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Jerusalem's Adloyada Purim parade, March 16, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Purim’s enduring lesson: strength, pride and the refusal to bow

2 min read

Love

Want to be a matchmaker? It’s not as easy as you might think

By Karen Glaser

3 min read

Burnley

Exclusive: Charity probed over ‘blood libel’ post gets £185,000 grant

National Heritage Lottery Fund urged by MP and Jewish leaders to ‘wake up’ and give money to ‘better causes’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

5 min read

UCLA

Trump administration sues UCLA claiming it created a ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Antisemitism in Football

Real Madrid boots out fan who performed Nazi salute

By Ben Conway

1 min read

A Charedi man walks near the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 23, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel

Knesset bill giving Orthodox rabbinate full control over Western Wall passes first reading

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Making the Cut review: razor-sharp tips on how to become an observant Jew

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

Jenny Lipman, ‘life-changing' acting tutor to the stars, dies at 77

Israel’s economic miracle forged and proven in war defies all predictions

World Jewish Relief raises critical funds on fourth anniversary of Ukraine war

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New York State

Anti-Israel climate in Mamdani’s New York a warning to all Jews, says antisemitism expert

‘Darker forces – Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood’ helped fuel the radicalisation of US campuses and wider public life, David Harris tells JC audience

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

David Harris speaking at South Hampstead Synagogue at JC event (With courtesy)

Iran

US will ‘never’ allow Iran to build nuclear bomb, claims Trump in State of the Union address

The president’s speech, which lasted a record 107 minutes, was interrupted multiple times as he was heckled by Democratic lawmakers

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Aliyah

‘I won’: 96-year-old Auschwitz survivor makes aliyah surrounded by four generations of her family

Charlotte Roth officially became an Israeli citizen at a ceremony in Tel Aviv

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

Charlotte Roth, pictured with some of her family, on the day she officially became an Israeli citizen (Picture: Nefesh b'Nefesh)

USA

Vanderbilt University launches investigation after maths professor sets question on Israeli ‘occupation’

Tekin Karadağ reportedly asked students to determine the rate of Israeli territorial expansion in Palestine as a calculus exercise

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

An exterior shot of Kirkland Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University and (inset) a maths problem allegedly set by one of the college's professors

World news

Janina Jaworska, featured in Among Neighbors (Credit: 8 Above)

Poland

Holocaust documentary faces ban in Poland for depicting post-war antisemitism

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Iran

Iran and US kick off third round of talks as scrutiny falls on ballistic missile programme

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Kosher restaurant

Paris kosher restaurant hit by third acid attack

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Germany

Warning over ‘explosive’ rise in hatred in Germany

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Simson mopeds in an AfD video (Image: YouTube/ AfD-Fraktion im Thüringer Landtag)

Germany

Don’t exploit our iconic mopeds for your political agenda, Jewish family tells far-right

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Yonatan Netanyahu pictured in 1966 (Yoni.org)

Israel

Uganda to erect statue of Yonatan Netanyahu at Entebbe Airport

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Eurovision 2026

Noam Bettan will represent Israel at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna (Photo: Flash90)

Israel announces name of Eurovision 2026 song entry

The track has a ‘different sound and rhythm’ from the country’s previous two contenders

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Jewish hockey star scores winning goal to secure US gold Driver charged with hate crime after pick-up truck rammed into gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogue

UK News

LGBT+

Rochdale makes a little LGBT history

What may be the first same-sex Jewish ceremony officiated at by an Orthodox-identifying rabbi has taken place in the UK

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

On the dance floor: Michael Sluckis and Jay Schlesinger

Jewish women

Unsung pioneer of London’s cinema scene ‘deserves recognition’ with Dalston Rio plaque

Clara Ludski turned her parents auctioneers shop in Dalston into one of London’s first full-time cinemas

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Clara Ludski's legacy remains largely unrecognised (Photo: Hackney Society)

Reform UK

Reform UK aide suspended after ‘I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman’ post

Adam Mitula insisted he had ‘actually defended the Jewish community’ in his comments

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Adam Mitula (Image: Facebook/ Adam Mitula)

Purim

Friends, Romans, countrymen – feast on Italian-style ‘Haman’s ears’ this year for Purim

Food writer Silvia Nacamulli recommends a distinctively different festival treat ahead of her appearance at Jewish Book Week

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Italian-Jewish food writer Silvia Nacamulli pictured in her kitchen (Picture: Barbara Toselli)

Opinion

Our friends bear scars of more disc hits than Stevie Wonder

Some are anxious about forgetting words and some are visiting “Fall Clinics”. Some are faffing with hearing aids which require phone tapping

By Maureen Lipman

4 min read

By Jules Older

Is it bad for the Jews to keep asking ‘Is it bad for the Jews’?

