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Labour

Jewish MP steps down to make way for Andy Burnham to run for Parliament

By Jane Prinsley

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King Charles arrives on a Jewish community solidarity trip, two weeks after two members of the community were stabbed in Golders Green (Credit: grainge photography ltd)

Royal Family

King meets Jewish stabbing victims in solidarity trip to Golders Green

Chief Rabbi accompanies King Charles in ‘enormously appreciated’ visit to community under siege

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Sir Keir Starmer

What is the record of Labour’s leadership contenders on the Jewish community and Israel?

By Lorin Bell-Cross

11 min read

Crowds celebrate Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 14, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

Israeli police arrest 13 as violence taints Jerusalem Day celebrations

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

View of a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset on May 13, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

'Trials of the modern Nazis’: Knesset establishes tribunal to prosecute October 7 terrorists

By David Isaac

2 min read

How did we cope without Prince Harry’s wisdom on the Middle East, Anglo-Jewry and Judaism?

Focus on Yiddish is delaying development in English, Ofsted tells Chasidic school

I’m a non-Jew who can’t pass a good broiges without sticking my nose in

‘Deafness could be stopping one in three people accessing Jewish communal services’

Silvermans’ owner raises funds for family of much-loved employee

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Israel

Netanyahu to sue New York Times over rape dog article

The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that a defamation suit would be filed on behalf of the Israeli leader and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The New York Times office building (Getty Images)

Jewish celebrities

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

The creator of Captain America is “widely recognised as the most prolific and arguably most important creator in the history of the comic book,” according to the Centre for Jewish History

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

2 min read

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

New York

New York school district pays $125k settlement after painting over pro-Palestine parking space mural

The district was sued by a teenage student, who alleged that it had infringed on her freedom of speech and inflicted ‘emotional trauma’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US Politics

White House Jewish event ending just before Shabbat a ‘sad oversight’, say invitees

‘It’s a rare misstep from the Trump administration that is usually better about including Orthodox Jews at their events,’ an invitee told JNS

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Exterior view of the White House in Washington DC (Getty Images)

World news

Austria

Austrian Jewish students forced to hold Eurovision watch party under police guard over ‘threat of terror attack’

By Michelle Wigdorovitz

2 min read

Canada

Canada deports British activist who praised October 7 as ‘important resistance’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Eurovision

Dutch retirement home cancels concert from Jewish Eurovision winner after pro-Palestine protests

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Eurovision 2026

Father Ted creator accuses RTE of using show to further ‘antisemitic’ Eurovision boycott

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Portrait of a Young Girl by Toon Kelder (Image: X/ SotaNews)

Art

Painting stolen by Nazis found in home of SS commander’s granddaughter

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Letter from Jerusalem

‘It devastates us’: Families of October 7 victims react as full extent of horrors are revealed in historic report

By Natalie Lisbona

6 min read

Iran

Our terror attacks on British Jews bring ‘political gains’, senior regime insider tells JC

Adviser to chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf also crowed over regime’s ideological capture of the progressive left in the West

By Ali Hamedani

3 min read

War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker The former cop who teaches world’s police about the Shoah

UK News

shomrim

Orthodox men egged in Stamford Hill on way home from shul

The attack is the latest of a series in the same heavily-Jewish neighbourhood in recent weeks

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Protests

Met Police warn of potential for ‘disorder and criminality’ ahead of rival pro-Palestinian and far-right protests

4,000 officers to be deployed in London with FA Cup final also taking place on Saturday

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

London, with St James' Park in the middle of where the two marches will end (Image: Google)

Yom Yerushalayim

‘My thoughts and heart are always in Israel – it’s the country that I fought for’

Ben Conway speaks to Aron Cohen, 97, one of the first people to walk into the Old City with Yitzhak Rabin and Moshe Dayan during the Six-Day War

By Ben Conway

6 min read

Court and Crime

Second man charged over arson at former synagogue

The building, which previously housed East London Central Synagogue and has been vacant for six years, was attacked on May 5

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Exterior view of the former building of East London Central Synagogue (Google)

Opinion

The ‘Israeli rape dogs’ blood libel fits a long, troubling tradition at The New York Times

From downplaying Hitler’s antisemitism to calling the Völkischer Beobachter ‘semi-official’, the Gray Lady helped smooth the jagged edges of the Nazi project. Today, it does the same with Iran

By Ashley Rindsberg

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Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. (Image: Getty Images)

By Charlotte Henry

Israel got talent – and most ordinary people just want to enjoy it

The hate-filled mob understands the power of culture, which is precisely why it does not want charming, gifted artists and athletes from the Jewish state performing abroad: it undermines their efforts to demonise the country

3 min read

By Marc Goldberg

Britain can’t fight antisemitism without confronting its main driver: hatred of Israel

From false claims about ‘genocide’ to conspiracies about ‘Zionist control’, an old prejudice is being repackaged in the language of activism and human rights to legitimise hostility towards Jews

3 min read

By David Bennun

Go and see Paul Simon – an icon of New York’s Jewish golden age

If the time and place he was born into had been like today, we might never have heard of him. As if to underline the point, an organisation of ‘musicians and cultural workers’ is calling for a Eurovision boycott while Israel is included

3 min read

By Isaac Zarfati

We will never defeat political antisemitism if we deny it

If the industrial-scale demonisation of Jews and Israel – particularly pervasive on campuses – continues to be treated as legitimate discourse, this new virus will keep spreading while Britain congratulates itself on fighting it

3 min read

By Sir Michael Ellis

Until the CPS can grasp the reality of antizionism, it will keep on failing Jews

The new antisemitism guidance is being billed as a major intervention. But the problem was never a lack of manuals for prosecutors – it was the repeated failure, since October 7, to prosecute blatant antisemitic offences properly, or at all

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By Ashley Perry

How the Bennett-Lapid alliance may lose the Israeli elections – and yet win

Political pacts may weaken individual parties, blur ideological lines, and disappoint at the ballot box, yet still reshape the political map in ways that determine who governs

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While dating swipes decrease, JWed.com marriages increase to record 4,100

By JWed

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Way Day vs Black Friday vs Prime Day: When do you find the best Wayfair deals?

