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US actress Marla Maples at the Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Attendees at the Arbaeen Procession wearing Ayatollah Khamenei headbands in Marble Arch, London, on August 9, 2026 (Courtesy)

Iran

Nick Timothy condemns London Islamic march as ‘celebrating antisemitic and terrorist state of Iran’

By Jacob Jaffa

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English actress Hannah Waddingham attends the LA FYC screening of Apple TV's "Ted Lasso" at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Unique Nicole / AFP via Getty Images)

Noa Kirel

‘A total star’: Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham praises Israeli Eurovision singer Noa Kirel

Waddingham hosted the 2023 song contest, in which Kirel came third for her song ‘Unicorn’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Then-White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf attends a bill signing in the Oval Office on February 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Trump appoints Jewish lawyer as new White House counsel

By Gabrielle Apfel

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A branch of Sephora in Strasbourg (Photo: Getty)

Beauty

Beauty giant Sephora to open branches in Israel

By Lianne Kolirin

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Anan Khalaili pictured in action during a match between Union Saint-Gilloise and RSC Anderlecht, Sunday 24 May 2026 in Brussels. (AFP via Getty Images)

Arab-Israeli

Footballer set to become Israel’s most expensive player ever by joining Crystal Palace ‘in £24m deal’

By JC Reporter

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Opinion

Jake Wallis Simons

The Jews will survive the West’s betrayal – the real question is, will the West?

Gloria Tessler

What a teddy bear can mean to an endangered child

Jonathan Harounoff

Kemi Badenoch made a serious misjudgement – but she remains one of British Jews’ strongest allies

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Israel

Huckabee calls for ‘justice’ as Israel marks 25 years since Sbarro pizzeria bombing

Arnold Roth, the father of one of the murdered victims, made a similar plea in an exclusive JC interview as the woman who plotted the attack lives freely in Jordan

By Jacob Jaffa

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Mike Huckabee during his confirmation hearing to become US ambassador to Israel (Getty Images)

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris backs anti-Israel DSA candidate after Michigan primary win

Abdul el-Sayed has called Israel an ‘ethno-state’ and accused it of committing ‘human rights abuses, genocide, and apartheid’

By JC Reporter

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Former US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on stage during the Austrian World Summit in Vienna, Austria, on June 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

California

California man convicted over Hillel mezuzah arson

David Denton was previously accused of similar attacks on the Congregation Beth El synagogue and the home of a local Chabad rabbi

By Gabrielle Apfel

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David William Denton (Berkeley PD handout)

Mitzvah

Orthodox filmmaker takes bright yellow ‘Mitzvah truck’ across all 50 US states to connect isolated Jews

Orthodox journalist Shloime Zionce came up with the idea after spending time with Chabad in Australia

By Jamie Shapiro

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Shloime Zionce and his Mitzvah truck (image: Facebook/ Ellin Bessner)

World news

Canada

Toronto police make two more arrests for ‘antisemitic signs’ at March protest

By JC Reporter

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Israel

Israel will reject roadmap plan for IDF to withdraw from Gaza until Hamas disarms says Benjamin Netanyahu

By JC Reporter

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Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen (Getty Images)

Gaza

Israel opposes Gaza peace plan ‘in its current form,’ says energy minister

By JC Reporter

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Uganda

Uganda approves troop deployment to Gaza as part of ‘stabilisation force’

By JC Reporter

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United Hatzalah's therapy dog Lucy (Image: United Hatzalah/Instagram).

Israel

United Hatzalah’s first therapy dog dies after 11 years of service

By JC Reporter

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Haredi men for illustration (Image: Getty Images)

Business

Charedi entrepreneur mentorship programme raises £46m

By Jamie Shapiro

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Israel

British ambassador urges Israel to stay out of Falklands row

Simon Walters’ comments came after Argentina’s foreign minister asserted his nation’s claim to the islands in the Israeli press

By Mark Wood

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‘Hitler was a hero’: New survey reveals shocking scale of antisemitism in Candian universities October 7 drama ‘Our Loves’ set for Toronto Film Festival despite boycott demands

UK News

Charity Commission

UK aid charity probed over alleged Hamas links

The Charity Commission is examining reported ties between the British-based organisation and Mohammad Yousef Hasna, who was arrested in the UK last week accused of funnelling cash and supplies to the terror group

By JC Reporter

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Court and Crime

Six people deny wrongdoing over alleged Israel-linked drone factory break-in

Three of the defendants were kept in custody, while the other were released on conditional bail, with a trial set for next May

By JC Reporter

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Hal Hockney arrives at Leicester Crown Court on August 7, 2026 (Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Haifa

Could Hackney nurses’ training in Israeli hospital be jeopardised by Green plan to end twinning?

Decades-old medical exchange is separate from council scheme but still there are fears for its future in increasingly hostile climate

By Jane Prinsley

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A Homerton nurse at Rambam Hospital (Rose)

Pro-Palestine protests

Police investigating after Glasgow logistics firm’s office vandalised over ‘Israel links’

A local pro-Palestine group claimed that the company works with Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems

By JC Reporter

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(Illustrative) A truck outside the DB Schenker logistics center in Hvidovre, Denmark, on September 12, 2024 (Getty Images)

Opinion

Harley Quinn – DC Comics’ chaotic, sexy and proudly Jewish hellraiser

Strange as it sounds, the Batman villain turned antihero may actually have something to teach us about surviving difficult situations – with just the right amount of unhinged swagger

By Charlotte Henry

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Harley Quinn – DC Comics’ chaotic, sexy and proudly Jewish hellraiser

By David Bennun

Deny the Islamist reality and the far right will exploit the truth

The problem Jews have is that, if we dare name our persecutors, the Good People™️ – in their standard inversion of all evidence and moral logic – will say it is we who are the bigoted aggressors

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By Jonathan Spyer

Lebanon can negotiate with Israel – but it cannot control Hezbollah

US-brokered diplomacy rests on the hope that Beirut can impose authority over an Iran-backed militia it lacks both the will and the power to confront

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By Dominic Green

The terrible waste that is Jewish Studies at American universities

These programmes are giving a kosher stamp to anti-Israel propaganda and delegitimisation. It’s past time for the wealthiest among the wealthiest Diaspora community in our history to set a new course and find finer things to invest in

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By Tania Leslau

John Galliano may have repented for his antisemitic tirade – but does he warrant Met Gala martyrdom?

There’s no denying that he is a creative genius but as a Jewish fashion editor, I don't want my industry to become another place where Jewish voices are hushed for the sake of a good party

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By David Toube

David Miller has won an appeal – not a right to target Jewish students or shield antizionism from scrutiny

Why did the University of Bristol lose? In part, because it moved directly to dismissal when a lesser disciplinary sanction was available

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By Baroness Berger

Kemi Badenoch, you’ve got this very, very wrong

I am all for rehabilitation but there’s a gulf between being sorry and being allowed to stand for election. I don’t believe Joshua Bonehill‑Paine should hold any position in public life – because of both his racism and his views of women

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