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Death camp survivor’s haunting sketches hidden for decades to go on display

2 min read

Isla Fisher is believed to be dating Larry Cohen following her split from Sacha Baron Cohen (Photos: Getty Images)

Entertainment

Isla Fisher ‘dating Jewish footballer Larry Cohen’ after split from Sacha Baron Cohen

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

A memorial for many of those executed by the Islamic Republic (Image: Getty images)

Iran

Observers baffled as UK nominates Iran for UN human rights committee

The Islamic Republic is believed to have executed four people a day on average in 2025

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Remembrance and Memorial Day candle (Getty Images)

By Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer’s Yom HaShoah message: I will not look away from antisemitism

1 min read

Lebanon

IDF troops surround Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Charred doors on the Beth Yaakov Synagogue after the arson attack (Image: X/ Combat Anitsemitism Movement)

Synagogues

European Jewish leaders ‘deeply disturbed’ by Passover arson attack on North Macedonia’s only synagogue

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

I stood in a Hezbollah tunnel. The UK is wrong to treat Israel as the problem

Improve ties with Israel to defend Britain, former RAF chief tells Starmer

The weaponisation of antisemitism against the British state

ER star Noah Wyle: Why I’m playing a Jewish doctor in The Pitt

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Iran

‘Not the agreement we have’: Trump cautions Iran over Hormuz tolls

The US president guaranteed oil would be allowed through the vital shipping line after striking a ceasefire deal with Tehran

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Trump speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

Basketball

American-Israeli basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire gets spot in Hall of Fame

The six-time NBA All-Star converted to Judaism after retiring

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Amar'e Stoudemire speaks during a press conference for the 2026 Inductees to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Iran

US revokes green cards of Soleimani’s niece and grandniece

The women reportedly enjoyed a ‘lavish’ lifestyle in the US

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Gen Qassem Soleimani, the slain commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' feared Quds Force, pictured in 2013 (Photo: Getty)

Operation Roaring Lion

US will end Iran War ‘very soon’ says Trump ahead of national address

Secretary of State Marco Rubio echoed the president’s comments, saying Washington could ‘see the finish line’ in the conflict

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Trump speaks to the media after departing Air Force One at Miami International Airport on March 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

World news

Demonstrators take part in a Chanukah candle-lighting event in London in honour of victims of the mass shooting at a Jewish gathering in Australia in December (Photo: Getty)

Antisemitism

Last year worst for antisemitic violence in West in 30 years

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

El Al

El Al to resume flights to nine destinations after Iran ceasefire

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Members of the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on April 9, 2026, in Tehran, Iran (Getty Images)

Israel

IDF ‘preparing’ for return to Iran War after US talks break down

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Kanye West, who goes by Ye, performing at Coachella in the US in 2019 (Photo: Getty)

The Netherlands

Kanye West Netherlands gigs facing backlash following UK Wireless ban

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Pakistan

Pakistani defence minister’s ‘cancerous state’ tirade denounced

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Protesters set fire to the US and Israeli flags in front of the Israel Consulate in Istanbul in March (Photo: Getty Images)

Turkey

At least two attackers dead in gun battle outside Israeli consulate in Turkey

By JC Reporter

1 min read

America

Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa houses the singer's extensive archive. (Lester Cohen/Getty Images for The Bob Dylan Center)

Why Jewish families are flocking to make their home in the Midwest magnet Tulsa, Oklahoma

Midwest city with a thriving community is paying for visitors to sample the kehila – and many are staying permanently

By Anthea Gerrie

3 min read

The death penalty bill sparked fiery debate – but will Israel’s Supreme Court have the final say?Francesca Albanese awarded honorary doctorate, despite objections from Jewish groups

UK News

BBC

Outrage after BBC hands platform to far-right Tucker Carlson, who launches attack on Israel

The US influencer told Victoria Derbyshire Israel was responsible for the Palestine Action ban

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Outrage after BBC hands platform to far-right Tucker Carlson, who launches attack on Israel

Palestine Action

More than 500 arrested at Palestine Action protest in Trafalgar Square

Massive Attack singer Robert Del Naja among 523 people detained in London for showing support for banned group

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Police make arrests as demonstrators participate in 'Everyone Day', a mass action against the Government's proscription of Palestine Action, in Trafalgar Square on April 11, 2026 in London, England. (Getty Images)

JC Heroes

‘When I saw myself on TV, I realised there are no limits to what you can achieve’

Eight-year-old Ariel Owliaei beat tens of thousands of entrants to the final of a BBC storywriting competition

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Ariel at Windsor Castle for the Grand Final (photo: courtesy)

Yvette Cooper

Israel’s Lebanon strikes ‘deeply damaging’, says Foreign Secretary

Yvette Cooper calls for Lebanon truce amid rising casualties and fears for Middle East stability

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during the annual Easter banquet at Mansion House on April 9, 2026 in London (Getty Images)

Opinion

Lewis Goodall and Israel’s alleged world domination

Accusations that eerily echo classic antisemitic conspiracy theories, repackaged with the Jewish state standing in for the Jews, have now entered the mainstream

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, April 10 2026

Should British Jews make aliyah? And the way the needy were helped in the past

5 min read

By Karen Pollock

Yom HaShoah UK 2026: Remembering the past, confronting antisemitism now

The uncomfortable truth is that the Holocaust was not an aberration, but a destination. Today, we find ourselves once again at the early stages of a similar path

3 min read

By Sir Michael Ellis

Kanye West and the industry that keeps handing antisemitism the mic

It’s time the government and the music scene got their act together and enforced a zero-tolerance approach to anti-Jewish racism

3 min read

By Lottie Cannon

Keeping calm (and kosher for Pesach) and carrying on while visiting Israel at war

The evacuation of the beach is a silent, practised choreography. Once the phones ping with the all-clear, we filter back out, and within moments the volleyball has started up again

4 min read

By Yaakov Katz

Lebanese peace talks show how Iran war is reshaping the Middle East

The Islamic Republic is weaker, Hezbollah is exposed and Israel is testing whether military gains can be turned into diplomatic opportunity

4 min read

By The JC Leader

Echoing Iran’s ceasefire line, Europe undermines Israel and Lebanon

By pressing Jerusalem to halt its campaign against Hezbollah, the UK and EU risk reinforcing the very instability they claim to oppose

2 min read

Trust me, I'm a doctor: Noah Wyle as Dr Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch and Lucas Iverson in The Pitt

Television

ER star Noah Wyle: Why I’m playing a Jewish doctor in The Pitt

By Elaine Penn

6 min read

The synagogue Maciejow, now Lukiv, Ukraine. (Arolson Archive)

Yom Hashoah

Yom HaShoah: The mission to uncover the names and fates of a million murdered Jews

Digitisation has revolutionised Holocaust archives. From the UK and Israel to Poland and Germany, the JC talks to the people whose life's work is to help others find out what happened to their relatives

By Lianne Kolirin

9 min read

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