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Michael Zagdanski and Noa Barazani in Tel Aviv (Photo: courtesy)

Social Media

Scrolling through Israel: the social media channel helping a new generation make aliyah

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Playtime: Charedi children in their back garden in Canvey Island

Photography

Windows on to a Charedi world

Danny Jackson’s day job is fixing houses on Canvey Island. But as photographer Barksey, he is known for the scenes of Orthodox life within his frames

By Karen Glaser

2 min read

Left: Committee to Protect Journalists lists Tarek Skheil as a media worker killed by the IDF. Right: Palestinian Islamic Jihad lists Tarek Skheil as a commander killed in action (Image: Salo Aizenberg/X)

By Alex Gandler

Opinion: When Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quiet

4 min read

A poster with the slogan 'Kill Trump' is displayed during the funeral of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 6, 2026 in Tehran. (Image: Getty Images)

By Mardo Soghom

Opinion: Khamenei’s funeral was choreographed to signal revenge – not reconciliation

2 min read

Department for Education

New programme to help UK teachers tackle antisemitism to launch in November

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Editor’s picks

Opinion: Netanyahu’s Torah study law is really about keeping the Charedi close

Spanish anti-Israel mob blocks Jewish poet's book launch

Opinion: Terrorists, tyrants, loons – and the BBC – descend on Khamenei’s funeral

Middle East minister accused of lobbying for ‘Hamas colonel’ detained by Israel

Government confirms RE to become part of the national curriculum

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Adam Sandler

Mazel tov! Adam Sandler officiates at Taylor Swift’s wedding

Jewish funnyman tops bill at the showbiz nuptials of the year

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Travis Kelce kisses Taylor Swift during Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, Nevada (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Iran

US intelligence suggested Iran’s missiles could reach London in future, claims prominent Senator

Louisiana Republican John Kennedy suggested that the threat of attacks on Europe was a motivating factor in President Trump’s decision to go to war

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) on the This Past Weekend podcast with Theo Von (YouTube/TheoVon)

US Politics

Anti-Israel socialist who called October 7 ‘inevitable consequence of apartheid’ wins Colorado primary

Melat Kiros unseated 15-term incumbent Representative Diana DeGette to clinch the Democratic nomination for Denver

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election-night watch party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Politics

House blocks vote on amendment to halt US-Israeli defence integration

There was also no debate on a separate bill aimed at heavily reducing US funding to the IDF

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Representative Thomas Massie gives his concession speech on May 19, 2026 in Hebron, Kentucky (Getty Images)

World news

Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an alleged attack involving an explosive device in the lobby of a residential building in Monaco, on June 30, 2026 (Getty Images)

Monaco

Woman suspected of Monaco bomb attack against Ukrainian-Jewish tycoon ‘found dead near Kyiv’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

The historic Palau d'Alfons XIII tower overlooks the Barcelona skyline (Getty Images)

Spain

Jews chased through Barcelona by antisemitic mob

By Canaan Lidor

1 min read

Holocaust

‘Antisemitic’ pro-Gaza walk past Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin is scrapped

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

Gaza

Hamas dissolves Gaza government in preparation for peace plan handover

By Akiva van Koningsveld

1 min read

Handout screen grab from CCTV of Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati running from a knife attack outside his home in Wimbledon on March 29 2024 (PA)

Court and Crime

Two men jailed for knife attack on anti-regime journalist ‘on behalf of Iran’

By JC Reporter

4 min read

Entebbe International Airport today (BADRU KATUMBA/AFP via Getty)

Israel

Entebbe, 50 years on: Aged six, I saw my mother trembling – she refused to lie and said the hijackers want to kill us

By Deborah Danan

5 min read

Israel

Sorin Hershko (in wheelchair) and other survivors of Entebbe at the Peres Center for the 50th anniversary (Itshik Biran)

Entebbe, 50 years on: IDF hero paralysed by bullet in raid relives operation he joined for an ‘interesting adventure’

