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Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson under fire after ‘antisemitic conspiracy’ posts revealed

The Anti-Defamation League accused the Trump administration official of repeating a ‘neo-Nazi talking point’ in relation to the lynching of Leo Frank in 1915

By Jacob Jaffa

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The Pentagon's new Deputy Press Secretary, Kingsley Wilson, has been accused of peddling an 'antisemitic conspiracy theory' on social media (Image: X)

Donald Trump

Trump meets with released hostages in Oval Office

By Ellie Grant

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Jesse Eisenberg has been granted Polish citizenship by President Andrzej Duda (Picture: Reuters)

Celebrity

US actor Jesse Eisenberg granted Polish citizenship after directing A Real Pain

By Ellie Grant

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Iran

Iran establishes new terror group in Syria to halt post-Assad ‘occupation’

By JC Reporter

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Australia

Australian nurses who joked about killing Israeli patients charged

By JC Reporter

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Eurovision Song Contest

Israel selects song ‘New Day Will Rise’ for Eurovision performance

By Eliana Jordan

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Iran

Russian missile experts visited Iran amid tensions with Israel, according to Reuters

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

Russia foils terror attack on Moscow synagogue

Authorities in Moscow have foiled a terror attack targeting a "Jewish institution", the Kremlin announced (Image: Getty)

Israel takes over IHRA presidency from the UK

Yad Vashem chair Dani Dayan will lead the Israeli delegation in its presidency of the IHRA (Image: Flash90)

Kanye West caught wearing swastika tee in LA despite saying ‘I’m not a Nazi’

Kanye West has posted an antisemitic rant on X (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

‘Traitor to Jews’ – Lavrov attacks Zelensky as ‘pure Nazi’ amid Trump tensions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Ukrainian President Zelensky of being a 'traitor to the Jewish people' (Image: Getty)

Palestine protestors occupy Barnard building after students expelled

Pro-Palestine protestors occupied an administrative building at Barnard College in response to the expulsion of two students who disrupted a class on Israeli history (Image: JNS)

Al Jazeera

October 7 survivors sue Al-Jazeera for providing a ‘platform for Hamas’

By Ariel Kahana

1 min read

Israel

Israel ends official boycott of European far-right parties despite history of antisemitism allegations

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Auschwitz

Hostage flags confiscated from Jewish group touring Auschwitz

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Hamas

Four Hamas suspects on trial in Berlin for ‘plotting attacks against Jewish targets’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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If you do not conform to ‘anti-Zionism’ on campus, you become an outcast

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Universities

US government to review over $5 billion in federal grants to Columbia University over antisemitism allegations

A federal task force created by President Trump could also pull over $50 million in contracts with the university according to an announcement Monday

By Eliana Jordan

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By An anonymous academic

Stop subsidising academic agitators to spread poison

Ideological brainwashing is now the norm on Western campuses

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Art

Jewish London through an American lens

Nick Rosenoer took his camera to the streets of London for his photo series depicting Jewish life in Britain

By Eliana Jordan

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Academia

Academia crosses a red line

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By The JC

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Trump gives Hamas ‘last warning’ over hostages amid unprecedented bilateral talks

The US President also met with a delegation of recently freed hostages ahead of his strongly-worded statement

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Donald Trump met with a delegation of recently freed hostages in the Oval Office (Image: X/POTUS)

The Oscars

How Jewish is Mikey Madison?

The young actress took home an Oscar for her performance in ‘Anora’, which also won Best Picture at last night’s Academy Awards

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Mikey Madison attends the 2025 Oscars (Getty)

Hostages

Trump invites freed hostages to the White House after hearing their testimony of Hamas captivity

By Lilach Shoval

1 min read

Eli Sharabi only discovered that his wife and daughters had been murdered on October 7, 2023 when he was released from Gaza earlier this month (Image: Getty)

Israel

US fast-tracks $4billion in military aid to Israel

Marco Rubio said the move was undoing Biden administration policy towards Israel

By JC Reporter

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US fast-tracks $4billion in military aid to Israel

Roger Waters

Roger Waters faces setback in libel battle against filmmaker

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Why are some pro-Israel influencers suddenly promoting Meir Kahane?

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Podcaster Theo Von referred to the Sackler family as 'money lizards' during an interview with JD Vance (Image: YouTube/TheoVon)

US Politics

JD Vance appeared on podcast with host who called Sackler family ‘money lizards’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Friedrich Merz, whose CDU party won the latest German elections, has reportedly invited Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin in an 'open challenge' to the ICC warrant against him (Image: Getty)

Germany

Merz invites Netanyahu to Berlin in ‘open challenge’ to ‘scandalous’ ICC warrant

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Hezbollah

Israeli police investigating after top archbishop ‘honoured sacrifice’ of slain Hezbollah leader

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Hezbollah

Thousands attend funeral of Hezbollah leader in Beirut

By JC Reporter

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Hamas

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at Downing Street on January 15, 2025 in London (Picture: Getty)

Pro-Hamas Malaysian PM ‘told to tone down Gaza rhetoric to head off Trump tariffs’

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s advisers are reportedly worried about how his stance will play with the US president

By JC Reporter

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‘Tucker Carlson, call me!’, Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi says he’s duty-bound to tell the world about Russia’s aggression Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human rights official

UK News

BBC

Catalogue of shame: how the BBC keeps getting it wrong on Jews and Israel

The broadcaster has been accused of platforming Hamas propaganda and breaching its own editorial standards

By Imogen Garfinkel

12 min read

The BBC has sparked outrage in the UK Jewish community over its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war since October 7 (Getty)

Antisemitism

Gaza mob hunts down terrified Jewish student who organised campus peace event

King’s College student behind Iran-Israel dialogue event forced to lock himself in room for fear of his physical safety

By Imogen Garfinkel

6 min read

Students from Kings College London rally in support of Dr Rana Baker, a controversial professor who has previously distributed a Hamas propaganda document to students for a seminar

Jewish schools

Rise in applications to Jewish schools ‘likely’ due to antisemitism fears

Schools network PaJeS has reported a record high in first preference applications to Jewish state schools in London

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

‘We wanted people watching at home to schep naches’: All-Jewish team wins Only Connect

The Four Opinions, who went viral for their very Jewish team name last year, won the BBC quiz show on Monday night

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Opinion

LSE is telling Jewish students: we do not care about you

Defending an organisation that is committed to the elimination not just of Israel but of every Jew is surely a form of targeted harassment of Jewish students

By Stephen Pollard

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