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ISRAEL AT WAR

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Qatar has already expelled some Iranian embassy staff after a strike on its largest gas production facility

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

A representative of Qatar delivers a speech on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Cluster munitions hit the territory as the Islamic Republic took aim at Jerusalem

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

A Palestinian civil defence worker inspects the site where shrapnel from projectiles fell in Beit Awa near the West Bank city of Hebron on March 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

The Islamic Republic’s military and security attachés in Doha have been given 24 hours to leave the country

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Qatar Energy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, pictured on March 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

Kent’s resignation letter, which blamed the Iran War on the ‘powerful' Israel lobby, went viral earlier this week

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent, December 11, 2025 (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Golten's bestselling book and the Hellerwork practitioner proudly showing off a JC article, one of the many newspaper articles about his work

complementary health

Doctor Posture, massage therapist to the stars reveals his secrets for a healthy back

By Gaby Koppel

5 min read

Erez with Venus in the bomb shelter at the centre in Rishon LeZion

Israel Guide Dog Center

The guide dog in Israel turning sirens into smiles

By Ben Conway

4 min read

The Guardian

Exclusive: Jewish Guardian staff ‘gaslit’ over ‘progressive antisemitism’ in Gail’s column

Journalists claimed that internal dissent ‘fell on deaf ears’ and that there is a ‘culture of fear’ about raising objections to the paper’s reporting

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Kwabena Devonish speaking to a crowd in Cardiff, November 2023 (Credit: X)

Courts

Woman who said Hamas was ‘fighting for freedom’ found not guilty of supporting a terror group

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Prime Minister's Questions

Starmer and Badenoch trade blows on Iran and Mandelson in tense PMQs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

National Holocaust Museum

‘The fight against antisemitism starts in the classroom’ says head of Holocaust museum

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

Russian suicide drone strikes Great Choral Synagogue in Odesa

One in six British students think glorifying October 7 should be protected speech: What the shock campus poll also revealed

The Claudia Winkleman Show review: ‘has the sense of a Friday night fixture’ ★★★

‘I have learnt that no one is immune to mental health struggles’

Social activist Diane Munday dies aged 94

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Iran

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

The president said there would be ‘no more attacks’ on the South Pars site unless Iran launched further aggression towards Qatar

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One en route to Miami on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Basketball

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

The fixture featured All-Star Deni Avdija and two rookies from the Brooklyn Nets, marking the first time three Israeli athletes have shared an NBA court

By Ben Conway

3 min read

(L-R) Danny Wolf, Ben Saraf and Deni Avdija

Iran

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

The president, who is suing the corporation over a separate complaint about its coverage of the 2020 election, called the tone of its reporting on the conflict ‘unbelievable’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Terrorist attack

After the Temple Israel attack, Detroit’s Jewish community stands unbowed

Emotional whiplash – terror followed by relief – has defined the response

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

2 min read

Police at the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan after an assailant drove a vehicle into the building on March 12 (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)

World news

Targeted: Shaarei Shomayim shul and, right, damage to other shuls in Toronto

Canada

All eyes on Toronto – the city whose Jewish sites have been hit at least 18 times since October 7

By Bill Gladstone

3 min read

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (Image: Israeli embassy)

Diaspora

Herzog voices concern for Commonwealth Jewry in the wake of terror attacks

By Natalie Lisbona

1 min read

Iran

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Security around Jewish buildings in Amsterdam has been ramped up after an explosion occurred outside a Jewish school (Photo: Getty)

The Netherlands

Extremist group claiming to be behind Amsterdam school blast says it carried out second explosion

By Katie Grant

2 min read

A plume of smoke rises over the Iraqi capital Baghdad on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Iran hits US embassy in Baghdad as Gulf strikes continue

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel

In a nation at war, the battle over draft exemption for Charedi men has only been delayed

By Natalie Lisbona

5 min read

France

Brothers arrested over ‘deadly and antisemitic’ French terror plot

Police found a semi-automatic weapon, a bottle of hydrochloric acid, aluminium foil and an Isis flag in their car

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Amsterdam Jewish school explosion highlights Netherlands’ ‘antisemitism epidemic’Iran targets Israel with seven ballistic missile salvos overnight

UK News

Assisted Dying Bill

Senior Rabbi of Scotland welcomes rejection of assisted dying bill

69 MSPs voted no, 57 voted yes, with one abstention in an emotional debate

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Anti-assisted dying demonstrators gather outside as Scottish Parliament holds the final vote on the Assisted Dying Bill on March 17 in Edinburgh, Scotland (Photo: Getty Images)

NHS

Jewish NHS staff reveal antisemitism ordeal to Wes Streeting in emotional meeting

Health Secretary visibly moved by testimony from two women in the health service that left him feeling ‘ashamed’

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

Health Secretary Wes Streeting (Photo: Getty Images)

The Guardian

Jewish football journalist shares photos at Gail’s amid row over Guardian colleague’s ‘disgusting’ column

Jacob Steinberg posted images of a challah loaf after Jonathan Liew’s column claimed that the bakery’s presence near a Palestinian café in Archway was ‘an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Photo of a Gail's challah shared by Guardian journalist Jacob Steinberg (X/JacobSteinberg)

October 7

October 7 report will remind ‘useful fools’ that Hamas started Gaza war

Lord Roberts’ report outlines in detail ‘one of the worst terror outrages in the annals of history’

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Armed Palestinians take control of an Israeli Merkava battle tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 (Getty Images)

Opinion

Theroux’s settler doc wins – predictably, Israelophobia pays

The BPG, a group of journalists, critics and other media insiders, was always bound to conform to the trend. Whenever Jews are upset by something, the industry rallies round and doubles down

By Jake Wallis Simons

2 min read

Louis Theroux's documentary on the settlers on BBC 2 (BBC)

