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The Jewish Chronicle

Hungarian-born siblings and alpine skiers Barnabás and Noa Szőllős are both competing in Italy

Winter Olympics

Slalom aleichem! Meet the Jewish and Israeli athletes competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Introducing 18 athletes, dubbed the “frozen chosen”, going for gold at Milano Cortina 2026

4 min read

The killer published dozens of posts online that repeated antisemitic conspiracy theories, the court heard (Photo: Getty)

Man ‘obsessed with Judaism’ who threw Jewish neighbour from 17th-floor balcony ‘not motivated by antisemitism’

The defendant pushed his 89-year-old neighbour to his death in 2022

By Shirli Sitbon

1 min read

Health Secretary Wes Streeting (Image: Getty)

Wes Streeting accused Israel of ‘talking the language of ethnic cleansing’ in texts to Lord Mandelson

The health secretary, tipped as a potential successor to Sir Keir Starmer, expressed concerns he would lose his seat to a pro-Gaza independent and claimed the Jewish state was committing ‘war crimes’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

5 min read

Purveyor of kosher whiskies; Saul Taylor

United Synagogue

‘I take that weight on my shoulders’: US’ new president on women, whisky and backing Israel

Saul Taylor wants to create a ‘singles hub’ in West Hampstead and create synagogues fit for the 21st century

By Simon Rocker

6 min read

Counselling is one of the many services Chai Cancer Care offers (Photo: stock)

Chai welcomes government plans to end cancer treatment postcode lottery

The cancer charity has eleven centres across the UK

By Siam Goorwich

2 min read

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Flash90)

US reaffirms opposition to annexation after Israeli cabinet approves expansion of West Bank powers

Ministers made it easier for Israelis to purchase property in the territory and expanded their administrative authority in areas run by the Palestinian Authority

1 min read

Editor's Picks

We preserve Jewish death. Why not Jewish life?

Why are we waiting for the government to parent our kids?

Guess How Much I Love You?: ‘the acting elevates the writing’ ★★★

‘The goal is to not exist’: Inside the Israeli NGO tackling preventable disease in Africa

‘My experience as a cancer patient made me want to help others’

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Jewish billionaire Nelson Peltz advises Nicola and Brooklyn to ‘stay out of the press’ amid Beckham feud

Peltz’s remark comes amid the ongoing feud between Brooklyn Beckham and his parents

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz renewed their vows after three years of marriage in a ceremony earlier this month, attended by 200 guests but excluding the Beckham family. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Balmain)

Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism

Phylisa Wisdom has previously spoken out against the BDS movement, an anti-Israel initiative supported by the New York City mayor

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Phylisa Wisdom, the new leader of the Office to Combat Antisemitism (Image: YouTube)

US-Iran talks moved to Oman after Islamic Republic threatens pullout

The negotiations had been set to take place in Turkey, but a row over nuclear enrichment and escalating tensions saw them come close to collapsing

1 min read

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears among his supporters in Tehran on June 26, 2025 (Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran via Getty Images)

Heirs of Jewish art collector sue New York Met over ‘illegally acquired’ Pissarro painting

The descendants claim that Haystacks was sold under duress in Nazi-occupied France

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Haystacks, Morning, Éragny by Camille Pissarro (Image: Met gallery)

World news

Adapting to Change is part of a solo exhibition by Beverley Jane Stewart at the Manchester Jewish Museum (Photo: Beverly Jane Stewart)

Manchester Jewish Museum

Manchester Jewish artist unveils new work to promote ‘harmony and cohesiveness’

Beverley Jane Stewart’s painting will be on show at Manchester Jewish Museum

1 min read

JW3 Chief Executive Ray Simonson and Marcel Knobil removing padlocks on the Lovelock Bridge at JW3 (Credit: JW3)

British Jewish communal leaders rejoice at return of the hostages

The last of the living hostages in Gaza were released today after 738 days in captivity

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

Grace Tame speaks during a rally for Gaza at Hyde Park in Sydney, August 24, 2025 (Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Calls to strip activist of ‘Australian of the Year’ award over ‘globalise the intifada’ chant in Sydney

Grace Tame led crowds in a chant eight weeks after Bondi Beach massacre

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Ali Ahmad Khomeini (YouTube/MayadeenTV)

Islamic nations will ‘do to Israel what Hamas did’ when they get the chance, claims grandson of former Ayatollah

Ali Ahmad Khomeini told a Lebanese TV station that Muslim nations had a “duty” to “erase” the Jewish state

2 min read

Pep Guardiola (Image: X)

Manchester Jewish leaders tell Pep Guardiola to ‘focus on football’ after latest Gaza outburst

The Manchester City manager publicly opined on the war in the Strip twice in the space of a week

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Ester Mieli of the Brothers of Italy party speaks in the Italian Senate about Francesca Albanese (Credit: UN Watch/X)

Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese condemned in Italian parliament for ‘promoting antisemitism’ and ‘winking at Hamas’

Albanese was condemned in the Senate after left wing parties held a press conference with the UN rapporteur

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Australia

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (C) and his wife Michal (CR) are escorted by New South Wales Premier Chris Minns (L) as they lay a wreath for the victims of December's Bondi terror attack, in Sydney on February 9, 2026 (Getty Images)

