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The Harrow Waitrose where the alleged incident took place (Image: Google Street)

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Wikipedia

Wikipedia bans co-founder indefinitely for promoting ‘anti-bias initiative’

By Aaron Bandler

3 min read

Rabbi Doron Birnbaum (left) with Amjad Taha and local Jewish children in Golders Green, June 22, 2026 (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

Peace

UAE is safer for Jews than Britain, says Arab peace advocate

‘We are here to show the Jewish community you have friends in the Middle East,’ said Emirati influencer Amjad Taha during Golders Green solidarity visit

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Iran

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

Quake damage to the Hebreica community centre in Venezuela

Earthquake

Israeli charities send rapid response teams to Venezuela after deadly earthquake

By Alma Green

2 min read

The late Jonathan Larson outside the New York Theatre Workshop in 1986

musical

Songs by the genius behind Rent get their day in the sun

By John Nathan

5 min read

World Cup 2026

Meet Matt Turner, the American Jew-ish goalie with his sights on a home World Cup win

Cape Verde’s Jew-ish striker takes to the pitch for historic draw with Uruguay

Lionel Messi got away with bad tackle at World Cup as he’s ‘protected by the Jewish lobby’, claims Algerian TV pundit

Model and former IDF captain is the only Israeli WAG at the World Cup

Man v. Football: Meet the American footie-loving fresser who is part of ITV’s World Cup team

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US Politics

Mamdani-backed candidates achieve clean sweep in New York primaries

The candidates, many of whom are associated with the party’s hard left, will now take on Republican opponents at the midterms in the heavily blue state

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after winning the 10th District Democratic primary on June 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Basketball

NBA’s Sacramento Kings draft Israeli-born guard Emanual Sharp

Emanuel Sharp is the son of a Maccabi Tel Aviv legend

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Emanuel Sharp plays for the Houston Cougars against the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Toyota Center on March 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Lebanon

US proposes pilot plan for IDF to transfer territory to Lebanese army

Israel will reportedly maintain a reduced presence in a buffer zone, despite senior politicians’ insistence that they would retain all the occupied territory

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

An Israeli army Humvee patrols the northern border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee on June 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Entertainment

New Larry David show sees comedian doing what he does best – kvetching, this time in period costume

In David tradition, the Curb creator will play an exaggerated version of himself – misanthropic, endlessly petty and socially inept

By Katie Grant

1 min read

Larry David (centre) Jon Hamm and Sean Hayes portray the Wright Brothers in Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness (Photo: HBO Max)

World news

World Jewish Relief

UK community urged to support Ukraine’s Jews after deadliest month of war

By Alma Green

2 min read

Police near the scene of an active shooter situation in Montreal, June 22, 2026 (Credit: Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)

Canada

Montreal gunman in fatal shooting of Jewish bystander and police officer ‘left manifesto containing antisemitic rhetoric’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

9th April 1945. The US 9th army liberating Stalag 326, another German PoW camp where Soviet troops were held. At this camp, 30,000 Soviet prisoners died during the war. (Getty Images)

Nazis

Prison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’

2 min read

French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects at the cenotaphs of the late historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch and his wife, Simonne Bloch, during their Panthéon induction ceremony in Paris on June 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

France

France honours Jewish resistance fighter executed by the Gestapo with Panthéon interment

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

Holocaust

Holocaust survivor, 97, takes part in fundraising cycle ride from Auschwitz to Krakow

By Lianne Kolirin

3 min read

Artificial intelligence

Who is the Orthodox Jewish AI genius whose Google departure helped wipe £180 billion off parent firm’s stock market value?

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Canada

Police officer and Jewish man killed in Montreal shooting

The alleged gunman reportedly wrote a 100-page manifesto targeting women before carrying out the attack

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Economist and former Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100 Outcry after Brent’s twin city honours Hamas founder and terror attack masterminds

UK News

Court and Crime

Ex-Soas student accused of pro-Hamas speech says killing of Israeli civilians could be ‘justified’

Sarah Cotte said it was not her ‘role to impose conditions on the Palestinian people and their struggle’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

View of the Soas Building at the University of London (Getty Images)

Union of Jewish Students

New UJS president pledges to strengthen links outside Jewish community

Raphi Leon was speaking at the State of the Union event on Thursday morning

1 min read

Incoming UJS president Raphi Leon (left) and outgoing president Louis Danker (Photo: UJS)

UJS

‘We’re at risk of talking ourselves out of Britain’ warns outgoing UJS president

Louis Danker was speaking at a breakfast in London to mark the end of his term in office

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

Outgoing UJS president Louis Danker (right) with incoming UJS president Raphi Leon, in conversation with Kezzy Miller, co-president of Liverpool JSoc (Photo: UJS)

Iran

Two London homes searched by counter-terror police over suspected offences linked to Iran

Investigation not linked to recent attacks on Jewish community

By Alma Green

1 min read

London policeman uniform and equipment. Includes taser gun, radios and fully automatic weapon (Image: Getty)

Opinion

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

In her telling, to stand against the Jewish state is not merely permitted. It is the measure of whether you are a good person at all

By Alex Hearn

4 min read

Sally Rooney at the Winter TCA 2020 in Pasadena, California, January 17, 2020 (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

The accusations are unsubstantiated and violate the United Nations’ own standards for fact-finding missions. None of this will be reported, of course

