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Heaton Park Synagogue, which was the scene of 2025's Yom Kippur terrorist attack (Image: Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Trial date set for Iranian men accused of identifying Heaton Park Synagogue for second terror attack

1 min read

Iran

Exclusive: Peers back calls for greater Charity Commission powers to counter IRGC influence

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Football

How Jewish clubs helped put Sunday football on the FA map

Jews who could not play on Shabbat – together with non-Jews who did not have time on any other day – forced FA to recognise Sunday football

By Nicholas Fishwick

4 min read

Lucie Kon, pictured with the best documentary Oscar her team won for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' (Photo: Instagram/@imluciek)

Boycotts

Oscar-winning filmmaker Lucie Kon to speak at ‘Uncancelled’ conference

By Elisa Bray

2 min read

"A fine classic interior": Nelson Street (photo: Acuitus)

Court and Crime

Men deny arson attack on synagogue

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Larry David

Larry David did not want to appear ‘nice’ in his biography, author reveals

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Opinion

Itai Galmudy

After October 7, we pledged that we will not be intimidated – and we will not be silenced

Robert Singer

UN must end double standards and restore moral purpose under next secretary-general

Liel Leibovitz

Professor Obama’s lecture suggests a worrying future for Democrat Zionists

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Books

High Line Publishing hails Jewish-focused Odessa Editions at New York launch

The new publishing house, backed by figures like Neil Blair, Rob Rinder and Julie Bindel, aims to ‘offer readers a new vantage point by publishing exceptional books that challenge assumptions’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Neil Blair addresses the audience at the High Line Publishing launch in New York on October 20, 2026 (Courtesy)

AIPAC

AIPAC halts candidate donations and endorsements just weeks out from US midterms

The group’s direct financial support of candidates had become a subject of controversy in recent campaigns, in part due to its support of Israel during the Gaza and Iran wars

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

A visitor holds an Aipac folder in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 (Getty Images)

US Politics

‘Israel is not America’s friend,’ US senate candidate says

‘An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn’t be fighting is not an ally,’ Abdul El-Sayed said

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Abdul El-Sayed is the Democrat candidate running for the US senate in Michigan (Photo: Getty Images)

JD Vance

Vance declines to join Trump in backing Netanyahu for re-election

‘BIBI NETANYAHU WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN,’ wrote the US President, offering his ‘complete and total endorsement’ to Israel’s prime minister

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

US Vice President JD Vance takes the stage during a midterm campaign rally at the LevelUp Training Complex in Monroe, Michigan, on October 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

World News

European Parliament awards ICC top human rights prize three months after chief prosecutor resigns over sex abuse allegations

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Lana Nusseibeh (Image: Getty Images)

United Nations

Supporter of Abraham Accords with Palestinian origins nominated to head up UN

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

arms sales

Thailand deploys Israeli-developed anti-drone system

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Ed Miliband

Miliband heads to Turkey for talks on Hormuz and Saudi Arabia

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Israel

Israeli jets deployed to Iranian border amid fear of Houthi strikes

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Germany

Germany summons Iranian envoy over plot to kill Jewish leader

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The reconstructed apartment inside the Venice Jewish Museum (Image: courtesy)

Venice ghetto

Jewish Museum of Venice reopens with intimate glimpse into 16th century community life

City’s Jewish museum, located in the famous ghetto, returns after seven years and a £4.5 million renovation

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

UK News

Green activist who backed Zionism is racism motion ‘mourned Khamenei’s integrity and decency’

Niloufar Brook said on social media that memorialising the late Iranian leader would show the world ‘how loved he was’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Niloufar Brook (Instagram/Obscenity_State)

Court and Crime

White supremacist teenager admits having synagogue shooter’s manifesto

Damian Woolfenden also admitted to possessing documents on firearms and bomb-making, while the court heard he may have intended to carry out an attack of his own

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The dome of the Central Criminal Court, commonly referred to as The Old Bailey, in central London on August 21, 2016 (Getty Images)

Holocaust

Holocaust fiction is critical, ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ author Heather Morris tells JC event

In a discussion with Rob Rinder, the novelist said storytelling had a vital role to play in the fight against antisemitism

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Rob Rinder speaking to Heather Morris at a JC event in North London on 21/10/26 (Image: JC)

Palestine Action

Palestine Action ban ‘makes a mockery’ of counter-terror laws, says Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti

The peer has called on the home secretary to help reverse the proscription just days before the Supreme Court is due to hear an appeal against it

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Baroness Chakrabarti leaves the Royal Courts of Justice on September 5, 2019 (Getty Images)

Opinion

Inside Israel, I see how little haters worldwide understand this election

Benjamin Netanyahu’s future is at stake – but the issues for voters in a nation recovering from trauma are far removed from luxury beliefs of critics living safely abroad

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read