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Zack Polanski

Zack Polanski will not overturn Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion because it is ‘not controversial’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Counter Terrorism Police are reportedly aiding local police after a spate of attacks (Image: Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine

New pro-Palestine group targeting homes of Israeli defence firms’ employees in the UK

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Settlers

Israeli President condemns settler attack which left Washington Post photographer injured

A day after the attack, there were reports of European diplomats also being targeted by settlers in the West Bank

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Holly Passmore, 44-year-old mother-of-two from Durham (Image: X/ MummyisTired)

Prevent

British mother of two referred to counter-extremism programme over trip to Israel

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell in Downing Street (Photo: Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Police to take no further action against national security advisor’s wife over pro-Palestine Action post

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Education

Revealed: Teacher ‘tells boy Jews to blame for October 7’ but London school ignores call for staff antisemitism training

By Elisa Bray

3 min read

Opinion

Ed Miliband confirms his taste for pork scratchings in ridiculed tuktuk video

Or Horvitz

I was in the room when Israel decided to kill Nasrallah. Here’s why we had to do it

Lorin Bell-Cross

Fallout from Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion may be reshaping electoral calculus in British politics

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IDF

Israel signs deal to buy 12 advanced Apache attack helicopters from US

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter (Picture: Getty Images)

‘Girls’ reboot: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells to reprise their roles

The new series of ‘Girls’ – which sees Judd Apatow return as executive producer – will explore a new chapter in the characters’ lives

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

Left to right: Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Allison Williams and Lena Dunham as they will appear in the new series of 'Girls' (Photo: HBO)

Film

Scarlett Johansson says recording songs for Ray Gunn left her ‘embarrassed’

Jewish actress said singing in front of cameras for her role as a fictional pop star in the film was difficult

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Scarlett Johansson attends the "Ray Gunn" Gala during the 70th BFI London Film Festival in London on October 10 (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for BFI)

Proposed legislation would bar US aid to UN until body designates Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist groups

A US Democrat announced the proposed policy on October 7

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Congressman Josh Gottheimer annoucned the proposed legislation on October 7 at a remembrance ceremony in New Jersey (Photo: JNS)

World News

Gaza's Civil Defence Unit spokesperson Mahmoud Basal (Ministry of Interior)

BBC

BBC Arabic ‘keeping audiences in the dark’ over Hamas links of health official

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Latin American candidates for UN Secretary-General, Costa Rican Rebeca Grynspan, walks during the Regional Dialogue on the Future Leadership of the United Nations in Montevideo on August 3, 2026. (Photo by Santiago Mazzarovich / AFP via Getty Images)

Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish frontrunner to be next UN chief?

By Katie Grant

2 min read

Workers prepare ballot boxes for Israel’s upcoming elections at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham on October 14, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli elections

First votes cast in Israeli elections as embassy staff go to the polls

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Beit Halochem UK

Israel’s largest centre for PTSD support opens with the help of British donors

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Druze

Netanyahu ‘phoned Syrian president to protect Druze’ during 2025 massacre

By John Jeffay

1 min read

Instagram

Instagram accused of ‘pushing pure Nazism’ as Holocaust denial spreads

By Hayley Cregor

3 min read

Ireland

Dublin hotel ‘cancelled 70-room booking for antisemitism conference delegates’

The Herbert Park Hotel’s general manager allegedly asked if the gathering had anything to do with the IDF

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

UK News

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

Former Archbishop of Canterbury says Israel is ‘the land that God promised’

Justin Welby was speaking at an event for ‘Repairing the Peace’, which seeks to atone for British Mandate harm to Jews

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Justin Welby speaking at the Palace of Westminster on October 15, 2026 (photo: Ben Conway)

Francesca Albanese

Exclusive: Francesca Albanese condemned after backing ‘antisemitic’ Green policy on Zionism

UN Special Rapporteur commended Zack Polanski’s party for ‘doing something extremely human’

By JC Reporter

3 min read

United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese (Image: Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Wife of UK national security adviser accused of ‘gobsmacking’ support for Palestine Action

Downing Street has distanced itself from Sarah Helm’s comments, saying she ‘does not represent the government in any capacity’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell in Downing Street on October 24, 2025 (Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine

Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour raising money for group which justified October 7 hostage-taking

The Palestine Youth Movement is listed as a beneficiary, whose UK spokesperson described the horrific kidnapping as ‘effective’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Macklemore was kicked off Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after expressing his pro-Palestine beliefs on stage (Image: Getty Images)

Opinion

A teacher steeped in hate: not Vichy France but UK 2026

I can’t believe I’m in a position where I have to take my nine-year-old son out of his school in England because of antisemitism

By Anonymous

4 min read

By David Bennun

Is love all you need? The Beatles and the risk of misguided empathy

A naive misjudgement by John Lennon epitomises our current era’s foolhardy ruling ideology

3 min read

By Zoe Strimpel

The small but sturdy wall of the righteous standing with us Jews

The events of the past few weeks have made one thing clear: we do have allies and we are not alone

4 min read

By Kasra Aarabi

How Malaysia helps keep Iran’s oil smuggling operation afloat

The US and its allies – not least Britain – should impose immediate consequences on Kuala Lumpur for enabling Iran’s Dark Fleet to evade sanctions and generate billions in revenue that fund the IRGC’s repression at home and terrorism abroad

4 min read

Sponsored

Moving home in North London? Some things are worth doing properly

By Dennis Rogers

3 min read

Photo of a young woman working on a landscape project in her backyard.

