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Leader of Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe, speaks to media during the Makerfield by-election on June 18, 2026 in Wigan, England. (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Opinion: The alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits

3 min read

Perrie Edwards, wearing Dana Harel, pictured with her new husband, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Photo: @AlexOxChamberlain/Instagram)

Fashion

Perrie Edwards opts for two Israeli-designed wedding dresses for Portuguese ceremony and bash

1 min read

Gwyneth Paltrow in a commercial for a luxury housing development in the Israeli city of Herzliya (Photo: 51Park)

By Adam Levick

Opinion: The Guardian’s ‘Nazification’ of Jews

4 min read

Exclusive: The 'Greens For Palestine' Papers

Green Party

Greens for Palestine activists warn MPs banning IRGC would ‘support genocidal Israel’

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Green Party

Liberate your minds from ‘supremacist grip of Zionism’, pro-Palestine Greens tell Jews

Bombshell dossier reveals Jewish group snubbed over mediation and told to apologise for Israel

By Lorin Bell-Cross

5 min read

Green Party

Explosive dossier that reveals escalating row between Jewish group and pro-Palestinian Greens

Email correspondence obtained by JC documents how heated debate over ‘Zionism is racism’ motion led to Jews being held to account for Israel’s actions, sparking calls for an investigation by equalities watchdog

By Lorin Bell-Cross

9 min read

Party MP's, members, activists and supporters gather on Bournemouth beach for a 'Red Line for Palestine' protest on the second day of the Green Party Conference, on October 04, 2025, in Bournemouth (Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

The ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidable

Documents obtained by the JC show Jewish party members being held responsible for the actions of Israel and urged to liberate their minds ‘from the supremacist grip of Zionism’

2 min read

Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks during a rally on March 28, 2026 in London (Image: Getty)

By Lorin Bell-Cross

The Green Party could be in a worse position than Labour were under Jeremy Corbyn

Will these revelations lead to an investigation by the equalities watchdog?

3 min read

The Green Party could be in a worse position than Labour were under Jeremy Corbyn

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Iran

US-Iran talks cancelled as Vance postpones Switzerland trip

Tehran also suspended its participation in the negotiations amid continuing conflict in Lebanon

By JC Reporter

2 min read

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

New York Times

NYT probes Israeli ‘rape dog’ claim author Nicholas Kristof for failing to disclose donors

Kristof, who was criticised by Israel over claims outlined in a recent opinion piece for the same paper, allegedly failed to make clear that individuals mentioned in other columns had supported his political campaign

By JC Reporter

1 min read

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof speaks during the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights' 2025 Ripple of Hope Gala at the New York Hilton on December 09, 2025 (Getty Images)

Iran

Iranians protest against regime at opening World Cup match and chant ‘Death to the Islamic Republic’ during national anthem

Pre-revolutionary flags smuggled into stadium despite FIFA ban

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

A protester outside Los Angeles Stadium match. before the match (Getty Images)

Timothée Chalamet

Chalamet: Knicks claiming NBA title better than Oscar win

The New York team claimed their first championship in more than 50 years on Saturday

By Mark Wood

1 min read

Timothée Chalamet (CL) celebrates with Mikal Bridges (R) of the New York Knicks after the team's victory against the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals at the Frost Bank Center on June 13, 2026 (Getty Images)

World news

Al-Hiwar co-founder and chairman Azzam Tamimi

Ofcom

Ofcom urged to act after terrorist on TV show calls suicide bombing ‘God’s destiny’

By Mark Wood

4 min read

United Nations

Jonathan Harounoff to step down as Israeli spokesman at UN

By Jacob Jaffa

4 min read

Germany

Man on trial accused of tracking Jewish figures as targets for Iran-backed attacks

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Israel

Four IDF soldiers killed in southern Lebanon ‘security zone’

By Melanie Swan

2 min read

Iran

Iran chief negotiator vows to avenge Supreme Leader’s death with ‘liberation of Jerusalem’

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

(L-R) Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the European Council in Brussels on November 11, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel

Israel cuts ties with top EU diplomat over alleged ‘apartheid’ remarks

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney blames US and Israel for rise of ‘the far right and fascism’ in Europe

The Irish author also claimed Israel was doing ‘irreversible damage’ to the ‘foundations of international law and the multilateral world system’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Antisemitism becoming the “new normal” in Germany, warns Jewish leader Construction begins on Israel’s NIS 1 billion rehabilitation hospital

UK News

ORT UK

‘Young people have advantages over older workers – they can come into jobs as digital natives’

Euan Blair and Sir Ronald Cohen discussed AI, apprenticeships, and ambition at the ORT UK breakfast on Wednesday

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Euan Blair (left) and Sir Ronald Cohen (centre) in conversation with Lord Daniel Finkelstein (photo: Justin Grainge)

Germany

Wagner festival accused of silencing debate on composer’s antisemitism after cancelling talk by Jewish author

The festival’s organisers have since apologised and the talk will go ahead as planned

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Figurine of German composer Richard Wagner in front of The Festival Theatre in Bayreuth, southern Germany, July 25, 2023 (Credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Lisa Nandy

BBC Arabic ‘challenge’ raised with new director general by Culture Secretary

Corporation chief Matt Brittin understands ‘seriousness’ of issues around language service, Lisa Nandy tells JC

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Matt Brittin at Broadcasting House, London on his first day as Director General, May 18, 2026 (Brook Mitchell / AFP via Getty)

Court and Crime

Jury fails to reach verdict in trial of Palestine activists after 17-hour deliberation

Iain Evans, Hisham Alkhamesi, Hana Yun-Stevens and Frank Sherman were accused of criminal damage but claimed they were trying to ‘disarm’ an aerospace factory they said had links to Israel

By JC Reporter

1 min read

A general view of Birmingham Crown Court on October 17, 2024 (Getty Images)

Opinion

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

Would Spanish locals have been as hospitable if they’d known one key fact about this tourist?