By Rhys Hughes

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Formalising new family arrangements after divorce, with the child’s best interests at heart

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A complete guide to divorce and child arrangements

By Rhys Hughes

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By Martin Benjamin

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Life

Peter Grimes review: Glories of a post-Brexit ‘Britten’ frittered away in a poor revival ★★

By Stephen Pollard

1 min read

Classical Symphony - Tulsa Ballet. Photo: Kate Luber Photography

Dance

Tulsa ballet review: Effervescent, energetic and American-made ★★★★

The UK debut of this American dance company brought impressive technique and production to the Linbury Theatre stage

By Eliana Jordan

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Books

The songs of anguish they wrote and sang in the Polish ghettos and camps

This book of songs from the Shoah was conceived and written in passion, and the unsparing efforts of the authors to trace their composers is laudable

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

Words for horror: lyricists Shmerke Kaczerginski (far left) and Abraham Sutzkever (second left) with two other survivors in a portrait taken in Moscow after the war

Adeni Jews

My father’s new-found chutzpah is causing mayhem

During my childhood Dad was unsmiling and only spoke when when it was strictly necessary. Now he is a chaos merchant – with a cheeky grin

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My father’s new-found chutzpah is causing mayhem

Cheesecake

Gluten free white chocolate, lime and rhubarb cheesecake

This cleverly balanced cake has a lively, fruity tang

By Anne Iarchy

Cook time: 1 hr 15 mins, plus chilling

(Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz and Layla Freedman)

JC recipes

Cheesecake

Miso burnt Basque cheesecake

By Brin Pirathapan

Cook time: 1 hr plus infusing, cooling and 6-8 hrs chilling

Healthy eating

Cashew nut and canellini bean tartine

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: No cooking!

Vegan

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 20 minutes

Israeli food

‘We’re trained to think about what is impossible – and then we try to do it’

By Ben Conway

3 min read

The Jewish Chronicle

Celebrities call on Starmer to ‘apologise’ for Britain’s role in Mandatory Palestine

Jewish MP steps down to make way for Andy Burnham to run for Parliament

King meets Jewish stabbing victims in solidarity trip to Golders Green

What is the record of Labour’s leadership contenders on the Jewish community and Israel?

Israeli police arrest 13 as violence taints Jerusalem Day celebrations

'Trials of the modern Nazis’: Knesset establishes tribunal to prosecute October 7 terrorists

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How did we cope without Prince Harry’s wisdom on the Middle East, Anglo-Jewry and Judaism?

Focus on Yiddish is delaying development in English, Ofsted tells Chasidic school

I’m a non-Jew who can’t pass a good broiges without sticking my nose in

‘Deafness could be stopping one in three people accessing Jewish communal services’

Silvermans’ owner raises funds for family of much-loved employee

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Netanyahu to sue New York Times over rape dog article

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

New York school district pays $125k settlement after painting over pro-Palestine parking space mural

White House Jewish event ending just before Shabbat a ‘sad oversight’, say invitees

World news

Austrian Jewish students forced to hold Eurovision watch party under police guard over ‘threat of terror attack’

Canada deports British activist who praised October 7 as ‘important resistance’

Dutch retirement home cancels concert from Jewish Eurovision winner after pro-Palestine protests

Father Ted creator accuses RTE of using show to further ‘antisemitic’ Eurovision boycott

Painting stolen by Nazis found in home of SS commander’s granddaughter

‘It devastates us’: Families of October 7 victims react as full extent of horrors are revealed in historic report

Our terror attacks on British Jews bring ‘political gains’, senior regime insider tells JC

UK News

Orthodox men egged in Stamford Hill on way home from shul

Met Police warn of potential for ‘disorder and criminality’ ahead of rival pro-Palestinian and far-right protests

‘My thoughts and heart are always in Israel – it’s the country that I fought for’

Second man charged over arson at former synagogue

Opinion

The ‘Israeli rape dogs’ blood libel fits a long, troubling tradition at The New York Times

Israel got talent – and most ordinary people just want to enjoy it

Britain can’t fight antisemitism without confronting its main driver: hatred of Israel

Go and see Paul Simon – an icon of New York’s Jewish golden age

We will never defeat political antisemitism if we deny it

Until the CPS can grasp the reality of antizionism, it will keep on failing Jews

How the Bennett-Lapid alliance may lose the Israeli elections – and yet win

Sponsored

While dating swipes decrease, JWed.com marriages increase to record 4,100

Way Day vs Black Friday vs Prime Day: When do you find the best Wayfair deals?

A complete guide to divorce and child arrangements

Oscar-worthy residences

Life

Peter Grimes review: Glories of a post-Brexit ‘Britten’ frittered away in a poor revival ★★

Tulsa ballet review: Effervescent, energetic and American-made ★★★★

The songs of anguish they wrote and sang in the Polish ghettos and camps

My father’s new-found chutzpah is causing mayhem

Gluten free white chocolate, lime and rhubarb cheesecake

JC recipes

Miso burnt Basque cheesecake

Cashew nut and canellini bean tartine

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

‘We’re trained to think about what is impossible – and then we try to do it’