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Katty Kay (C) in the Royal Box at Wimbledon 2025 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 08, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Dame Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman brands actor ‘cowardly’ after he quits play over her Israel views

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

BBC

Exclusive: BBC Arabic ‘got it very wrong’ over Israel coverage says Lord Grade

Corporation’s former chairman calls for wholesale reform of complaints process in wide-ranging interview with the JC

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

Mark Ruffalo attends SiriusXM's 'Front Row Series' with the cast of 'Crime 101' at the SiriusXM Studios in New York City on February 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

Jewish celebrities

Jewish celebrities sign open letter defending Avengers star Mark Ruffalo from antisemitism claims

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Sanctions

‘Listen to the Chief Rabbi – don’t sanction Israel’, MPs urge Burnham

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Zack Polanski

Zack Polanski ‘likely’ to stand in Holborn and St Pancras by-election to replace Starmer

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Opinion

Board of Deputies considers proposal to pay president for first time in its 266-year history

Daniel Finkelstein

The Netanyahu government can’t simply ignore left liberal opinion – even if it’s often shallow

Stephen Pollard

The shameful attempt to ostracise Dame Maureen Lipman and other Jewish artists who refuse to disavow Israel

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Iran

US hits IRGC targets around Hormuz as Iran strikes regional bases

The exchanges marked the most significant escalation between Washington and Tehran in weeks

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

The US embassy in Jerusalem has issued a security warning for American citizens in the region (Photo: Getty)

US Politics

Vance seeks to smooth relations with sceptical Republican Jews

American vice president said the US had a ‘deeper cultural symbiosis and harmony’ with Israel and UK than with other countries

By Andrew Bernard

4 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)

teachers

Nearly three-quarters of Jewish teachers’ union members self-censor over antisemtic or antizionist hostility

Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League said the finding revealed a ‘structural and cultural failure’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

(Illustrative) A teacher sets up her classroom at Freedom Preparatory Academy in in Provo, Utah, on August 13, 2020 (Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Exclusive: ‘Khaybar’ T-shirt under police investigation sold on American site offering hateful clothing

US retailer Now Best T-Shirts also lists an ‘antisemite club’ hoodie and ‘free America from Israel’ shirt among its stock

By Jamie Shapiro and Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

One of the offensive products available on Now Best T-Shirts (nowbesttshirt.com)

World News

John Galliano next to Anna Wintour (C) during 'Vogue World: Paris' at Place Vendôme in Paris, France, on June 23, 2024 (Getty Images)

New York

Met cancels Galliano exhibition amid backlash over historic antisemitism

By Phoebe Black

1 min read

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (C) and Minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez (R) at the Tarajal border fence between Ceuta and Morocco on July 31, 2026 (Getty Images)

Spain

Spanish prime minister blames Israel for ‘misinformation’ that sparked Ceuta migrant crisis

By Phoebe Black

1 min read

A Charedi mohel performs a circumcision in Mea She'arim, Israel (Image: Flash90)

European Union

European Jewish groups open circumcision training programme amid legal crackdown

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

A Taliban fighter rides a military vehicle in front of a Palestinian flag during celebrations for the fifth anniversary of the Taliban's takeover (Photo by Mustafa Noori / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Afghanistan

Taliban leaders call Jews ‘animals’ and back Palestinians against ‘cruel Jewish occupiers’

By Ali Hamedani

4 min read

Jewish film

Australian documentary about Jews being cancelled is ‘cancelled’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Katerina Sakovich (Israeli Foreign Ministry/Courtesy)

Nepal Flash Flood

Two Israelis confirmed missing as Nepal flood death toll tops 900

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Iran

Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

Washington says it struck missile launchers before they could fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Turkish president condemned for calling Zionism ‘genocidal’ and invoking Holocaust against Israel Democrat candidate apologises for saying ‘hurt people hurt people’ after attack on American synagogue by Lebanese man

UK News

Community

Helping Hands celebrates 25 years as backbone of Sussex Jewish community

The charity has helped locals with needs big and small since 2001

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Left to right: Amanda and Gary Epstein, Jacqui and Simon Rickman (photo: Paul Grant)

