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Larry David playing a man trying to kiss a nurse on V-J Day in 'Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness' (Image: HBO Max)

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Hezbollah supporters take to the streets in the southern suburbs of Beirut to protest against the trilateral agreement that was signed between the US, Israel and Lebanon on June 27, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Ashley Perry

Opinion: Why the Lebanon-Israel deal to disarm Hezbollah is historic

3 min read

World Jewish Relief

World Jewish Relief launches emergency appeal in Venezuela after devastating earthquakes

Three Jews are known to have died with several more missing and others left without shelter

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks during a press conference at Cotroceni Palace, in Bucharest, Romania, on June 29, 2026. (Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Herzog: ‘We must fiercely combat rising antisemitism in Europe’

1 min read

Keren's great-grandmother Sarah in front of her sweet shop in Notting Hill

Family

I’m the family archivist: what do I do with all the old photographs that threaten to take over my house?

By Keren David

4 min read

Green Party

Young Greens push for party to state that backing a ‘right to resist occupation’ is not antisemitic

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

World Cup 2026

Lionel Messi got away with bad tackle at World Cup as he’s ‘protected by the Jewish lobby’, claims Algerian TV pundit

Brooklyn Beckham ‘mocks family feud’ in video for delivery firm

Meet Matt Turner, the American Jew-ish goalie with his sights on a home World Cup win

Cape Verde’s Jew-ish striker takes to the pitch for historic draw with Uruguay

Man v. Football: Meet the American footie-loving fresser who is part of ITV’s World Cup team

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US Politics

Veteran Democratic political strategist: ‘I don’t want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist’

James Carville said he supported the idea of ‘schism’ between the party’s ‘traditional Democrats and Democratic socialists’

By Ben Conway

2 min read

James Carville (right) onstage during Election Night Live With Brian Williams in November 2024 (photo: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Amazon Studios)

US Politics

Mamdani-backed candidates achieve clean sweep in New York primaries

The candidates, many of whom are associated with the party’s hard left, will now take on Republican opponents at the midterms in the heavily blue state

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after winning the 10th District Democratic primary on June 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Basketball

NBA’s Sacramento Kings draft Israeli-born guard Emanual Sharp

Emanuel Sharp is the son of a Maccabi Tel Aviv legend

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Emanuel Sharp plays for the Houston Cougars against the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Toyota Center on March 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Wikipedia

Wikipedia bans co-founder indefinitely for promoting ‘anti-bias initiative’

Editors said the ban was related to Larry Sanger’s ‘off-wiki canvassing’ for the proposal, which he denies.

By Aaron Bandler

3 min read

Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger (YouTube/GlenScrivener)

World news

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II (Karekin II) leads a service at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial on the Genocide Remembrance Day in Yerevan, on April 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel

Israel moves to recognise Armenian genocide in major policy reversal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Venezuela

Three Venezuelan Jews confirmed dead after devastating earthquakes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Sky News

Sky News accused of ‘editorial failure’ after platforming Tucker Carlson anti-Israel conspiracy theory

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

American filmmaker, actor, comedian, and composer Mel Brooks, UK, 16th February 1984. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Showbiz

Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks, the boy from Brooklyn who made being Jewish cool

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026 (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

Iran

Trump threatens to ‘complete the job’ after Iranian drones hit ships in Strait of Hormuz

By Joshua Marks

1 min read

Brooks in the 1983 music video Hitler Rap

Showbiz

‘Mel Brooks’ comedy is all about fearlessness, and there’s a lesson there for UK Jews’

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

World Jewish Relief

UK community urged to support Ukraine’s Jews after deadliest month of war

Around 1,000 Jewish homes are in need of repair

By Alma Green

2 min read

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’Israeli charities send rapid response teams to Venezuela after deadly earthquake

UK News

Brighton & Hove

Community celebrates half a century of historic Jewish centre in Brighton & Hove

Ralli Hall has been a focal point for Jews in the seaside city since 1976

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Relatives of Frankie Vaughan with the rededication plaque for the building. Left to right: Simon Firscht, Adam Firscht, Sebastian Firscht, David Firscht, Linda Firscht, Matthew Firscht, Samuel Firscht. (Photo: Honey Branch)

NHS

Doctors’ union votes to pause implementation of NHS antisemitism review

Jewish doctors warn of ‘active resistance’ in NHS to measures aimed at tackling antisemitism

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

A protester dressed with a medic scrub suit brandishes a smoke flare during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration on Waterloo Bridge, in London, on May 11, 2024 (Getty Images)

Unite the Union

Unite claims it erroneously erased Jews from its Cable Street anniversary event

Union failed to mention Jewish community role in battle and tabled its commemoration on Shabbat

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

People hold placards as they walk along Cable Street while taking part in a march commemorating the 80th anniversary of the anti-fascist battle of Cable Street in east London, on October 9, 2016. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Man admits threatening to behead Jewish schoolchildren

Mohamed Ullah, 35, from Hackney, will be remanded in custody until sentencing

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Screenshot of Ullah making the beheading threat (Image: X)

Opinion

How Beirut signed a deal legitimising Israeli military presence on Lebanese soil

The agreement preserves Jerusalem’s freedom of action for as long as the sovereignty of its northern neighbour remains fictitious and Iran’s proxy remains the strongest force there

By Jonathan Spyer

3 min read

An Israeli Merkava tank sits in the town of Blida, Lebanon, on February 2, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

By Jake Wallis Simons

The Sky News interview with Tucker Carlson is a horseshoe of betrayal

The more desperate legacy outlets get for audiences, the more closely they are aping the figures whose main contribution to our culture is to contaminate our lives with falsehood

3 min read

By The JC Leader

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

The community needs a government ready to repair the UK’s relationship with Israel and confront those who demonise the Jewish state and, all too often, this country’s Jews

