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'I’m a gay, baptised Roman Catholic – and the Jews’ greatest friend’

4 min read

Prince Harry

Prince Harry warns of ‘deeply troubling’ rise in antisemitism

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Eurovision

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

Lenny Kuhr was due to perform at the Rosa Spier House as one of her final dates before retiring and moving to Israel

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

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

By David Bennun

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

3 min read

Pro-Palestine protest outside the London School of Economics (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Antisemitism on campus

Universities failing to protect pro-Israel students from hate

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

Second man charged over arson at former synagogue

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

The former cop who teaches world’s police about the Shoah

Larry David screenplay for film that was long-running gag on Seinfeld surfaces at last

Ferrero Rocher chocolate hazelnut no-bake cheesecake

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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)

Boulder attack

Man who firebombed Boulder pro-hostage march sentenced to life without parole

Mohamed Sabry Soliman was handed a 2,128-year prison term after pleading guilty to 100 charges, including first-degree murder

By Jonathan D Salant and Jessica Russack-Hoffman

3 min read

Mugshot of Mohamed Sabry Soliman (Boulder Police Department)

Los Angeles

LA Jewish groups criticise ‘woefully inadequate’ plea deal for man who killed pro-Israel protester

Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in relation to his fatal altercation with 69-year-old Paul Kessler in 2023

By Aaron Bandler

2 min read

Elena Colombo creates a Star of David at a makeshift memorial at the site of an altercation between Paul Kessler and Loay Alnaji on November 7, 2023, in Thousand Oaks, California (Getty Images)

World news

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

Iran

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

By Ali Hamedani

3 min read

Left: Ric Esther Bienstock, and right: Pro-Palestinian student protestors participate in a walk-out on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), April 29, 2024 (Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Film

War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

A bus carrying Palestinians released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal on October 13, 2025 (Getty Images)

New York Times

Israel accuses New York Times of ‘blood libel’ over article alleging use of dogs to rape Palestinian detainees

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas arrives to attend the 8th European Political Community (EPC) summit in Yerevan on May 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

West Bank

EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israeli fighter F-16 jets perform an exhibition exercise during an Israeli Independence Day show (Getty Images)

Operation Roaring Lion

Israel built ‘clandestine’ base in Iraq to support Tehran bombing campaign

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Ireland

The Aviva Stadium, venue for home fixtures of the Irish men's football team (photo: Getty Imahes)

Irish footballers and celebrities sign open letter calling for cancellation of Israel matches

Ten uncapped Irish players and a former manager of the national team are among the signatories

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Gazan photographer behind ‘starving’ boy picture wins Pulitzer Prize Some Israelis fear Britain is finished – others plead: ‘Get your head out of the sand’

UK News

Cornwall

Jews in Devon and Cornwall growing fearful of showing identity in public, say campaigners

Community organiser warns of ‘a kind of erasure of Jewish identity’ amid rising antisemitism

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Palestine Action

Convicted Palestine Action activists could be sentenced as terrorists

The group were convicted of criminal damage earlier this month, but could face double the jail term for that offence

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Pro-Palestine protestors outside Woolwich Crown Court on November 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Palestine Action lawyer avoids contempt of court charge

Rajiv Menon was accused of misleading the jury, who failed to return a verdict in the initial trial, before the activist he defended was convicted at a retrial

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

JC Heroes

‘I come from a close-knit community, and I try to recreate that each day for our clients’

Sonya Levin, who has helped to organise a fashion show in aid of Homeless Action Barnet (HAB) tells the JC about a poncho made from an air mattress and a dress created from an emergency blanket

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Opinion

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

By Isaac Zarfati

3 min read

A Gaza protest at Cambridge University (Image: Getty Images)

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

4 min read

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

4 min read

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

The New York Times’ faux Eurovision scandal about Israel

There were indeed plenty of political manipulations which broke the song contest's clearly defined rules. But none of them came from the Jewish state

