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Green Party candidate, Zack Polanski (C), attends the count declaration in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on October 9, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Justice Minister Sarah Sackman, MP for Finchley and Golders Green (Image: Sarah Sackman).

Barnet

Labour MPs demand Barnet Green councillor explain support for ‘alienating’ Zionism is racism motion

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Green Party

Exclusive: Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism calls for EHRC probe into Green Party

Lord Mann slammed Zack Polanski for ‘running away’ from his party’s ‘Zionism is racism’ debate

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Green Party

Has the Greens’ Zionism is Racism motion dented their electoral appeal?

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Armed police officers near Heaton Park after the terror attack in October last year, which led to a spike in antisemitic incidents that year (photo: Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Jews nine times likelier to face hate crimes than Muslims, according to Home Office data

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Chess

Israeli players may be barred from entering Malaysia for World Amateur Chess Championship next month

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Opinion

Stephen Pollard

Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

Jake Wallis Simons

Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize makes a mockery of the award for its embrace of anti-Israel bias

Barry Frankfurt

Sorry, Ed Miliband, ‘as a Jew’ is not an argument or a shield from criticism

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Proposed legislation would bar US aid to UN until body designates Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist groups

A US Democrat announced the proposed policy on October 7

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Congressman Josh Gottheimer annoucned the proposed legislation on October 7 at a remembrance ceremony in New Jersey (Photo: JNS)

Green Party

US antisemitism envoy to make ‘representations’ to UK ministers over Green antizionist motion

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun suggested that the motion could fall within the IHRA definition of antisemitism

By JC Reporter

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President Donald Trump and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an October 7 remembrance event in 2024 (Getty Images)

RAF

US bombers withdrawn from RAF Fairford after ‘new threats’ against base

Six men arrested in connection with an alleged Iran-linked plot targeting the Gloucestershire site, including a dual Iranian-British national, have been released on bail

By JC Reporter

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The main gate of RAF Fairford on September 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

New York

NY Jewish groups highlight lack of focus on antizionist violence in Mamdani’s new antisemitism strategy

Jewish leaders did, though, welcome a greater emphasis on the issue of Jew-hate, more funding for community security and a renewed drive for better Holocaust education

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the residence of Brazil's ambassador to the UN in New York City on September 21, 2026 (Getty Images)

World News

South African judge Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (Credit: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

United Nations

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay who oversaw ‘Gaza genocide’ report wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Gaza

Charity plans to use Xbox and Nintendo games to teach Palestinian children about the Holocaust

By JC Reporter

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Protesters in Amman raise the national flag as well as flags of the Muslim Brotherhood in support of Palestinians on January 27, 2023 (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

European Union

European Parliament votes in favour of putting Muslim Brotherhood on terror list

By Mike Wagenheim

1 min read

Defence

Israel participates in Morocco air show, signalling deepening military co-operation between countries

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presents the presidential award for civilian heroism to the passengers whose 'couragerous' actions helped thwart a catastrophic mid-air attack (Photo: Flash90)

Terrorism

Six Flydubai passengers and injured pilot awarded highest civilian honour for heroism

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Yaniv meets Benjamin Netanyahu (credit Raylan Givens/X)

Letter from Jerusalem

Benjamin Netanyahu hails the Flydubai ‘miracle’: ‘I served in special forces. I’m not sure we could’ve done it’

By Natalie Lisbona

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Mamdani at the vigil (Image: screenshot from X)

Zohran Mamdani

Mob accuses Zohran Mamdani of ‘genocide’ and ‘treachery’ for attending October 7 vigil

Despite the mayor’s regular criticism of the Jewish state, activists claimed he had ‘sold his people out’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

UK News

Law

Solicitor in line to become first Jewish Law Society president in over 50 years

Jeff Lewis, who is due to take on the role in 2028, described the appointment as a ‘great honour’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Jeff Lewis is head of litigation at Brabners solicitors in Manchester (Photo: Jeff Lewis)

Green Party

Burnham urges Green leaders to reverse party’s support for anti-Zionism motion

PM says call for single Palestinian state in place of Israel was ‘wrong’ but did not rule out future coaltion with Greens

By JC Reporter

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Andy Burnham in Berlin on Thursday (photo: Getty Images)

Green Party

Green Party Zionism vote is antisemitic, bishops say

Interfaith advisers from the Church of England have warned of risk of ‘further stoking anti-Jewish hatred’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Bishop of Manchester David Walker at Manchester Cathedral in 2020 (Photo: Getty Images)

Mark Rowley

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

Commissioner said he relied on the ‘Oxford English dictionary definition, which is not a racist definition’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (Photo: Getty Images)

Opinion

We’ve been married a year – and already I’m ordering for him

My husband David loves to shop and loves to entertain, the more the merrier and I’m a pretty good… guest

By Maureen Lipman

5 min read

By Miranda Levy

From chicken soup to 7 Up: A Jewish journey through Clapton

Thanks to my great-grandparents’ perilous journeys from Kyiv, Riga and the Donbas to this country, we could live our lives in comfort and prosperity, and yes, whatever the current fears – relative safety

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By Philipp Peyman Engel

I’ve seen Naza and it’s a nasty piece of propaganda

A film committed to the truth would have examined Hamas’s sinister tactics and depicted Israel’s efforts to act humanely, alongside its inevitable partial failure to live up to its own standards. Because war is hell

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By Gav Cohn

My mother taught me why the prophets still matter

Gav Cohn has written a booklet in memory of his mum to mark her third yahrzeit

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Sponsored

Moving home in North London? Some things are worth doing properly

By Dennis Rogers

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Photo of a young woman working on a landscape project in her backyard.