By Maureen Lipman

The film Yentl was, in its way, a masterpiece of kitsch and charisma

The play is a rare theatrical triumph from Australia’s Kadimah Yiddish Theatre – partly in Yiddish with subtitles – that captivates so completely I was barely breathing

4 min read

By Charlotte Henry

From Gaza to Gail’s: The Guardian’s moral collapse over a north London café

We know people hold the appalling opinions expressed in the piece. It remains staggering that a national newspaper, one that is read around the world, thought it appropriate to publish such bile

3 min read

By Mark Sewards

Campus antisemitism is growing uglier in the UK – here’s how to confront it

When one in five students say they wouldn’t share a house with a Jewish peer, government and universities must act: challenge the demonisation of Israel, punish hate crimes, and adopt the IHRA definition

3 min read

By Fiyaz Mughal

A hate definition that may do more to divide Britain than protect its Muslims

This policy risks becoming a weapon in the culture wars – deployed in disputes over speech, media coverage and public debate, and fuelling a steady stream of controversies for years to come

4 min read

By Rob Rinder

Removing jury trials risks rights Jews know from history can slip

‘Justice, justice shall you pursue,’ the Torah instructs us. That justice requires structures that distribute power rather than concentrate it

3 min read

By Julie Fishman Rayman

Iran’s attacks expose the IRGC threat Europe can no longer ignore

The EU has finally proscribed Tehran’s state terror army; it must now freeze assets, expel agents and align with US sanctions – and the UK should follow

3 min read

Eggstraordinary: Paul Kutchinsky with his diamond-encrusted creation

memoir

How I cracked the mystery of my father and the biggest jewelled egg in the world

By Serena Kutchinsky

6 min read

Opera

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

The opera’s flawless cast, set design and music are led by Andreas Shager, who delivers one of the finest theatrical performances London has seen in many years

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

October 7

Melanie Phillips’s new guide to our antagonists and how to fight them fair and square

This punchy and practical handbook to battling Jew-hate is more than timely

By Dominic Green

3 min read

Our love is stronger than your hate: the march against antisemitism in London, in November 2023

Passover

Four cups, 12 expert recommendations

Three kosher wine experts share their insights on how to turn Seder night into an unforgettable journey, one cup at a time

By Victoria Prever and Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Four cups, three experts, 12 exceptional kosher for Pesach wines (Picture: Facebook/ Kedem Europe)

Children's books

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

From carrying messages for the Resistance to hugging at the Seder table, our pick of the best new books for children

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

JC recipes

The ultimate Peach brownies (Picture: Inbal Bar-Oz and Leyla Freedman)

Pesach bake

Pesach chocolate brownies

By Fabienne Viner-Luzzato

Cook time: 30 minutes

Coconut and lime are a match made in tropical heaven (Picture: Inbal Bar-Oz and Leyla Freedman)

Passover bakes

Pesach coconut and lime cake

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 70-90 minutes

Passover bakes

Perfect Pesach brunch bagels

By Nir Elkayam

A comfort classic that will happily wait for you to finish your Seder (Picture: Inbal Bar-Oz and Leyla Freedman)

Passover recipe

Pesach fish pie

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 1 hour

The Jewish Chronicle

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

Doctor Posture, massage therapist to the stars reveals his secrets for a healthy back

The guide dog in Israel turning sirens into smiles

Exclusive: Jewish Guardian staff ‘gaslit’ over ‘progressive antisemitism’ in Gail’s column

Woman who said Hamas was ‘fighting for freedom’ found not guilty of supporting a terror group

Starmer and Badenoch trade blows on Iran and Mandelson in tense PMQs

‘The fight against antisemitism starts in the classroom’ says head of Holocaust museum

Editor's Picks

Russian suicide drone strikes Great Choral Synagogue in Odesa

One in six British students think glorifying October 7 should be protected speech: What the shock campus poll also revealed

The Claudia Winkleman Show review: ‘has the sense of a Friday night fixture’ ★★★

‘I have learnt that no one is immune to mental health struggles’

Social activist Diane Munday dies aged 94

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Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

After the Temple Israel attack, Detroit’s Jewish community stands unbowed

World news

All eyes on Toronto – the city whose Jewish sites have been hit at least 18 times since October 7

Herzog voices concern for Commonwealth Jewry in the wake of terror attacks

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

Extremist group claiming to be behind Amsterdam school blast says it carried out second explosion

Iran hits US embassy in Baghdad as Gulf strikes continue

In a nation at war, the battle over draft exemption for Charedi men has only been delayed

Brothers arrested over ‘deadly and antisemitic’ French terror plot

UK News

Senior Rabbi of Scotland welcomes rejection of assisted dying bill

Jewish NHS staff reveal antisemitism ordeal to Wes Streeting in emotional meeting

Jewish football journalist shares photos at Gail’s amid row over Guardian colleague’s ‘disgusting’ column

October 7 report will remind ‘useful fools’ that Hamas started Gaza war

Opinion

Theroux’s settler doc wins – predictably, Israelophobia pays

The film Yentl was, in its way, a masterpiece of kitsch and charisma

From Gaza to Gail’s: The Guardian’s moral collapse over a north London café

Campus antisemitism is growing uglier in the UK – here’s how to confront it

A hate definition that may do more to divide Britain than protect its Muslims

Removing jury trials risks rights Jews know from history can slip

Iran’s attacks expose the IRGC threat Europe can no longer ignore

How I cracked the mystery of my father and the biggest jewelled egg in the world

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

Melanie Phillips’s new guide to our antagonists and how to fight them fair and square

Four cups, 12 expert recommendations

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

JC recipes

Pesach chocolate brownies

Pesach coconut and lime cake

Perfect Pesach brunch bagels

Pesach fish pie