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Exterior view of the Soas Building at the University of London (Getty Images)

Hamas

Soas student gave ‘thinly veiled’ support for Hamas in speech, court told

By JC Reporter

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The BRCA test involves sending off a saliva sample (Photo: Getty)

Cancer

Exclusive: NHS Jewish BRCA testing programme to become permanent

The test detects those who are at higher risk of breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer

By Gaby Wine

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Then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on April 9, 2003 (Getty Images)

USA

Economist and former Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury vows to help Palestinians get ‘freedom they deserve’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Berlin

Kippah-wearing dad is ‘spat at and hit in the face walking with his children in Berlin’

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

World Cup 2026

Lionel Messi got away with bad tackle at World Cup as he’s ‘protected by the Jewish lobby’, claims Algerian TV pundit

Cape Verde’s Jew-ish striker takes to the pitch for historic draw with Uruguay

Model and former IDF captain is the only Israeli WAG at the World Cup

Man v. Football: Meet the American footie-loving fresser who is part of ITV’s World Cup team

Iranians protest against regime at opening World Cup match and chant ‘Death to the Islamic Republic’ during national anthem

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Iran

US-Iran talks cancelled as Vance postpones Switzerland trip

Tehran also suspended its participation in the negotiations amid continuing conflict in Lebanon

By JC Reporter

2 min read

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

New York Times

NYT probes Israeli ‘rape dog’ claim author Nicholas Kristof for failing to disclose donors

Kristof, who was criticised by Israel over claims outlined in a recent opinion piece for the same paper, allegedly failed to make clear that individuals mentioned in other columns had supported his political campaign

By JC Reporter

1 min read

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof speaks during the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights' 2025 Ripple of Hope Gala at the New York Hilton on December 09, 2025 (Getty Images)

Timothée Chalamet

Chalamet: Knicks claiming NBA title better than Oscar win

The New York team claimed their first championship in more than 50 years on Saturday

By Mark Wood

1 min read

Timothée Chalamet (CL) celebrates with Mikal Bridges (R) of the New York Knicks after the team's victory against the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals at the Frost Bank Center on June 13, 2026 (Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Iranian operative behind synagogue arsons tried to recruit Mexican cartel against Jewish sites, FBI claims

A suspect accused of directing attacks on synagogues across Europe faces terrorism charges in the US

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Mohammad al-Saadi (R) with late IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani (US Justice Department)

World news

Pro-Palestinian activists at Brent Civic Centre after attending the council meeting on July 7 (TheJC)

Nablus

Outcry after Brent’s twin city honours Hamas founder and terror attack masterminds

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks next to U.S. vice president JD Vance and Qatar's prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani during the Lake Lucerne Summit on Sunday (Getty Images)

Israel

US and Iran agree roadmap for deal to end war

By JC Reporter

4 min read

A swastika flag at a Second World War re-enactment event in Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Croatia, on June 27, 2020 (Getty Images)

Switzerland

Switzerland brings forward new ban on Nazi symbols and gestures

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Embattled: Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei gives a press conference session at the Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood, on Saturday on the eve of the 2026 World Cup Group G football match between Belgium and Iran (Photo: Getty Images)

World Cup 2026

‘Oppressed’ Iran say US will ease restrictions on World Cup team

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Karim Khan

UK legal regulator suspends Karim Khan amid sexual misconduct allegations

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Vessels anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz on June 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Iran demands ships apply to use Strait of Hormuz and hints at future tolls

By JC Reporter

4 min read

LGBT

Anti-regime protest in Washington DC in 2022, after the death of Mahsa Amini (DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty)

Iran’s LGBT community can only long for joy of Pride in Tel Aviv

Celebrations in Israel are a stark contrast to underground existence in Islamic Republic where sexuality can be punished with death penalty

By Ali Hamedani

5 min read

Ofcom urged to act after terrorist on TV show calls suicide bombing ‘God’s destiny’Jonathan Harounoff to step down as Israeli spokesman at UN

UK News

Cambridge University

Cambridge college opens antisemitism investigation after swastika carved on bench

The culprit is believed to be a ‘student or someone known to a member of the college,’ according to university media

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (Getty Images)

Windrush Generation

Windrush anchor to be salvaged for Black-British memorial also honouring ship’s Jewish history

Sunken vessel that was used by Nazis before bringing Caribbean migrants to UK is set to be target of maritime operation

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

The Empire Windrush brought one of the first large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom, carrying 1,027 passengers and two stowaways on a voyage from Jamaica to London in 1948

ORT UK

‘Young people have advantages over older workers – they can come into jobs as digital natives’

Euan Blair and Sir Ronald Cohen discussed AI, apprenticeships, and ambition at the ORT UK breakfast on Wednesday

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Euan Blair (left) and Sir Ronald Cohen (centre) in conversation with Lord Daniel Finkelstein (photo: Justin Grainge)

Germany

Wagner festival accused of silencing debate on composer’s antisemitism after cancelling talk by Jewish author

The festival’s organisers have since apologised and the talk will go ahead as planned

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Figurine of German composer Richard Wagner in front of The Festival Theatre in Bayreuth, southern Germany, July 25, 2023 (Credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion

Starmer tackled antisemitism in opposition – but then helped fuel it in power

The last two years will go down as the worst in living memory for relations with Israel. The only question that remains now is how much worse this will get under Andy Burnham

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sets out plans to step down outside 10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

The alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits

Restore Britain’s success in the Makerfield by-election should send a shiver down the spine of every JC reader

3 min read

By Adam Levick

The Guardian’s ‘Nazification’ of Jews

The daily’s Arwa Mahdawi accused Gwyneth Paltrow of ‘Gwynocide’ for starring in an Israeli ad. As Howard Jacobsen noted, ‘There is a sadistic triumphalism in charging Jews with genocide’

4 min read

By David Bennun

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

Would Spanish locals have been as hospitable if they’d known one key fact about this tourist?