Sorin Hershcu speaks to JC as he joins rescued hostages at celebratory reunion in Israel

By Deborah Danan

5 min read

Iranian foreign minister sits down with Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis at Ali Khamenei funeral Two arrested over mock drive-by shooting outside Sydney synagogue on Shabbat

UK News

Jewish-Christian relations

Chief Rabbi warns ‘genocide’ document due to be discussed by Church of England Synod will ‘harm peace’

Kairos Palestine text brands Israel a ‘colonial settler entity’ and criticises Abrahams Accords

By Simon Rocker

5 min read

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally (front left) addresses Church of England General Synod earlier this year (Getty)

Antisemitism

Woman convicted for abusing children outside Jewish school

Syeda Khatun was convicted of multiple counts of racially aggravated assault, including striking a Jewish man and pulling his beard

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

(Illustrative) A woman holds the hands of children as Met Police officers patrol the streets in Stamford Hill, north London on October 2, 2025 (Getty Images)

Courts

Two men who filmed antisemitic abuse of Jewish man for TikTok avoid jail

Adam Bedoui and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub were convicted of a hate crime and given a suspended prison term

By JC Reporter

1 min read

(L-R) Abdelkader Amir Bousloub and Adam Bedoui (Met Police)

Media

Now under-fire UK channel airs matzah blood libel - but Ofcom still insist ‘We can’t do anything’

Jewish leaders call for government to step in against Al-Hiwar TV after it was previously exposed by JC for broadcasting pro-terror extremism

By Mark Wood

4 min read

Opinion

Netanyahu signals shift as Likud voters sour on Charedi draft evasion

His reference to a ‘broad national government’ was not simply a warning to the strictly Orthodox that he has other coalition options. It was an acknowledgement that his own electoral base is changing

By Ashley Perry

4 min read

Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

By David Harris

It was a daring mission, even for the IDF: Entebbe 50 years on

Israel’s unmistakable message was that it would go to any lengths to protect the lives of its citizens and fellow Jews – and that the days of Jewish powerlessness were over

4 min read

By Zoe Strimpel

Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals

The space for Jewish artists, especially if they are Zionist, is shrinking all the time. Nowhere is that clearer than at Edinburgh

3 min read

By Mark Zlochin

Why the Lancet study suggesting a far higher Gaza death toll is deeply flawed

This isn't some technical nitpicking for its own sake. What's at stake here is a dramatic claim that got treated as settled fact – cited, repeated, and stretched to cover fatalities it never actually measured

6 min read

By Nicholas Lezard

Using the ‘g-word’ about Israel is now a ubiquitous virtue signal

For pro-Palestine activists, the term ‘genocide’ has become a shibboleth: you have to say it or risk ostracism

3 min read

By Jonathan Boyd

We know too little about what reduces Jew-hatred. It’s urgent that we find out

What’s needed is a standing, cross-disciplinary team that brings together expertise in antisemitism and in a range of fields, from public policy and law to intelligence, theology, education and psychology

6 min read

By Evie Robinson

The Nova Exhibition answers the call to document and remember

It draws on many tools of memorialisation that might typically be found in a Holocaust-related museum – such as the tables full of shoes and clothing, seeking to individualise the victims

4 min read

Sponsored

Designs on your summer décor

By Gina Benjamin

4 min read

Sponsored

Bringing out the barbecue? Try Sharon Lurie’s best braai

By Sharon Lurie

3 min read

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The rise of super prime north London

By Mark Sumray

1 min read

Sponsored

Three’s company for garden entertaining

By Anthea Gerrie

3 min read

Life

Green fattoush with garlic and sumac challah croutons

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 10 mins

Salad

White bean and couscous salad with roasted red pepper dressing

A simple, filling salad with a knock-out dressing

By Katrina Meynink

Ashkenazi food

Is this schnitzel a cut above the rest?