Israel Gaza

Cambridge Literary Festival cancels event with author who supported October 7 attack

Randa Abdel-Fattah wished that Zionists ‘never know a second’s peace’ in their ‘sadistic miserable lives’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Randa Abdel-Fattah (Credit: Macquarie University)

Israel

Israel warns it will retaliate if Britain imposes sanctions over settlements

Foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar says UK embargo measures would be a “big mistake”

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Terror group Palestine Action runs website that takes donations and features map of ‘targets’

Investigation has exposed live website which has had around 31,000 visits in six months and offers ‘direct action training’

By Mark Wood

4 min read

Opinion

‘Any rabbis you know, tell them we have a vacancy’: Letters to the Editor, September 4 2026

The government’s double standards; Shabbat invitations; Dolly Parton’s wisdom

By The JC

2 min read

Dolly Parton's wise words on wigs are shared this week (Photo: Getty Images)

By Angela Epstein

The people of Heaton Park shul came out to confront evil with light – but our ghosts sat among us

The terror attack commemoration signalled our resilience as a community – but two empty seats were a reminder of the darkness we are navigating

3 min read

By Yaakov Katz

Netanyahu just condemned settler violence – now what will he do about it?

The question is not whether Israel’s security forces can identify the people behind these attacks. The question is whether they have been told to make it a priority

5 min read

By David Harris

How the UN’s 2001 ‘anti-racism’ conference in Durban helped shape today’s hatred of Israel

Twenty-five years ago, a gathering meant to combat prejudice and champion human rights became a watershed for the campaign to demonise, delegitimise and isolate the Jewish state and Jewish people

4 min read

By Tina Ghazimorad

Israel’s post-October 7 diplomatic revolution: new allies, new audiences

The Jewish state is looking beyond its traditional Western European partners and engaging new constituencies directly, while deepening ties with old friends in Iran’s opposition and diaspora

3 min read

By Jonathan Harounoff

Could America ever have a Chief Rabbi?

When antisemitism spikes, who speaks for US Jews – before Congress, government and the wider country? Britain shows the value of having a single, visible communal voice when times get tough

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Guterres condemns part of the UN as ‘out of control’ over Israel – after years of feeding the same bias

It is all well and good for the secretary general to point in the direction of Francesca Albanese et al. The real problem, however, is not a few individuals but institutional hostility to the Jewish state

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Celebrating tradition, beauty and togetherness

By Danya Kay

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Global antisemitism continues to transform online Jewish dating

By JWed

1 min read

Sponsored

Nick Knowles fronts new campaign helping drivers understand their car finance complaint options

By Rhys Hughes

2 min read

Sponsored

As Hearing Care Changes, Independent Expert Advice Matters More Than Ever

By Pindrop Hearing Clinics

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Life

Remembering Hannah Poland, the Jewish teen who spread her wings and paved the way for the RSPB

By Michele Goldsmith

6 min read

Ed Sheeran attends iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball 2025 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on December 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

Sacha Baron Cohen

‘Restecpa’: Ed Sheeran responds to name drop in new Ali G film trailer

The multi-award-winning singer said an encounter with the beloved character fulfilled a childhood dream

By Lucy Pollock

1 min read

Television

Lior Raz: ‘Fauda’s new series is shaped by our October 7 trauma’

Most assumed the show’s writers would swerve the pogrom on season 5, but they’ve done the opposite

By Elaine Penn

8 min read

Difficult watch: (left to right) Lior Raz, Hakim Djaziri as Saaed el-Hatib and Avi Issacharoff

Aliyah

Angela Epstein: How to give my friends making aliyah a cleaner break

Just what is the etiquette of saying farewell to acquaintances leaving our shores for Israel?

