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A man looks at a Leopard tank on display at the KNDS pavilion during the world defence and security exhibition, Eurosatory 2024, in Paris, France, on June 19, 2024 (Getty Images)

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Barcelona

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

By Daniel Ben-David

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Hasan Piker has spread pro-Hezbollah, pro-Houthi commentary to millions of Twitch followers (Photo: Getty Images)

Home Office

Zack Polanski condemns UK entry ban for far-left influencer Hasan Piker

Piker has previously said he would ‘vote for Hamas over Israel’ and defended Russia's annexation of Crimea

By Jane Prinsley

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech during the eighth Fatah Conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

Palestinian Authority

Fatah opens leadership election to former terror convicts

By Jacob Jaffa

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Staff Sergeant Adam Tzarfati, 20, killed in Hezbollah attack

IDF

IDF soldier killed in Lebanon drone attack

By JC Reporter

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Naftali Bennett

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

By Lianne Kolirin

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Opinion: It’s good to ban haters from the UK – but what about the ones at home?

Birmingham Jews urge Ed Davey to block Lib Dem coalition with Greens over ‘hateful views’ of local deputy

Streaming platforms host pro-terror songs that glorify October 7

Opinion: Are Restore supporter trolls who came for me a terrifying glimpse of where UK’s headed?

Piano-playing barrister is bringing the music to Jewish Culture Month

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Hatzola ambulance attack

Terror mastermind linked to Golders Green attacks met Khamenei days before war

London attack suspect says he met ayatollah and was ‘like a son’ to Qasem Soleimani

By Jane Prinsley

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Images in the document depict Saadi with Soleimani, reportedly shared on Snapchat (US Department of Justice)

Abraham Accords

Trump orders more Arab states to join Abraham Accords as part of Iran deal

It should be ‘mandatory’ for countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Pakistan to normalise ties with Israel, the US president said

By Lianne Kolirin

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Israel

Netanyahu to sue New York Times over rape dog article

The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that a defamation suit would be filed on behalf of the Israeli leader and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

By Jacob Jaffa

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The New York Times office building (Getty Images)

Jewish celebrities

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

The creator of Captain America is “widely recognised as the most prolific and arguably most important creator in the history of the comic book,” according to the Centre for Jewish History

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

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‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

World news

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

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A Pride march in Barcelona (photo: Getty)

Spain

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

By JC Reporter

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A siddur found inside the Ghetto Fighters’ House in Będzin (Credit: Facebook/Fundacja Brama Cukermana)

Poland

Star of David armband and 1930s siddur found hidden in former Ghetto building

By Daniel Ben-David

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Chef-owner Raz Shabtai (CL) with the staff of Mutra in Miami, Florida (Instagram/MutraMiami)

Food

Kosher restaurant awarded Michelin star in world first

By Daniel Ben-David

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Nathan Collins (left) during a World Cup qualifier against Hungary in November 2025. (Photo: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Ireland

Irish football captain says that no one will ‘hold back’ players who want to ‘take a stand’ against Israel

By Ben Conway

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Auschwitz

Polish tax protestor faces up to five years in prison over Auschwitz gate replica

By Jamie Shapiro

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LGBT

Rome Pride in 2019 (Image: Getty Images)

Rome Pride bans Italy’s only Jewish LGBT group from attending unless it ‘condemns’ Israel

Organisers claimed Keshet Italia had failed to ‘distance itself from the ongoing genocide’

By Jamie Shapiro

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‘Anyone who doesn’t like our alliance with Israel can mind their own business!’ Somaliland’s president tells the JC Hanging effigy of ‘Jew’ at Montreal rally branded ‘disgusting’ and ‘antisemitic’

UK News

Ed Miliband

Tributes to ‘extraordinary’ Marion Miliband as she dies aged 91

Holocaust survivor, socialist, and mother to politicians Ed and David was ‘a force field of life and love,’ say sons

By Jane Prinsley

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Marion Kozak Miliband during a visit to Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, in 1996 (Photo: Yad Vashem)

Peace

The Israeli and the Palestinian turning their pain into peacemaking

Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah speak to the JC as they launch their book, The Future is Peace, in the UK

By Simon Rocker

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Maoz Inon (left) and Aziz Abu Sarah carrying the torch at the Winter Olympic Games in February, 2026, in Italy (Photo: courtesy)

British army

86-year-old British Army veteran finally becomes barmitzvah in unique ceremony

The Chelsea Pensioner only explored his Judaism after his son married a Jewish woman

By Ben Conway

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Barrie touching the Torah with his tallis, helped by Rabbi Nadav (photo: Stan Kaye)

Emma Barnett

Emma Barnett ‘considering hysterectomy’ ahead of new BBC endometriosis documentary

The chronic condition affects an estimated 1.5 million women of reproductive age in the UK

By Daniel Ben-David

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Opinion

Marvellous tale of a tough Jew from the Lower East Side who conquered the world

’It’s clobbering time!’ was the catchphrase of his character The Thing – but also epitomised the uncompromising spirit of comic book genius Jack Kirby

By Ben Felsenburg

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Jack Kirby and his 1941 cover showing Captain America trouncing Hitler (Susan Skaar/Kirby Museum)

By Mark Adlestone

As a Jewish leader in Manchester, I can testify to the amazing solidarity of our public servants since Heaton Park

If there is any positive legacy to the terrible attack, it is knowing that those tasked with protecting community can be relied upon

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By Eugene Kontorovich and Avraham Shalev

The ICC’s illegitimate pursuit of Israeli leaders is political warfare

The court is bringing unprecedented settlement cases against Smotrich and others while ignoring far more obvious population transfers by Turkey in Northern Cyprus and Russia in Ukraine

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By Arsen Ostrovsky

Australia’s commission on antisemitism reveals the normalisation of a growing evil

Perhaps the clearest evidence of why this inquiry matters is the shocking torrent of online hatred and intimidation unleashed against the Jewish witnesses

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