My deeply unscientific research project into whether other ethnic minorities have similar anxieties

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has built a career on the back of being an ‘anti-racist’. Say no more

The commentator’s remarks about Margaret Hodge and Michael Grade being an ‘uber-Zionists’ raise troubling questions about her views

2 min read

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

For Senator Cruz, the fight against Jew-hatred is a fight for the soul of America

‘In the last year, I have seen more antisemitism on the right than at any time in my lifetime. I think it is a profound threat’

2 min read

By Daniel Finkelstein

Britain is still our country as well – and we will not be driven out

I don’t think complacency is warranted. Sadly, it is not warranted at all. But a little defiance certainly is

3 min read

By Maureen Lipman

I haven’t even mentioned the life-sized stuffed tiger and the furry sloth collection. Sigh…

The sobering task of clearing my home left me gazing into space worrying about the vanished whereabouts of those precious years.

5 min read

By Stephen Pollard

The Lancet’s dubious Gaza casualty figures and the BBC’s selective scepticism

The corporation treats a report in a notoriously biased journal as settled fact but doubts Iranians counting their own dead

3 min read

I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine: Eliana and Max on their wedding day (Credit: Divine Day Photography)

Conversion

I had the snip at the age of 36 so I could marry the love of my life

By Simon Rocker

7 min read

Embroiled in a broiges: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz

celebrities

What the Beckhams can teach us about Shabbat

At its core, this family’s rift is about the power and poison of social media – and Judaism has the remedy

By Naomi Greenaway

4 min read

Purim

Purim at the Museum

How the artefacts at the British Museum reveal the ancient history of the Jews and tell the book of Esther

By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

5 min read

Walk the talk: Rabbi Zarum leading a tour at the British Museum

Film

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Emerald Fennell’s take on the classic literary love story is sure to leave film audiences as unsatisfied as diehard Brontë fans

By John Nathan

1 min read

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Purim

Siberian-born Jewish food writer Alissa Timoshkina’s recipe for hope this Purim

This sweet twist on kreplach, created in partnership with Ukrainian children’s charity Tikva UK, offers a fun alternative to hamantashen

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Food writer Alissa Timoshkina has partnered with Ukrainian children's charity Tikva this Purim (Picture: Lizzi Mayson)

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Hamantaschen

Marbled white chocolate and raspberry hamantaschen

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 15 minutes

Hamantaschen

Purim Pizza-taschen

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 4-5 minutes

Hamantaschen

Gluten free chocolate and orange hamantaschen

By Anne Iarchy

Cook time: 15-20 minutes

Hamantaschen

Purim challah-taschen – chocolate tahini or strawberry cheesecake

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 20-25 minutes

The Jewish Chronicle

Purim’s enduring lesson: strength, pride and the refusal to bow

Want to be a matchmaker? It’s not as easy as you might think

Exclusive: Charity probed over ‘blood libel’ post gets £185,000 grant

Trump administration sues UCLA claiming it created a ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students

Real Madrid boots out fan who performed Nazi salute

Knesset bill giving Orthodox rabbinate full control over Western Wall passes first reading

Editor's Picks

Making the Cut review: razor-sharp tips on how to become an observant Jew

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

Jenny Lipman, ‘life-changing' acting tutor to the stars, dies at 77

Israel’s economic miracle forged and proven in war defies all predictions

World Jewish Relief raises critical funds on fourth anniversary of Ukraine war

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Anti-Israel climate in Mamdani’s New York a warning to all Jews, says antisemitism expert

US will ‘never’ allow Iran to build nuclear bomb, claims Trump in State of the Union address

‘I won’: 96-year-old Auschwitz survivor makes aliyah surrounded by four generations of her family

Vanderbilt University launches investigation after maths professor sets question on Israeli ‘occupation’

World news

Holocaust documentary faces ban in Poland for depicting post-war antisemitism

Iran and US kick off third round of talks as scrutiny falls on ballistic missile programme

Paris kosher restaurant hit by third acid attack

Warning over ‘explosive’ rise in hatred in Germany

Don’t exploit our iconic mopeds for your political agenda, Jewish family tells far-right

Uganda to erect statue of Yonatan Netanyahu at Entebbe Airport

Israel announces name of Eurovision 2026 song entry

UK News

Rochdale makes a little LGBT history

Unsung pioneer of London’s cinema scene ‘deserves recognition’ with Dalston Rio plaque

Reform UK aide suspended after ‘I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman’ post

Friends, Romans, countrymen – feast on Italian-style ‘Haman’s ears’ this year for Purim

Opinion

Our friends bear scars of more disc hits than Stevie Wonder

Is it bad for the Jews to keep asking ‘Is it bad for the Jews’?

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has built a career on the back of being an ‘anti-racist’. Say no more

For Senator Cruz, the fight against Jew-hatred is a fight for the soul of America

Britain is still our country as well – and we will not be driven out

I haven’t even mentioned the life-sized stuffed tiger and the furry sloth collection. Sigh…

The Lancet’s dubious Gaza casualty figures and the BBC’s selective scepticism

I had the snip at the age of 36 so I could marry the love of my life

What the Beckhams can teach us about Shabbat

Purim at the Museum

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Siberian-born Jewish food writer Alissa Timoshkina’s recipe for hope this Purim

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Marbled white chocolate and raspberry hamantaschen

Purim Pizza-taschen

Gluten free chocolate and orange hamantaschen

Purim challah-taschen – chocolate tahini or strawberry cheesecake