By Angela Epstein

3 min read

Powerful memento: plants will likely be left behind

Traitors

Watch: Claudia Winkelman casts an eye over a new batch of Faithfuls in ‘Celebrity Traitors’ season two teaser

The BBC has revealed the full cast for the show, including Michael Sheen, Richard E Grant and Maya Jama

By Lucy Pollock

2 min read

Claudia Winkleman in the trailer for The Celebrity Traitors season two (YouTube/BBC)

JC recipes

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Apple and barley salad

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 40 minutes (approx)

Victoria Prever's salted honey and date ice cream pie (Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz)

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Rosh Hashanah salted honey and date ice cream pie

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 10 mins + 5+ hours freezing time

Meat recipe

Rosh Hashanah roast beef with pomegranate and red wine

By Silvia Nacamulli

Cook time: 45 minutes (medium); 1 hour (well done) plus 1 hour resting time

A classic tarte tatin – with a tasty Rosh Hashanah twist (Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz)

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Rosh Hashanah apple and pomegranate tarte tatin

By Fabienne Viner-Luzzato

Cook time: 35 mins

The Jewish Chronicle

BBC admits Katty Kay broke impartiality rules with ‘genocide’ comments on Lineker-owned podcast

Maureen Lipman brands actor ‘cowardly’ after he quits play over her Israel views

Exclusive: BBC Arabic ‘got it very wrong’ over Israel coverage says Lord Grade

Jewish celebrities sign open letter defending Avengers star Mark Ruffalo from antisemitism claims

‘Listen to the Chief Rabbi – don’t sanction Israel’, MPs urge Burnham

Zack Polanski ‘likely’ to stand in Holborn and St Pancras by-election to replace Starmer

Opinion

Board of Deputies considers proposal to pay president for first time in its 266-year history

The Netanyahu government can’t simply ignore left liberal opinion – even if it’s often shallow

The shameful attempt to ostracise Dame Maureen Lipman and other Jewish artists who refuse to disavow Israel

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US hits IRGC targets around Hormuz as Iran strikes regional bases

Vance seeks to smooth relations with sceptical Republican Jews

Nearly three-quarters of Jewish teachers’ union members self-censor over antisemtic or antizionist hostility

Exclusive: ‘Khaybar’ T-shirt under police investigation sold on American site offering hateful clothing

World News

Met cancels Galliano exhibition amid backlash over historic antisemitism

Spanish prime minister blames Israel for ‘misinformation’ that sparked Ceuta migrant crisis

European Jewish groups open circumcision training programme amid legal crackdown

Taliban leaders call Jews ‘animals’ and back Palestinians against ‘cruel Jewish occupiers’

Australian documentary about Jews being cancelled is ‘cancelled’

Two Israelis confirmed missing as Nepal flood death toll tops 900

US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

UK News

Helping Hands celebrates 25 years as backbone of Sussex Jewish community

Cambridge Literary Festival cancels event with author who supported October 7 attack

Israel warns it will retaliate if Britain imposes sanctions over settlements

Terror group Palestine Action runs website that takes donations and features map of ‘targets’

Opinion

‘Any rabbis you know, tell them we have a vacancy’: Letters to the Editor, September 4 2026

The people of Heaton Park shul came out to confront evil with light – but our ghosts sat among us

Netanyahu just condemned settler violence – now what will he do about it?

How the UN’s 2001 ‘anti-racism’ conference in Durban helped shape today’s hatred of Israel

Israel’s post-October 7 diplomatic revolution: new allies, new audiences

Could America ever have a Chief Rabbi?

Guterres condemns part of the UN as ‘out of control’ over Israel – after years of feeding the same bias

Sponsored

Celebrating tradition, beauty and togetherness

Global antisemitism continues to transform online Jewish dating

Nick Knowles fronts new campaign helping drivers understand their car finance complaint options

As Hearing Care Changes, Independent Expert Advice Matters More Than Ever

Life

Remembering Hannah Poland, the Jewish teen who spread her wings and paved the way for the RSPB

‘Restecpa’: Ed Sheeran responds to name drop in new Ali G film trailer

Lior Raz: ‘Fauda’s new series is shaped by our October 7 trauma’

Angela Epstein: How to give my friends making aliyah a cleaner break

Watch: Claudia Winkelman casts an eye over a new batch of Faithfuls in ‘Celebrity Traitors’ season two teaser

JC recipes

Apple and barley salad

Rosh Hashanah salted honey and date ice cream pie

Rosh Hashanah roast beef with pomegranate and red wine

Rosh Hashanah apple and pomegranate tarte tatin