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Antisemitism

Gym-goers mock Jews in sick social media trend and joke their equipment was ‘promised 3,000 years ago’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Dr Emmanuel Moss (credit: Institut de cardiologie de Montréal)

Canada

Heart surgeon quits Canada over antisemitism as PM tells Jews: ‘We’ve failed you’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Israel

Foreign office takes Israel off no travel list

Travellers to the Jewish state are now only encouraged to seek guidance before going

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Letter from Jerusalem

The spycraft behind Israel’s pledge to hunt down every terrorist involved in October 7 attacks

By Natalie Lisbona

6 min read

The Sapiens HQ in Holon, Israel (Image: By Elvenking89 - CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org)

Israeli Tech

£1.9 billion AI insurance firm moves HQ from Israel to London

By John Jeffay

2 min read

Match-made: can you be a shadchan like Rob Rinder? (Photo: Getty)

By Rob Rinder

Opinion: I’ve made five successful marriages – you can be a matchmaker too

3 min read

‘I had a treasure in my hands’: Nikki Goldstein on the book she co-wrote with Bondi victim Rabbi Eli Shlanger

‘No Jews allowed’: German hotel removed from booking site over message to Israeli guests

Opinion: Want a great kosher eating experience? Go to Miami!

Robot fruit pickers make life sweeter for struggling farmers

Jewish Museum announces interim exhibition space at JW3

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Los Angeles

Big Brother star threatened by ‘Nazi, crazy psychopaths’ for ‘protecting Jewish friends’

Spencer Pratt, who is running to be mayor of Los Angeles, said one of his key goals was for ‘Jewish mums to feel safe when their kids go to temple’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Spencer Pratt during a Fox News interviews on May 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

I was betrayed by Hollywood for speaking out after October 7, says Will & Grace star Debra Messing

‘No one stepped forward. I remember just being so shocked and, of course, angry’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Donald Trump

Trump ‘called Netanyahu f****** crazy’ in call ahead of Hezbollah ceasefire claim

The account of the call given to the press by US officials has been disputed by a member of the prime minister’s team

1 min read

US President Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett brands Mamdani 'cowardly' over Israel Day Parade snub

The New York mayor was the first to miss the event since 1964

By Lianne Kolirin

1 min read

World news

Iran

Iranian state TV issues death threats against journalists based in Britain

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

Israel

‘After fighting in Gaza, I promised myself: no more one-night stands’

By Miriam Neifakh

3 min read

France

France bans Israel from Paris defence show

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Barcelona

Barcelona bathhouse apologises for ‘totally unacceptable’ exclusion of Jewish women amid Star of David row

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Members of the UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution during a meeting regarding the situation in the Middle East on April 07, 2026 (Getty Images)

United Nations

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Lebanon

By Lianne Kolirin

1 min read

Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025 (Getty Images)

Social Media

Streaming platforms host pro-terror songs that glorify October 7

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Spain

A Pride march in Barcelona (photo: Getty)

Jewish group to sue over bathhouse ban after ‘Zionist quiz’ for visitors

A video shows sauna guests being asked ‘Are you a Zionist person?’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Star of David armband and 1930s siddur found hidden in former Ghetto building Kosher restaurant awarded Michelin star in world first

UK News

Etgar

Pupils from Scotland and Gibraltar fly in to join 1,000 children at Etgar challenge 2026

North West and Menorah Foundation took the top prizes in the Jewish education competition

By Ben Conway

5 min read

Left to right: Harriet, Jessica, Olivia, and Aoife from Calderwood Lodge (photo: Ben Conway)

arson attacks

Police probe ‘arson attack’ at Golders Green flats

‘There was smoke everywhere. It was hard to breathe,’ says resident

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Police investigating after fire at flats in Golders Green (Credit: Shomrim/X)

IRGC

Former prisoner of Iran regime helps set up group calling for UK proscription of IRGC

Campaign advocating urgent action is backed by Lord Walney and will host parliamentary event later this month

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Nasrin Roshan, one of the founders of Ban IRGC, was jailed for years in Iran

Politics

Labour insiders fear party’s top union funder will push anti-Israel policy

Motion calling for BDS measures and encouraging donations to Palestine Solidarity Campaign likely to be passed at this month’s conference

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest in London in November 2025 (CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty)

Opinion

So would you bring a hologram of a departed loved one to a simchah?

Keren David and Karen Glaser debate whether or not they agree with the innovation seen at a wedding in Israel

By Keren David and Karen Glaser

2 min read

Shiral Mesika weds with her late father’s hologram under the chupah in Israel

By Arthur Popivker

As a Ukrainian Jew, I am caught between two wars

While Ukrainians have to hold on to their identity as Putin tries to wipe them out, Israelis and Jews must do the same on a global front.

3 min read

By The JC Leader

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

Children are being let down because Holocaust eduction is not being put in a wider context

2 min read

By Melanie Phillips

Don’t rush to blame Netanyahu for attacks on Jews in the diaspora

Are the “if only Netanyahu” crowd really so ignorant of the terrible threat Iran posed to Israel through its proxy seven-front “ring of fire”? They are deluding themselves

3 min read

By Arsen Ostrovsky

Antisemitism in Australia is growing and normalised

Again and again, witnesses to the Commission on Antisemitism have described organisations that were indifferent, paralysed or unwilling to act when asked for support

3 min read