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Man in a Black Scarf (The Garden Museum)

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I was betrayed by Hollywood for speaking out after October 7, says Will & Grace star Debra Messing

By JC Reporter

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London NHS doctor Baruch, and his wife Daniella (Credit: ITV/YouTube)

NHS

Doctors told me they would refuse to save dying Israelis, says Jewish NHS medic

Department of Health admitted system is ‘failing to protect’ the community

By Daniel Ben-David

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Jonathan and Jacob Tobin on their tandem bike (Photo: courtesy)

Neurodiversity

Father and autistic son team up to cycle for Norwood

By Gaby Wine

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Prostate Cancer

Concerns raised about new prostate cancer screening programme

By Gaby Wine

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Spencer Pratt during a Fox News interviews on May 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Los Angeles

Big Brother star threatened by ‘Nazi, crazy psychopaths’ for ‘protecting Jewish friends’

By Jacob Jaffa

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Opinion: The greatest test for Iran’s World Cup players will be showing loyalty to a brutal regime

How war has transformed sex, dating and relationships in Israel

Streeting experienced ‘early mid-life crisis’ over Palestine recognition, Mandelson claimed

Jewish Museum announces interim exhibition space at JW3

Iranian-Israeli pop star Rita returns to London for rare show

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Donald Trump

Trump ‘called Netanyahu f****** crazy’ in call ahead of Hezbollah ceasefire claim

The account of the call given to the press by US officials has been disputed by a member of the prime minister’s team

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US President Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett brands Mamdani 'cowardly' over Israel Day Parade snub

The New York mayor was the first to miss the event since 1964

By Lianne Kolirin

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Hatzola ambulance attack

Terror mastermind linked to Golders Green attacks met Khamenei days before war

London attack suspect says he met ayatollah and was ‘like a son’ to Qasem Soleimani

By Jane Prinsley

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Images in the document depict Saadi with Soleimani, reportedly shared on Snapchat (US Department of Justice)

Abraham Accords

Trump orders more Arab states to join Abraham Accords as part of Iran deal

It should be ‘mandatory’ for countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Pakistan to normalise ties with Israel, the US president said

By Lianne Kolirin

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain foreign minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan are photographed in 2020 after signing the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognised Israel (Photo: Getty)

World news

France

France bans Israel from Paris defence show

By Jacob Jaffa

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Barcelona

Barcelona bathhouse apologises for ‘totally unacceptable’ exclusion of Jewish women amid Star of David row

By Daniel Ben-David

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Members of the UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution during a meeting regarding the situation in the Middle East on April 07, 2026 (Getty Images)

United Nations

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Lebanon

By Lianne Kolirin

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Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025 (Getty Images)

Social Media

Streaming platforms host pro-terror songs that glorify October 7

By Jane Prinsley

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A Pride march in Barcelona (photo: Getty)

Spain

Jewish group to sue over bathhouse ban after ‘Zionist quiz’ for visitors

By JC Reporter

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A siddur found inside the Ghetto Fighters’ House in Będzin (Credit: Facebook/Fundacja Brama Cukermana)

Poland

Star of David armband and 1930s siddur found hidden in former Ghetto building

By Daniel Ben-David

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Food

Chef-owner Raz Shabtai (CL) with the staff of Mutra in Miami, Florida (Instagram/MutraMiami)

Kosher restaurant awarded Michelin star in world first

Mutra Miami was named after the head chef’s grandmother, with dishes was inspired by the flavours of Jerusalem

By Daniel Ben-David

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Irish football captain says that no one will ‘hold back’ players who want to ‘take a stand’ against Israel Polish tax protestor faces up to five years in prison over Auschwitz gate replica

UK News

Home Office

Zack Polanski condemns UK entry ban for far-left influencer Hasan Piker

Piker has previously said he would ‘vote for Hamas over Israel’ and defended Russia's annexation of Crimea

By Jane Prinsley

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Hasan Piker has spread pro-Hezbollah, pro-Houthi commentary to millions of Twitch followers (Photo: Getty Images)

Ed Miliband

Tributes to ‘extraordinary’ Marion Miliband as she dies aged 91

Holocaust survivor, socialist, and mother to politicians Ed and David was ‘a force field of life and love,’ say sons

By Jane Prinsley

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Marion Kozak Miliband during a visit to Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, in 1996 (Photo: Yad Vashem)

Peace

The Israeli and the Palestinian turning their pain into peacemaking

Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah speak to the JC as they launch their book, The Future is Peace, in the UK

By Simon Rocker

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Maoz Inon (left) and Aziz Abu Sarah carrying the torch at the Winter Olympic Games in February, 2026, in Italy (Photo: courtesy)

British army

86-year-old British Army veteran finally becomes barmitzvah in unique ceremony

The Chelsea Pensioner only explored his Judaism after his son married a Jewish woman

By Ben Conway

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Barrie touching the Torah with his tallis, helped by Rabbi Nadav (photo: Stan Kaye)

Opinion

It’s good to ban haters from the UK – but what about the ones at home?

Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker have been banned by the Home Secretary, but nothing is done about the preachers spreading hatred in the UK

By Stephen Pollard

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Promotional material for the Hasan Piker event in London (UnHerd)

By Ben Felsenburg

Marvellous tale of a tough Jew from the Lower East Side who conquered the world

’It’s clobbering time!’ was the catchphrase of his character The Thing – but also epitomised the uncompromising spirit of comic book genius Jack Kirby

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By Jane Prinsley

Are Restore supporter trolls who came for me a terrifying glimpse of where UK’s headed?

Posting my story on Rupert Lowe prompted a flood of hate online – revealing the extremism around a new emerging force in British politics

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By Mark Adlestone

As a Jewish leader in Manchester, I can testify to the amazing solidarity of our public servants since Heaton Park

If there is any positive legacy to the terrible attack, it is knowing that those tasked with protecting community can be relied upon

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By Eugene Kontorovich and Avraham Shalev

The ICC’s illegitimate pursuit of Israeli leaders is political warfare

The court is bringing unprecedented settlement cases against Smotrich and others while ignoring far more obvious population transfers by Turkey in Northern Cyprus and Russia in Ukraine

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By Arsen Ostrovsky

Australia’s commission on antisemitism reveals the normalisation of a growing evil

Perhaps the clearest evidence of why this inquiry matters is the shocking torrent of online hatred and intimidation unleashed against the Jewish witnesses

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