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An image from Matthew Collings' Drawings Against Genocide depicting Sotheby's auctioneers eating infants (Zoe Strimpel)

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting on a hospital visit with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty Images)

NHS

Government consulting on reforms to make it easier to sack antisemitic doctors

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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A Hatzola Ambulance (Image: Getty Images)

Hatzola ambulance attack

Exclusive: ‘Hatzola saved my non-Jewish au pair when the NHS could not’

Katherine’s au pair received life-saving treatment from the volunteer service after severing an artery on broken glass

By Jamie Shapiro

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King Charles III with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (Image: Getty Images)

CST

King Charles announced as first patron of CST

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

US President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump claims Iran agreed to give up nuclear enrichment in ‘productive’ talks

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Lebanon

Israel to occupy ‘security zone’ in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah threat neutralised

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

Echoes of the Blitz, triggered by a sickening attack on Golders Green

‘This attack was designed to terrify us. They will fail. Our shuls are full, our schools are open’

What is it like to be a queer Palestinian?

‘Jewish refugees have made such a significant contribution’

The guide dog in Israel turning sirens into smiles

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USA

New photos reveal destruction inside Temple Israel shul after Michigan terror attack

The synagogue said it decided to release the images ‘to take back control of our narrative’

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Inside Temple Israel Synagogue after the attack (Image: Emily Elconin)

Iran

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

The president said there would be ‘no more attacks’ on the South Pars site unless Iran launched further aggression towards Qatar

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One en route to Miami on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Basketball

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

The fixture featured All-Star Deni Avdija and two rookies from the Brooklyn Nets, marking the first time three Israeli athletes have shared an NBA court

By Ben Conway

3 min read

(L-R) Danny Wolf, Ben Saraf and Deni Avdija

Iran

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

The president, who is suing the corporation over a separate complaint about its coverage of the 2020 election, called the tone of its reporting on the conflict ‘unbelievable’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

World news

Police officers in Amsterdam (Getty Images)

The Netherlands

Dutch police foil synagogue attack as explosive found

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Iran

Iran says it has dedicated a missile to Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Left: Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, and left: Tucker Carlson (Credit: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images and YouTube)

Fascism

Tucker Carlson calls pro-Hitler Oswald Mosley one of Britain’s ‘great war heroes’

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Israel Iran War

Newlywed Thai worker who came to Israel ‘with hope to make a good life’ killed by Iranian cluster bomb

By Ben Conway

1 min read

A smoke plume rises from a fire near Dubai International Airport following an Iranian strike on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

UAE

UAE shuts down ‘Iran-backed terror network’ after Gulf strikes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Prime Minister Netanyahu gives a press conference on March 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Iran can no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles, claims Netanyahu

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

America

Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent, December 11, 2025 (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

Kent’s resignation letter, which blamed the Iran War on the ‘powerful' Israel lobby, went viral earlier this week

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Russian suicide drone strikes Great Choral Synagogue in Odesa Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

UK News

Reform UK

Reform mayoral candidate suspended after likening Jewish security group to ‘Islamists on horseback’

Shomrim president Rabbi Hershel Gluck described Chris Parry’s comments as ‘ignorant’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Hatzola ambulance attack

Ed Balls condemned for ‘appalling’ question linking Hatzola arson with shadow minister’s comments on public Muslim prayer

The former children's minister suggested that Nick Timothy’s remarks demonstrated the same ‘kind of intolerance and divisiveness which is causing problems in the Jewish community’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Ed Balls speaks onstage during the 'The Political Currency Podcast' panel discussion on day four of SXSW London 2025 at Christ Church Spitafields on June 05, 2025 (Getty Images)

Hatzola ambulance attack

Met chief confirms police investigating possible Iran link to Hatzola arson

‘The rapid growth in recent years of Iranian state threats is grave,’ said Sir Mark Rowley at the CST’s annual dinner

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

(L-R) Sir Mark Rowley, Sir Gerald Ronson CBE, Matt Jukes, Mark Gardner MBE and Laurence Taylor attend the CST's annual dinner on March 23, 2026 (Credit: Blake Ezra)

Hatzola ambulance attack

Hatzola ambulance service ‘continues unbroken’ after arson attack

Laurence Blitz, Chair of Trustees for Hatzola UK, revealed that its phones ‘haven’t stopped’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

The burnt wreckage of Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green (Getty Images)

Opinion

The antisemitic arson attack on Hatzola is a test Britain cannot fail

Words of condemnation have and will of course come. But if this moment is to mean anything, it must mark a shift from language to action

By Jonathan Harounoff

3 min read

The burnt wreckage of Hatzola ambulances set on fire next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026 in Golders Green, London (Image: Getty)

By Wes Streeting

The despicable attack on Hatzola shows why antisemitism must be confonted head-on

The answer cannot simply be higher walls, thicker doors, more CCTV. We also have to deal with this hatred at its source

1 min read

By Ben M. Freeman

The global war against the Jews

Across the world, communities face vandalism, arson, assaults, and threats. And yet, we are still here, an ancient people in a modern world, and our civilisation will endure

6 min read

By Stephen Pollard

The Hatzola attack and the normalisation of antisemitism in Britain

What is now happening, I believe, is a sort of reversion to the mean: for centuries open Jew hate was a reality, and that is what we are now returning to