Sponsored

Tzedakah shouldn’t stop with us

By Anthony Broza

3 min read

Always on hand for advice: UJC chaplains and head office team, 2026-27. Photo by UJC

Sponsored

Real university starter pack, no £600 kettle required

By Sophie Dunoff

2 min read

At the Technion, Jewish and Arab students study alongside each other every day. Photo by Technion Uk

Sponsored

The world turns away. But Israel keeps contributing

By Alan Aziz

3 min read

Life

Steven Berkoff: an exclusive extract from his new memoir Shouting At Night

By Steven Berkoff

5 min read

Siberian-born Jewish food writer and historian Alissa Timoshkina (Main photo: Kim Lightbody)

Ashkenazi food

It’s a scoop! The delicious dishes we eat with a spoon

Alissa Timoshkina’s new book is an ode to nosh we scoff without knife and fork, learns Siam Goorwich

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

publishing

Meet the new UK publisher welcoming Jewish and Israeli writers

High Line Publishing Studio is fighting the cancel mob – we need them to find the next Philip Roth

By Elisa Bray

5 min read

Birds of a feather: Adam Cannon, Neil Blair, Joel Simons and Oli Malcolm at the High Line Publishing launch (Credit: courtesy)

Aliyah

The hardest bit of moving to Israel? The bureaucracy

In the first of a new column, Secret Olah (not her real name, obviously) looks forward to an exciting new life… beyond the paperwork

By Secret Olah

3 min read

The hardest bit of moving to Israel? The bureaucracy

Books

Locked up for nine months with a Nazi

Kazimierz Moczarski’s Conversations with an Executioner, translated into English for the first time, is an outstanding historical account of what made one of Himmler’s close confidants tick

By David Herman

2 min read

Polish writer and journalist Kazimierz Moczarski and his book which has just been translated into English by Sean Gasper Bye

JC recipes

Comfort food recipe

Azu: Volga Tatar beef and dill pickle stew

By Alissa Timoshkina

Cook time: 2 hrs, 10 mins

Dessert recipe

Moczka: gingerbread and chocolate pudding

By Alissa Timoshkina

Cook time: 10 mins

Vegan salad

Crispy rice salad

By Cook for Good

Cook time: 30-50 mins

Vegetarian salad

Hot honey aubergine salad

By Cook for Good

Cook time: 30 mins

The Jewish Chronicle

Zack Polanski will not overturn Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion because it is ‘not controversial’

New pro-Palestine group targeting homes of Israeli defence firms’ employees in the UK

Israeli President condemns settler attack which left Washington Post photographer injured

British mother of two referred to counter-extremism programme over trip to Israel

Police to take no further action against national security advisor’s wife over pro-Palestine Action post

Revealed: Teacher ‘tells boy Jews to blame for October 7’ but London school ignores call for staff antisemitism training

Opinion

Ed Miliband confirms his taste for pork scratchings in ridiculed tuktuk video

I was in the room when Israel decided to kill Nasrallah. Here’s why we had to do it

Fallout from Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion may be reshaping electoral calculus in British politics

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Israel signs deal to buy 12 advanced Apache attack helicopters from US

‘Girls’ reboot: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells to reprise their roles

Scarlett Johansson says recording songs for Ray Gunn left her ‘embarrassed’

Proposed legislation would bar US aid to UN until body designates Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist groups

World News

BBC Arabic ‘keeping audiences in the dark’ over Hamas links of health official

Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish frontrunner to be next UN chief?

First votes cast in Israeli elections as embassy staff go to the polls

Israel’s largest centre for PTSD support opens with the help of British donors

Netanyahu ‘phoned Syrian president to protect Druze’ during 2025 massacre

Instagram accused of ‘pushing pure Nazism’ as Holocaust denial spreads

Dublin hotel ‘cancelled 70-room booking for antisemitism conference delegates’

UK News

Former Archbishop of Canterbury says Israel is ‘the land that God promised’

Exclusive: Francesca Albanese condemned after backing ‘antisemitic’ Green policy on Zionism

Wife of UK national security adviser accused of ‘gobsmacking’ support for Palestine Action

Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour raising money for group which justified October 7 hostage-taking

Opinion

A teacher steeped in hate: not Vichy France but UK 2026

Is love all you need? The Beatles and the risk of misguided empathy

The small but sturdy wall of the righteous standing with us Jews

How Malaysia helps keep Iran’s oil smuggling operation afloat

Sponsored

Moving home in North London? Some things are worth doing properly

Tzedakah shouldn’t stop with us

Real university starter pack, no £600 kettle required

The world turns away. But Israel keeps contributing

Life

Steven Berkoff: an exclusive extract from his new memoir Shouting At Night

It’s a scoop! The delicious dishes we eat with a spoon

Meet the new UK publisher welcoming Jewish and Israeli writers

The hardest bit of moving to Israel? The bureaucracy

Locked up for nine months with a Nazi

JC recipes

Azu: Volga Tatar beef and dill pickle stew

Moczka: gingerbread and chocolate pudding

Crispy rice salad

Hot honey aubergine salad