‘We shall overcome this evil together’: Herzog lays wreath at site of Bondi terror attack

The Israeli president’s visit was marred as protests against his presence turned violent, with anti-Israel activists clashing with police

2 min read

Australian state seeks ban on slogan ‘from the river to the sea’Passport and ‘thousands of dollars’ stolen from Israel’s Olympic bobsleigh team

UK News

Heaton park synagogue attack

Heaton Park terrorist’s father claims Israel is ‘built on the skulls’ of Palestinians

Surgeon Faraj al-Shamie, whose son Jihad killed two people in a stabbing and car-ramming attack, pledged Israel’s end in a post on Facebook

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Dr Faraj al-Shamie (Image: X/ Richard Kemp)

Two arrested in Birmingham ahead of anti-Zionist group launch

The group states it is ‘pro armed resistance’ and ‘campaigns against Jewish supremacy’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Promotional material for the launch event for the 'Anti Zionist Movement'

Extremism expert claims government tried to silence him over threat of Islamism

Fiyaz Mughal said he raised concerns while working for the Home Office’s counter-radicalisation programme

1 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 08: A general view of The Home Office on July 8, 2014 in London, England. Later today senior civil servant Mark Sedwell will face questions from the Parliamentary Home Affairs Select Committee over the loss of files by the Home Office relating to child abuse allegations from the 1980s. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Palestine Action activists face retrial over Elbit raid, crown prosecutors confirm

Six activists were acquitted over the incident that left a police officer with a ‘shattered spine’

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Supporters of Palestine Action activists accused of breaking into Israeli-based defence firm Elbit Systems' site in Bristol hold placards and wave Palestinian flags outside Woolwich Crown Court on November 17, 2025 (Getty)

Opinion

Letters to the Editor, February 6 2026

6 min read

The BBC's coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day prompted several letters this week (Image: BBC)

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Labour’s fear of upsetting Muslims is crippling Britain’s fight against Islamist extremism

In a sane world, the Home Office would elevate someone like Fiyaz Mughal – a Muslim campaigner against anti-Muslim bigotry – to speak out about Islamist extremism rather than trying to silence him

4 min read

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

By Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Why Saudi Arabia is turning back to Islamism – and against Israel

Economic strain and domestic pressure are pushing Riyadh toward a regional realignment. Washington ought to pay attention

4 min read

Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

At Columbia, a new Jewish president faces an old antisemitism problem

It should soon be clear whether Mnookin is a role model or someone the university’s Board of Trustees picked to protect the broken status quo

3 min read

Maureen Lipman

By Maureen Lipman

Beresheet Hotel was a glorious setting for our delayed honeymoon

The Foreign Office had warned us not to come here unless our travel was essential. Well, it is. It‘s essential for the soul

4 min read

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

These institutional blind spots guarantee the problem will deepen, while steadily eroding confidence in the state’s commitment to equal citizenship. That is not a drift the country can afford to tolerate

2 min read

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

From Pep Guardiola to Hugh Bonneville, celebrities are spreading falsehoods on Gaza

It’s a lot easier to spew out ignorant rubbish than to actually check the facts and risk not being able to launch a broadside against Israel

3 min read

Life

"Serious, upstanding, clever and principled": Silicon Valley tycoon Michael Moritz, Gaby Koppel's teenage diary, and the writer as a teenager

My youth club leader Michael Moritz is now a billionaire (and, yes, I did predict he had a big future!)

Gaby Koppel scans her teenage diary for memories of the wealthiest Welshman ever

5 min read

Friends with benefits: Morfydd Clark as Ophelia and Riz Ahmed as Hamlet in this London-set version of the play

Hamlet review: ‘watchable but wearying’★★

This bold and radical version of Shakespeare’s most famous play is lost in a south Indian translation

1 min read

Arcadia review: ‘gardens, maths and heart in Stoppard’s masterpiece’ ★★★★

This play is proof that the late playwright can make you feel as much as think

1 min read

Stellar performance: Isis Hainsworth as Thomasina in Arcadia at The Old Vic

One rabbi’s search for the boys who survived an Auschwitz gas chamber

Rabbi Naftali Schiff’s 20-year mission to track down the 51 boys who left Crematorium 5 alive has resulted in a book and film

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Rabbi Naftali Schiff, left, and Michael Calvin, co-authors of the book 'Miracle'. (Jacob Gersch photography)

The horror behind Hayim Bialik’s most feted poem

On the Slaughter is considered the Russian-Jewish poet’s masterpiece, as well as his most controversial work

By David Herman

1 min read

The horror behind Hayim Bialik’s most feted poem

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Cake

Sticky toffee date cake

Comfort on demand, one slice at a time

By Katie Marshall

Cook time: 1 hour

Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz

Cake

Pear and chocolate frangipane tarts

These delicious and super cute Tu Bishvat puds are so easy

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 20 minutes

Golden brown rice and lentils with sweet dates

Vegetarian recipe

Golden brown rice and lentils with sweet dates

A fragrant twist on classic mejadra – this salad has it all

By Silvia Nacamulli

Cook time: 45-50 minutes

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Spiced nuts, olives and raisins on hummus

Celebrate Tu Bishvat with a fruit and nut-filled sweet/savoury topping for your favourite creamy dip

By Georgia Freedman

1 min read

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