2 min read

By Lorin Bell-Cross

Drive to reclaim Gaza vote may lie behind Labour calls for Nick Timothy’s sacking

What a party source claims is a ‘manufactured row’ comes after Gorton loss and ahead of feared local election drubbing

4 min read

By Gary Cohen

The convenient fiction that hides Iran’s hand and pins chaos on Israel

A narrative that obscures what is truly fuelling war in the Middle East betrays a willingness to legitimise almost anything so long as it is directed at the Jews

6 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

Theroux’s settler doc wins – predictably, Israelophobia pays

The BPG, a group of journalists, critics and other media insiders, was always bound to conform to the trend. Whenever Jews are upset by something, the industry rallies round and doubles down

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Eggstraordinary: Paul Kutchinsky with his diamond-encrusted creation

memoir

How I cracked the mystery of my father and the biggest jewelled egg in the world

By Serena Kutchinsky

6 min read

Opening night host Tina Fey Credit: Sky UK

Television

Saturday Night Live UK review: ‘It’s hard to judge the quality of the performers when the material is this bad’ ★

Even at the beginning, SNL was very hit and miss. The inaugural episode of the transatlantic spin-off is just…a miss

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

Pesach

Rice, dates and dressing up… welcome to my Iraqi seder

For those used to Ashkenazi traditions, an Iraqi-Jewish Seder brings a few surprises—and grains—to be jealous of

By Samantha Ellis

3 min read

Samantha Ellis revels in Iraqi delicacies for the Seder

breast cancer

Why I won’t take a test to see if my breast cancer will return

Science doesn’t always have all the answers. It might tell you that you will die, but it can’t tell you how you should live

By Karen E H Skinazi

3 min read

How long will I live? How long is a piece of string?

Opera

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

The opera’s flawless cast, set design and music are led by Andreas Shager, who delivers one of the finest theatrical performances London has seen in many years

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

Andreas Schager as Siegfried. (Royal Opera House)

JC recipes

The ultimate Peach brownies (Picture: Inbal Bar-Oz and Leyla Freedman)

Pesach bake

Pesach chocolate brownies

By Fabienne Viner-Luzzato

Cook time: 30 minutes

Coconut and lime are a match made in tropical heaven (Picture: Inbal Bar-Oz and Leyla Freedman)

Passover bakes

Pesach coconut and lime cake

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 70-90 minutes

Passover bakes

Perfect Pesach brunch bagels

By Nir Elkayam

A comfort classic that will happily wait for you to finish your Seder (Picture: Inbal Bar-Oz and Leyla Freedman)

Passover recipe

Pesach fish pie

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 1 hour

The Jewish Chronicle

Former attorney general accuses police of ‘bizarre inaction’ over ‘antisemitic’ art exhibition

Government consulting on reforms to make it easier to sack antisemitic doctors

Exclusive: ‘Hatzola saved my non-Jewish au pair when the NHS could not’

King Charles announced as first patron of CST

Trump claims Iran agreed to give up nuclear enrichment in ‘productive’ talks

Israel to occupy ‘security zone’ in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah threat neutralised

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Echoes of the Blitz, triggered by a sickening attack on Golders Green

‘This attack was designed to terrify us. They will fail. Our shuls are full, our schools are open’

What is it like to be a queer Palestinian?

‘Jewish refugees have made such a significant contribution’

The guide dog in Israel turning sirens into smiles

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New photos reveal destruction inside Temple Israel shul after Michigan terror attack

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

World news

Dutch police foil synagogue attack as explosive found

Iran says it has dedicated a missile to Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez

Tucker Carlson calls pro-Hitler Oswald Mosley one of Britain’s ‘great war heroes’

Newlywed Thai worker who came to Israel ‘with hope to make a good life’ killed by Iranian cluster bomb

UAE shuts down ‘Iran-backed terror network’ after Gulf strikes

Iran can no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles, claims Netanyahu

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

UK News

Reform mayoral candidate suspended after likening Jewish security group to ‘Islamists on horseback’

Ed Balls condemned for ‘appalling’ question linking Hatzola arson with shadow minister’s comments on public Muslim prayer

Met chief confirms police investigating possible Iran link to Hatzola arson

Hatzola ambulance service ‘continues unbroken’ after arson attack

Opinion

The antisemitic arson attack on Hatzola is a test Britain cannot fail

The despicable attack on Hatzola shows why antisemitism must be confonted head-on

The global war against the Jews

The Hatzola attack and the normalisation of antisemitism in Britain

Drive to reclaim Gaza vote may lie behind Labour calls for Nick Timothy’s sacking

The convenient fiction that hides Iran’s hand and pins chaos on Israel

Theroux’s settler doc wins – predictably, Israelophobia pays

How I cracked the mystery of my father and the biggest jewelled egg in the world

Saturday Night Live UK review: ‘It’s hard to judge the quality of the performers when the material is this bad’ ★

Rice, dates and dressing up… welcome to my Iraqi seder

Why I won’t take a test to see if my breast cancer will return

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

JC recipes

Pesach chocolate brownies

Pesach coconut and lime cake

Perfect Pesach brunch bagels

Pesach fish pie