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Tzedakah shouldn’t stop with us

By Anthony Broza

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Always on hand for advice: UJC chaplains and head office team, 2026-27. Photo by UJC

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Real university starter pack, no £600 kettle required

By Sophie Dunoff

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At the Technion, Jewish and Arab students study alongside each other every day. Photo by Technion Uk

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The world turns away. But Israel keeps contributing

By Alan Aziz

3 min read

Life

The hardest bit of moving to Israel? The bureaucracy

By Secret Olah

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Polish writer and journalist Kazimierz Moczarski and his book which has just been translated into English by Sean Gasper Bye

Books

Locked up for nine months with a Nazi

Kazimierz Moczarski’s Conversations with an Executioner, translated into English for the first time, is an outstanding historical account of what made one of Himmler’s close confidants tick

By David Herman

2 min read

Antisemitism

Dave Rich: ‘We have spent the last three years with a target on our backs’

Dave Rich, one of the UK’s leading experts on antisemitism, discusses our ‘new normal’

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read

Voice of concern: Dave Rich. Inset: Kibbutz Be'eri after Hamas attacked on October 7

Israel

Rachel Johnson: ‘I saw Hamas’s atrocities firsthand’

Six months after October 7, Rachel Johnson went to Israel to see for herself the aftermath of the atrocities. She shares her diary of what she saw in Kfar Aza and at the Nova site

By Rachel Johnson

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Bearing witness: journalist and TV host Rachel Johnson and a kibbutz home riddled with terrorists' bullet holes (Credit: Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre/Rachel Johnson)

shoah

How I wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz and other Holocaust stories

Ahead of a talk for the JC, Heather Morris tells John Jeffay about her new work of historical fiction based on an amazing true story

By John Jeffay

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JC recipes

Vegan salad

Crispy rice salad

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Vegetarian salad

Hot honey aubergine salad

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Recipes

Claudia Winkleman's favourite lentil salad

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Cook time: 20 mins

Flora Shedden's roasted squash and apple soup (Photos: Laura Edwards)

Soups

Roasted squash and apple soup with crispy crumbs

By Flora Shedden

Cook time: 55 mins – 1hr, 5 mins

The Jewish Chronicle

Polanski faces leadership crisis as Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Labour MPs demand Barnet Green councillor explain support for ‘alienating’ Zionism is racism motion

Exclusive: Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism calls for EHRC probe into Green Party

Has the Greens’ Zionism is Racism motion dented their electoral appeal?

Jews nine times likelier to face hate crimes than Muslims, according to Home Office data

Israeli players may be barred from entering Malaysia for World Amateur Chess Championship next month

Opinion

Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize makes a mockery of the award for its embrace of anti-Israel bias

Sorry, Ed Miliband, ‘as a Jew’ is not an argument or a shield from criticism

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Proposed legislation would bar US aid to UN until body designates Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist groups

US antisemitism envoy to make ‘representations’ to UK ministers over Green antizionist motion

US bombers withdrawn from RAF Fairford after ‘new threats’ against base

NY Jewish groups highlight lack of focus on antizionist violence in Mamdani’s new antisemitism strategy

World News

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay who oversaw ‘Gaza genocide’ report wins Nobel Peace Prize

Charity plans to use Xbox and Nintendo games to teach Palestinian children about the Holocaust

European Parliament votes in favour of putting Muslim Brotherhood on terror list

Israel participates in Morocco air show, signalling deepening military co-operation between countries

Six Flydubai passengers and injured pilot awarded highest civilian honour for heroism

Benjamin Netanyahu hails the Flydubai ‘miracle’: ‘I served in special forces. I’m not sure we could’ve done it’

Mob accuses Zohran Mamdani of ‘genocide’ and ‘treachery’ for attending October 7 vigil

UK News

Solicitor in line to become first Jewish Law Society president in over 50 years

Burnham urges Green leaders to reverse party’s support for anti-Zionism motion

Green Party Zionism vote is antisemitic, bishops say

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

Opinion

We’ve been married a year – and already I’m ordering for him

From chicken soup to 7 Up: A Jewish journey through Clapton

I’ve seen Naza and it’s a nasty piece of propaganda

My mother taught me why the prophets still matter

Sponsored

Moving home in North London? Some things are worth doing properly

Tzedakah shouldn’t stop with us

Real university starter pack, no £600 kettle required

The world turns away. But Israel keeps contributing

Life

The hardest bit of moving to Israel? The bureaucracy

Locked up for nine months with a Nazi

Dave Rich: ‘We have spent the last three years with a target on our backs’

Rachel Johnson: ‘I saw Hamas’s atrocities firsthand’

How I wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz and other Holocaust stories

JC recipes

Crispy rice salad

Hot honey aubergine salad

Claudia Winkleman's favourite lentil salad

Roasted squash and apple soup with crispy crumbs