3 min read

By Kobi Michael

The Iran deal is neither a defeat for Israel nor a victory for the Islamic Republic

Tehran has made significant concessions, entering the negotiations militarily weakened, economically devastated, and politically fragile. It is now critical that Jerusalem help shape the outcome of the talks

5 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

By committing to withdraw all troops and lift sanctions in return for little more than a promise not to pursue nukes, the US president has emboldened the West’s enemies and set the stage for future confrontations

3 min read

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

As a candidate, he accurately dissected the disastrous nuclear deal the Obama administration had negotiated with Tehran. As a president, he has just done infinitely worse

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Film

Meet the director who made Dustin Hoffman an irresistible offer

By James Mottram

6 min read

Jewish Matchmaking

‘Play by my dating rules, and you will marry the love of your life’

Ahead of her live matchmaking event in London this month, Netflix star Aleeza Ben Shalom explains how she is helping Jews of all stripes find their beshert

By Eliana Jordan

5 min read

punk

Punk turns 50: The Jewish voices that helped shape the scene

Jenni Frazer speaks to a writer whose book tells the story of the man behind two of punk’s iconic shops

By Jenni Frazer

4 min read

Punk turns 50: The Jewish voices that helped shape the scene

Theatre

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

The Bad Jews writer is played Ryan Kopel in his most personal commission to date

By John Nathan

1 min read

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

Israeli chefs

‘It belongs to the Jewish nation’– says chef of first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant

Siam Goorwich speaks to chef Raz Shabtai and the team behind Mutra

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Chef Raz Shabtai in the kitchen at Mutra (Photo: N.A.Photography)

JC recipes

Light and fresh, this salad pairs particularly well with fish (Photo: Columbus Leth)

Recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

By Trine Hahnemann

Cook time: 30 mins

Shavuot recipe

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

Cook time: 60 minutes

Vegan

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 20 minutes

Bil’eifi: The Taste of My Iraqi Home is on sale now (Photo: Giora Hirsch)

Jewish food

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

The Jewish Chronicle

Palestine Action activists ‘planned Elbit attack to cause maximum damage’

Soas student gave ‘thinly veiled’ support for Hamas in speech, court told

Exclusive: NHS Jewish BRCA testing programme to become permanent

Economist and former Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100

Archbishop of Canterbury vows to help Palestinians get ‘freedom they deserve’

Kippah-wearing dad is ‘spat at and hit in the face walking with his children in Berlin’

World Cup 2026

Lionel Messi got away with bad tackle at World Cup as he’s ‘protected by the Jewish lobby’, claims Algerian TV pundit

Cape Verde’s Jew-ish striker takes to the pitch for historic draw with Uruguay

Model and former IDF captain is the only Israeli WAG at the World Cup

Man v. Football: Meet the American footie-loving fresser who is part of ITV’s World Cup team

Iranians protest against regime at opening World Cup match and chant ‘Death to the Islamic Republic’ during national anthem

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US-Iran talks cancelled as Vance postpones Switzerland trip

NYT probes Israeli ‘rape dog’ claim author Nicholas Kristof for failing to disclose donors

Chalamet: Knicks claiming NBA title better than Oscar win

Iranian operative behind synagogue arsons tried to recruit Mexican cartel against Jewish sites, FBI claims

World news

Outcry after Brent’s twin city honours Hamas founder and terror attack masterminds

US and Iran agree roadmap for deal to end war

Switzerland brings forward new ban on Nazi symbols and gestures

‘Oppressed’ Iran say US will ease restrictions on World Cup team

UK legal regulator suspends Karim Khan amid sexual misconduct allegations

Iran demands ships apply to use Strait of Hormuz and hints at future tolls

Iran’s LGBT community can only long for joy of Pride in Tel Aviv

UK News

Cambridge college opens antisemitism investigation after swastika carved on bench

Windrush anchor to be salvaged for Black-British memorial also honouring ship’s Jewish history

‘Young people have advantages over older workers – they can come into jobs as digital natives’

Wagner festival accused of silencing debate on composer’s antisemitism after cancelling talk by Jewish author

Opinion

Starmer tackled antisemitism in opposition – but then helped fuel it in power

The alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits

The Guardian’s ‘Nazification’ of Jews

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

The Iran deal is neither a defeat for Israel nor a victory for the Islamic Republic

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

Sponsored

Living together, choosing together

Shipping for princes, celebrities … and for you

‘Running towards’ a better quality of life

The Zionist idea marches forward

Meet the director who made Dustin Hoffman an irresistible offer

‘Play by my dating rules, and you will marry the love of your life’

Punk turns 50: The Jewish voices that helped shape the scene

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

‘It belongs to the Jewish nation’– says chef of first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant

JC recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food