4 min read

By Ashley Perry

The Iran deal hasn’t ended Arab cooperation with Jerusalem – but it has forced it underground

The Abraham Accords were not merely peace agreements but the foundations of a new regional bloc built around confidence in US leadership and Israeli power. Today, those perceptions are less certain

4 min read

By Sir Michael Ellis

Londoners should be delighted that Palantir is suing Mayor Sadiq Khan

Met Police was planning to use the firm’s artificial intelligence technology to speed up criminal investigations and root out corrupt officers

3 min read

By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum

Our holiday landlord realised we were Jewish. What happened next was deeply troubling

Once the property owner worked out that Yoni Birnbaum was a rabbi, he quizzed him on whether he was opposed to Israel

7 min read

By Russell Langer

Andy Burnham’s test is whether he confronts the extremism threatening British Jews

He inherits a country in which antisemitism has become more normalised and more violent. He now needs to move faster and act firmer than his predecessor in his efforts to protect the community

3 min read

By Dominic Green

Why the ‘Carlsonese’-speaking JD Vance is trashing Israel to defend the Iran deal

The Vice President set up more straw men than an Idaho potato field and it worked: instead of scrutinising the dismal agreement, supporters of the Jewish state were left rebutting his scapegoating of America’s closest ally

3 min read

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By Ariel Yemini, in collaboration with Nofei Yerushalayim

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By Stephen Morris

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Israel’s healthcare, educational resources, tech growth and cultural vitality make it a star attraction. Photo, Gettyimages

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‘Running towards’ a better quality of life

By Dov Newmark

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The Zionist idea marches forward

By Matan Bar Noy

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Life

Korean-style BBQ chicken thighs

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 25 mins

chicken recipe

‘Silamba’ roast chicken

Silan (date syrup) and amba are the stars of this summery roast chicken

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Recipes

Harissa chicken and potato traybake with amba tahini drizzle

A speedy Shabbat traybake which delivers on flavour

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 45 mins – 1 hr

Victoria Prever's harissa chicken and potato traybake with a tahini-amba drizzle (Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz)

comedy

This is why we decided to Stand-Up for British Jews

Comics Simon Evans and Andrew Doyle on their plans for a benefit gig

4 min read

Laughs against hate: comedians Andrew Doyle and Simon Evans

Restaurant review

Review: The NW3 heat haven with BAD coffee and bagels

Brad and Dill’s in Belsize Park had everything I needed – iced coffee and air conditioning

By Victoria Prever

2 min read

Review: The NW3 heat haven with BAD coffee and bagels

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

Man shouted ‘kill Zionist Jews’ at Orthodox woman in Waitrose queue

Wikipedia bans co-founder indefinitely for promoting ‘anti-bias initiative’

UAE is safer for Jews than Britain, says Arab peace advocate

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’

Israeli charities send rapid response teams to Venezuela after deadly earthquake

Songs by the genius behind Rent get their day in the sun

World Cup 2026

Meet Matt Turner, the American Jew-ish goalie with his sights on a home World Cup win

Cape Verde’s Jew-ish striker takes to the pitch for historic draw with Uruguay

Lionel Messi got away with bad tackle at World Cup as he’s ‘protected by the Jewish lobby’, claims Algerian TV pundit

Model and former IDF captain is the only Israeli WAG at the World Cup

Man v. Football: Meet the American footie-loving fresser who is part of ITV’s World Cup team

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Mamdani-backed candidates achieve clean sweep in New York primaries

NBA’s Sacramento Kings draft Israeli-born guard Emanual Sharp

US proposes pilot plan for IDF to transfer territory to Lebanese army

New Larry David show sees comedian doing what he does best – kvetching, this time in period costume

World news

UK community urged to support Ukraine’s Jews after deadliest month of war

Montreal gunman in fatal shooting of Jewish bystander and police officer ‘left manifesto containing antisemitic rhetoric’

Prison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’

France honours Jewish resistance fighter executed by the Gestapo with Panthéon interment

Holocaust survivor, 97, takes part in fundraising cycle ride from Auschwitz to Krakow

Who is the Orthodox Jewish AI genius whose Google departure helped wipe £180 billion off parent firm’s stock market value?

Police officer and Jewish man killed in Montreal shooting

UK News

Ex-Soas student accused of pro-Hamas speech says killing of Israeli civilians could be ‘justified’

New UJS president pledges to strengthen links outside Jewish community

‘We’re at risk of talking ourselves out of Britain’ warns outgoing UJS president

Two London homes searched by counter-terror police over suspected offences linked to Iran

Opinion

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

The Iran deal hasn’t ended Arab cooperation with Jerusalem – but it has forced it underground

Londoners should be delighted that Palantir is suing Mayor Sadiq Khan

Our holiday landlord realised we were Jewish. What happened next was deeply troubling

Andy Burnham’s test is whether he confronts the extremism threatening British Jews

Why the ‘Carlsonese’-speaking JD Vance is trashing Israel to defend the Iran deal

Sponsored

Living together, choosing together

Shipping for princes, celebrities … and for you

‘Running towards’ a better quality of life

The Zionist idea marches forward

Life

Korean-style BBQ chicken thighs

‘Silamba’ roast chicken

Harissa chicken and potato traybake with amba tahini drizzle

This is why we decided to Stand-Up for British Jews

Review: The NW3 heat haven with BAD coffee and bagels

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