By David Bennun

3 min read

Landscape around the small Spanish town of Daroca (Image: Getty Images)

By Kobi Michael

The Iran deal is neither a defeat for Israel nor a victory for the Islamic Republic

Tehran has made significant concessions, entering the negotiations militarily weakened, economically devastated, and politically fragile. It is now critical that Jerusalem help shape the outcome of the talks

5 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

By committing to withdraw all troops and lift sanctions in return for little more than a promise not to pursue nukes, the US president has emboldened the West’s enemies and set the stage for future confrontations

3 min read

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

As a candidate, he accurately dissected the disastrous nuclear deal the Obama administration had negotiated with Tehran. As a president, he has just done infinitely worse

4 min read

By Mark Sewards

The UK-backed Israel-Palestinian Peace Fund delivers rare good news to the Middle East

The initiative will support grassroots programmes, from youth leadership schemes to women’s economic empowerment projects, that strengthen ties between the two peoples and help lay the foundations for a future political process

3 min read

By Sarah Tetteh

The bigoted boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is a betrayal of culture

If even one of the country’s most outspoken critics of the government and the Gaza war is deemed unacceptable simply because of his nationality, then the issue is no longer political disagreement. It becomes something much darker

2 min read

By Liel Leibovitz

Fury over stand-up’s mockery of Israel conspiracy theories is no laughing matter

With his admittedly crass dog rape joke, Elon Gold made it clear that the era of polite and flustered Jews eager to engage their detractors in civil conversation is over

3 min read

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By Stephen Morris

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By Dov Newmark

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By Matan Bar Noy

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In tune: Dustin Hoffman with Daniel Roher

Film

Meet the director who made Dustin Hoffman an irresistible offer

By James Mottram

6 min read

punk

Punk turns 50: The Jewish voices that helped shape the scene

Jenni Frazer speaks to a writer whose book tells the story of the man behind two of punk’s iconic shops

By Jenni Frazer

4 min read

Theatre

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

The Bad Jews writer is played Ryan Kopel in his most personal commission to date

By John Nathan

1 min read

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

Israeli chefs

‘It belongs to the Jewish nation’– says chef of first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant

Siam Goorwich speaks to chef Raz Shabtai and the team behind Mutra

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Chef Raz Shabtai in the kitchen at Mutra (Photo: N.A.Photography)

Books

What do the preoccupations of our novelists say about Anglo-Jewry and wider society?

What stories are the People of the Book writing and reading about themselves?

By Leon Craig

6 min read

Diversity: (left to right) Toby Lloyd, Howard Jacobson and Francesca Simon (Photos: Helen Giles,Suzie Howell)

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

‘Play by my dating rules, and you will marry the love of your life’

Opinion: The alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits

Perrie Edwards opts for two Israeli-designed wedding dresses for Portuguese ceremony and bash

Opinion: The Guardian’s ‘Nazification’ of Jews

Exclusive: The 'Greens For Palestine' Papers

Greens for Palestine activists warn MPs banning IRGC would ‘support genocidal Israel’

Liberate your minds from ‘supremacist grip of Zionism’, pro-Palestine Greens tell Jews

Explosive dossier that reveals escalating row between Jewish group and pro-Palestinian Greens

The ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidable

The Green Party could be in a worse position than Labour were under Jeremy Corbyn

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US-Iran talks cancelled as Vance postpones Switzerland trip

NYT probes Israeli ‘rape dog’ claim author Nicholas Kristof for failing to disclose donors

Iranians protest against regime at opening World Cup match and chant ‘Death to the Islamic Republic’ during national anthem

Chalamet: Knicks claiming NBA title better than Oscar win

World news

Ofcom urged to act after terrorist on TV show calls suicide bombing ‘God’s destiny’

Jonathan Harounoff to step down as Israeli spokesman at UN

Man on trial accused of tracking Jewish figures as targets for Iran-backed attacks

Four IDF soldiers killed in southern Lebanon ‘security zone’

Iran chief negotiator vows to avenge Supreme Leader’s death with ‘liberation of Jerusalem’

Israel cuts ties with top EU diplomat over alleged ‘apartheid’ remarks

Sally Rooney blames US and Israel for rise of ‘the far right and fascism’ in Europe

UK News

‘Young people have advantages over older workers – they can come into jobs as digital natives’

Wagner festival accused of silencing debate on composer’s antisemitism after cancelling talk by Jewish author

BBC Arabic ‘challenge’ raised with new director general by Culture Secretary

Jury fails to reach verdict in trial of Palestine activists after 17-hour deliberation

Opinion

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

The Iran deal is neither a defeat for Israel nor a victory for the Islamic Republic

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

The UK-backed Israel-Palestinian Peace Fund delivers rare good news to the Middle East

The bigoted boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is a betrayal of culture

Fury over stand-up’s mockery of Israel conspiracy theories is no laughing matter

Sponsored

Living together, choosing together

Shipping for princes, celebrities … and for you

‘Running towards’ a better quality of life

The Zionist idea marches forward

Meet the director who made Dustin Hoffman an irresistible offer

Punk turns 50: The Jewish voices that helped shape the scene

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

‘It belongs to the Jewish nation’– says chef of first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant

What do the preoccupations of our novelists say about Anglo-Jewry and wider society?

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