2 min read

By Howard Jacobson

The day Mel Brooks told me his funniest-ever joke

Howard Jacobson celebrates the 100th birthday of the Jewish film legend

1 min read

By Alex Hearn

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

In her telling, to stand against the Jewish state is not merely permitted. It is the measure of whether you are a good person at all

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

The accusations are unsubstantiated and violate the United Nations’ own standards for fact-finding missions. None of this will be reported, of course

4 min read

By Ashley Perry

The Iran deal hasn’t ended Arab cooperation with Jerusalem – but it has forced it underground

The Abraham Accords were not merely peace agreements but the foundations of a new regional bloc built around confidence in US leadership and Israeli power. Today, those perceptions are less certain

4 min read

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By Ariel Yemini, in collaboration with Nofei Yerushalayim

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By Stephen Morris

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Israel’s healthcare, educational resources, tech growth and cultural vitality make it a star attraction. Photo, Gettyimages

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‘Running towards’ a better quality of life

By Dov Newmark

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By Matan Bar Noy

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Life

Ready for your close up? An expert guide to make up when you’re having your photo taken

By Viola Levy

5 min read

An image from Rona Bar's Lois & Carey series (Credit: Rona Bar)

Photography

The female gaze: three photographers capturing life on their own terms

Photography is often dominated by men – with women as model or muse. What happens when a woman is behind the lens? We talked to three very different photographers, in Israel and the UK

By Eliana Jordan

6 min read

Dance

The Sleeping Beauty review: Lovely dancing, shame about the staging ★★★

Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s interpretation of the famous fairy tale does not wholly convince me

By Joy Sable

2 min read

Narrative cuts: James Streeter as Carabosse (Photo: Amber Hunt)

IDF

Natan’s death could have broken me. Instead, I became an advocate for the Jewish state

Former Londoner Avi Rosenfeld’s son died in Gaza a year ago next week. He shares how his faith and love for Israel have turned his barely imaginable loss into a mission

By John Jeffay

5 min read

"We won't sit by": Avi (left) and Sam Rosenfeld in front of a banner with Natan's photograph (Credit: John Jeffay)

Books

From the Front Line review: Vasily Grossman gives us an unrivalled picture of the war

David Bennun is mesmerised by the Soviet Jewish journalist’s articles, and what they reveal about him

By David Bennun

5 min read

Obdurate insistence: the writer Vasily Grossman, and Jews arriving at Treblinka in August 1942

JC recipes

Light and fresh, this salad pairs particularly well with fish (Photo: Columbus Leth)

Recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

By Trine Hahnemann

Cook time: 30 mins

Shavuot recipe

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

Cook time: 60 minutes

Vegan

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 20 minutes

Bil’eifi: The Taste of My Iraqi Home is on sale now (Photo: Giora Hirsch)

Jewish food

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

The Jewish Chronicle

My two-word review for Larry David’s new show: Watch it ★★★★★

Opinion: Why the Lebanon-Israel deal to disarm Hezbollah is historic

World Jewish Relief launches emergency appeal in Venezuela after devastating earthquakes

Herzog: ‘We must fiercely combat rising antisemitism in Europe’

I’m the family archivist: what do I do with all the old photographs that threaten to take over my house?

Young Greens push for party to state that backing a ‘right to resist occupation’ is not antisemitic

World Cup 2026

Lionel Messi got away with bad tackle at World Cup as he’s ‘protected by the Jewish lobby’, claims Algerian TV pundit

Brooklyn Beckham ‘mocks family feud’ in video for delivery firm

Meet Matt Turner, the American Jew-ish goalie with his sights on a home World Cup win

Cape Verde’s Jew-ish striker takes to the pitch for historic draw with Uruguay

Man v. Football: Meet the American footie-loving fresser who is part of ITV’s World Cup team

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Veteran Democratic political strategist: ‘I don’t want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist’

Mamdani-backed candidates achieve clean sweep in New York primaries

NBA’s Sacramento Kings draft Israeli-born guard Emanual Sharp

Wikipedia bans co-founder indefinitely for promoting ‘anti-bias initiative’

World news

Israel moves to recognise Armenian genocide in major policy reversal

Three Venezuelan Jews confirmed dead after devastating earthquakes

Sky News accused of ‘editorial failure’ after platforming Tucker Carlson anti-Israel conspiracy theory

Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks, the boy from Brooklyn who made being Jewish cool

Trump threatens to ‘complete the job’ after Iranian drones hit ships in Strait of Hormuz

‘Mel Brooks’ comedy is all about fearlessness, and there’s a lesson there for UK Jews’

UK community urged to support Ukraine’s Jews after deadliest month of war

UK News

Community celebrates half a century of historic Jewish centre in Brighton & Hove

Doctors’ union votes to pause implementation of NHS antisemitism review

Unite claims it erroneously erased Jews from its Cable Street anniversary event

Man admits threatening to behead Jewish schoolchildren

Opinion

How Beirut signed a deal legitimising Israeli military presence on Lebanese soil

The Sky News interview with Tucker Carlson is a horseshoe of betrayal

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

The day Mel Brooks told me his funniest-ever joke

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

The Iran deal hasn’t ended Arab cooperation with Jerusalem – but it has forced it underground

Sponsored

Living together, choosing together

Shipping for princes, celebrities … and for you

‘Running towards’ a better quality of life

The Zionist idea marches forward

Life

Ready for your close up? An expert guide to make up when you’re having your photo taken

The female gaze: three photographers capturing life on their own terms

The Sleeping Beauty review: Lovely dancing, shame about the staging ★★★

Natan’s death could have broken me. Instead, I became an advocate for the Jewish state

From the Front Line review: Vasily Grossman gives us an unrivalled picture of the war

JC recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food