo: Getty)

Opinion

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

The 2021 ‘Promise of the Hereafter’ conference sets out what would befall the survivors of a ‘defunct (Jewish) state’ – from death and expulsion to forced labour

By Alex Hearn

3 min read

Memorial for the victims of the Hamas massacre at the Nova Music Festival (Image: Getty)

By Saul Sadka

Israel’s economic miracle forged and proven in war defies all predictions

The conflict that conventional wisdom insisted would weaken the Jewish state has instead hardened it – militarily indispensable, technologically pre-eminent, and demographically unlike any other developed nation

5 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has built a career on the back of being an ‘anti-racist’. Say no more

The commentator’s remarks about Margaret Hodge and Michael Grade being an ‘uber-Zionists’ raise troubling questions about her views

2 min read

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

For Senator Cruz, the fight against Jew-hatred is a fight for the soul of America

‘In the last year, I have seen more antisemitism on the right than at any time in my lifetime. I think it is a profound threat’

2 min read

By Daniel Finkelstein

Britain is still our country as well – and we will not be driven out

I don’t think complacency is warranted. Sadly, it is not warranted at all. But a little defiance certainly is

3 min read

By Maureen Lipman

I haven’t even mentioned the life-sized stuffed tiger and the furry sloth collection. Sigh…

The sobering task of clearing my home left me gazing into space worrying about the vanished whereabouts of those precious years.

5 min read

By Stephen Pollard

The Lancet’s dubious Gaza casualty figures and the BBC’s selective scepticism

The corporation treats a report in a notoriously biased journal as settled fact but doubts Iranians counting their own dead

3 min read

I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine: Eliana and Max on their wedding day (Credit: Divine Day Photography)

Conversion

I had the snip at the age of 36 so I could marry the love of my life

By Simon Rocker

7 min read

Walk the talk: Rabbi Zarum leading a tour at the British Museum

Purim

Purim at the Museum

How the artefacts at the British Museum reveal the ancient history of the Jews and tell the book of Esther

By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

5 min read

Film

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Emerald Fennell’s take on the classic literary love story is sure to leave film audiences as unsatisfied as diehard Brontë fans

By John Nathan

1 min read

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Purim

Ukrainian-Jewish food writer Alissa Timoshkina’s recipe for hope this Purim

This sweet twist on kreplach, created in partnership with Ukrainian children’s charity Tikva UK, offers a fun alternative to hamantashen

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Food writer Alissa Timoshkina has partnered with Ukrainian children's charity Tikva this Purim (Picture: Lizzi Mayson)

Brian Cooper

‘When I see a problem, I create a solution’

Gaby Wine speaks to an artist who, at 87, is finding solace in his studio

By Gaby Wine

5 min read

Brian Cooper in his artist's studio (Photo: Leora Hillman)

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Hamantaschen

Marbled white chocolate and raspberry hamantaschen

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 15 minutes

Hamantaschen

Purim Pizza-taschen

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 4-5 minutes

Hamantaschen

Gluten free chocolate and orange hamantaschen

By Anne Iarchy

Cook time: 15-20 minutes

Hamantaschen

Purim challah-taschen – chocolate tahini or strawberry cheesecake

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 20-25 minutes

The Jewish Chronicle

Rochdale makes a little LGBT history

Unsung pioneer of London’s cinema scene ‘deserves recognition’ with Dalston Rio plaque

The kibbutz that rose from the ashes of October 7

Israel did not have up-to-date evacuation plan on October 7, state comptroller finds

Reform UK aide suspended after ‘I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman’ post

Paris kosher restaurant hit by third acid attack

Editor's Picks

Friends, Romans, countrymen – feast on Italian-style ‘Haman’s ears’ this year for Purim

Meet the Holmes (and Watson) of pre-war East European Jewry

Jenny Lipman, ‘life-changing' acting tutor to the stars, dies at 77

Israeli divorce rate spirals as the trauma of war takes toll

World Jewish Relief raises critical funds on fourth anniversary of Ukraine war

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US will ‘never’ allow Iran to build nuclear bomb, claims Trump in State of the Union address

‘I won’: 96-year-old Auschwitz survivor makes aliyah surrounded by four generations of her family

Vanderbilt University launches investigation after maths professor sets question on Israeli ‘occupation’

US soldier credited with saving 200 Jews in Second World War to receive posthumous military honour

World news

Warning over ‘explosive’ rise in hatred in Germany

Don’t exploit our iconic mopeds for your political agenda, Jewish family tells far-right

Uganda to erect statue of Yonatan Netanyahu at Entebbe Airport

Israel announces name of Eurovision 2026 song entry

Jewish hockey star scores winning goal to secure US gold

Driver charged with hate crime after pick-up truck rammed into gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogue

Iran could plan attacks abroad if US launches strikes, Western officials warn

UK News

BBC Arabic ‘double standards’ in using different ages to define Jewish and Palestinian children

Family of father with aggressive cancer raising funds for treatment abroad

Trial date set for student accused of ‘Put the Zios in the ground’ chant

Jewish filmmakers scoop best documentary Bafta for ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’

Opinion

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

Israel’s economic miracle forged and proven in war defies all predictions

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has built a career on the back of being an ‘anti-racist’. Say no more

For Senator Cruz, the fight against Jew-hatred is a fight for the soul of America

Britain is still our country as well – and we will not be driven out

I haven’t even mentioned the life-sized stuffed tiger and the furry sloth collection. Sigh…

The Lancet’s dubious Gaza casualty figures and the BBC’s selective scepticism

I had the snip at the age of 36 so I could marry the love of my life

Purim at the Museum

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Ukrainian-Jewish food writer Alissa Timoshkina’s recipe for hope this Purim

‘When I see a problem, I create a solution’

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Marbled white chocolate and raspberry hamantaschen

Purim Pizza-taschen

Gluten free chocolate and orange hamantaschen

Purim challah-taschen – chocolate tahini or strawberry cheesecake