Tel Aviv’s hippest new restaurant sells just one thing: schnitzel for £22. It’s whipping up a media storm, but is it a must-visit this summer?

By Natalie Blenford

4 min read

Wimbledon

Pro-Palestine watermelon symbol does not meet threshold for disruption, says Wimbledon director

Turkish world number 51 Zeynep Sonmez added a vibration dampener in the shape of the symbol to her racket, accusing tournament organisers of enforcing double standards on political expressions by players

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey plays a backhand against Ekaterina Alexandrova during the Ladies' Singles third round match at Wimbledon 2025 (Getty Images)

Books

Stealing Hitler’s Rocket review: ‘The only problem may be that no one will believe it’

The extraordinary story of how the Polish underground sent the world’s first cruise missile to UK scientists is superbly reconstructed by Guy Walters

By Robert Low

3 min read

London's calling: V2 rocket arriving at Trafalgar Square, London, in 1945

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

Huge ‘Destroy Israel’ banner unfurled at Spain’s infamous bull run festival

Scrolling through Israel: the social media channel helping a new generation make aliyah

Windows on to a Charedi world

Opinion: When Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quiet

Opinion: Khamenei’s funeral was choreographed to signal revenge – not reconciliation

New programme to help UK teachers tackle antisemitism to launch in November

Editor’s picks

Opinion: Netanyahu’s Torah study law is really about keeping the Charedi close

Spanish anti-Israel mob blocks Jewish poet's book launch

Opinion: Terrorists, tyrants, loons – and the BBC – descend on Khamenei’s funeral

Middle East minister accused of lobbying for ‘Hamas colonel’ detained by Israel

Government confirms RE to become part of the national curriculum

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Latest US News

Mazel tov! Adam Sandler officiates at Taylor Swift’s wedding

US intelligence suggested Iran’s missiles could reach London in future, claims prominent Senator

Anti-Israel socialist who called October 7 ‘inevitable consequence of apartheid’ wins Colorado primary

House blocks vote on amendment to halt US-Israeli defence integration

World news

Woman suspected of Monaco bomb attack against Ukrainian-Jewish tycoon ‘found dead near Kyiv’

Jews chased through Barcelona by antisemitic mob

‘Antisemitic’ pro-Gaza walk past Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin is scrapped

Hamas dissolves Gaza government in preparation for peace plan handover

Two men jailed for knife attack on anti-regime journalist ‘on behalf of Iran’

Entebbe, 50 years on: Aged six, I saw my mother trembling – she refused to lie and said the hijackers want to kill us

Entebbe, 50 years on: IDF hero paralysed by bullet in raid relives operation he joined for an ‘interesting adventure’

UK News

Chief Rabbi warns ‘genocide’ document due to be discussed by Church of England Synod will ‘harm peace’

Woman convicted for abusing children outside Jewish school

Two men who filmed antisemitic abuse of Jewish man for TikTok avoid jail

Now under-fire UK channel airs matzah blood libel - but Ofcom still insist ‘We can’t do anything’

Opinion

Netanyahu signals shift as Likud voters sour on Charedi draft evasion

It was a daring mission, even for the IDF: Entebbe 50 years on

Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals

Why the Lancet study suggesting a far higher Gaza death toll is deeply flawed

Using the ‘g-word’ about Israel is now a ubiquitous virtue signal

We know too little about what reduces Jew-hatred. It’s urgent that we find out

The Nova Exhibition answers the call to document and remember

Sponsored

Designs on your summer décor

Bringing out the barbecue? Try Sharon Lurie’s best braai

The rise of super prime north London

Three’s company for garden entertaining

Life

Green fattoush with garlic and sumac challah croutons

White bean and couscous salad with roasted red pepper dressing

Is this schnitzel a cut above the rest?

Pro-Palestine watermelon symbol does not meet threshold for disruption, says Wimbledon director

Stealing Hitler’s Rocket review: ‘The only problem may be that no one will believe it’

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