5 min read

By The JC Leader

A rally against Jew-hate and sectarianism in Britain

The central question the protest raised was larger than antisemitism alone. It concerned whether the UK remains capable of sustaining a shared civic identity and the social cohesion of the country itself

3 min read

By Dominic Green

The Israeli rape dog blood libel and how the New York Times has failed US liberal Jews

Ruth Wisse explained all this nearly a decade ago. Antisemitism and antizionism, she wrote, are “the organisation of politics against the Jews”

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Under any of Starmer’s mooted successors, Britain’s Israel policy can only go from bad to worse

The party’s attitude has shifted from previous governments treating the Jewish state as a key ally to viewing it as a reprobate state that must be brought to heel

4 min read

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By Rhys Hughes

3 min read

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

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By Rhys Hughes

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Oscar-worthy residences

By Martin Benjamin

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Life

The Inspired review: ‘Reminds us that comfort can always be found in music’

By Ethan Daws

1 min read

Mortal Kombat II. (Photo: Warner Bros Pictures)

Film

Mortal Kombat II review: Cage fights on repeat in silly game-to-screen re-bash ★★

How to describe this action fantasy iteration of the video game franchise? Fight, after fight, after fight, after….

By John Nathan

1 min read

Cheesecake

Dubai-style pistachio chocolate cheesecake

The winning flavour combination means this crunchy, showstopper delivers on every level

By Fabienne Viner-Luzzato

Cook time: 20 mins, plus 20 mins freezing/chilling

(Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz and Layla Freedman)

Children's books

Children’s books: 7-12 years

From a space-colonising dynasty to an ice-cream ambush, JC Life rounds up the best new titles for kids

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

Jewish names

The curious case of the fast-shrinking Cohens

Over the past 125 years, my surname has declined by 42 percent in the UK. Why are we on the way out?

By David Cohen

8 min read

So farewell, Cohen: (clockwise from top left) Major Sir Benn Jack Brunel Cohen; rugby player Ben Cohen; Tesco founder Sir Jack Cohen; Sacha Baron Cohen; Janet Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico; footballer George Cohen

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

'I’m a gay, baptised Roman Catholic – and the Jews’ greatest friend’

Prince Harry warns of ‘deeply troubling’ rise in antisemitism

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

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

Universities failing to protect pro-Israel students from hate

Editor's Picks

Second man charged over arson at former synagogue

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

The former cop who teaches world’s police about the Shoah

Larry David screenplay for film that was long-running gag on Seinfeld surfaces at last

Ferrero Rocher chocolate hazelnut no-bake cheesecake

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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

Man who firebombed Boulder pro-hostage march sentenced to life without parole

LA Jewish groups criticise ‘woefully inadequate’ plea deal for man who killed pro-Israel protester

World news

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

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

War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker

Israel accuses New York Times of ‘blood libel’ over article alleging use of dogs to rape Palestinian detainees

EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

Israel built ‘clandestine’ base in Iraq to support Tehran bombing campaign

Irish footballers and celebrities sign open letter calling for cancellation of Israel matches

UK News

Jews in Devon and Cornwall growing fearful of showing identity in public, say campaigners

Convicted Palestine Action activists could be sentenced as terrorists

Palestine Action lawyer avoids contempt of court charge

‘I come from a close-knit community, and I try to recreate that each day for our clients’

Opinion

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

The New York Times’ faux Eurovision scandal about Israel

A rally against Jew-hate and sectarianism in Britain

The Israeli rape dog blood libel and how the New York Times has failed US liberal Jews

Under any of Starmer’s mooted successors, Britain’s Israel policy can only go from bad to worse

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

The Inspired review: ‘Reminds us that comfort can always be found in music’

Mortal Kombat II review: Cage fights on repeat in silly game-to-screen re-bash ★★

Dubai-style pistachio chocolate cheesecake

Children’s books: 7-12 years

The curious case of the fast-shrinking Cohens

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’