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Conservative Party

‘Enough is enough, Jewish children deserve to feel safe’, says shadow education secretary

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Bishop of Manchester David Walker at Manchester Cathedral in 2020 (Photo: Getty Images)

Green Party

Green Party Zionism vote is antisemitic, bishops say

Interfaith advisers from the Church of England have warned of risk of ‘further stoking anti-Jewish hatred’

By JC Reporter

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Mark Rowley

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

By Daniel Ben-David

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Mamdani at the vigil (Image: screenshot from X)

Zohran Mamdani

Mob accuses Zohran Mamdani of ‘genocide’ and ‘treachery’ for attending October 7 vigil

By Daniel Ben-David

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A screen displays this year's laureates Henri Kagan of France and Kenso Soai from Japan during the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 7, 2026 (Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP via Getty Images)

Nobel Prize

French Holocaust survivor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

By Daniel Ben-David

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Opinion

Philipp Peyman Engel

I’ve seen Naza and it’s a nasty piece of propaganda

Nigel Farage

October 7 revealed a darkness in Britain: rising antisemitism amid calls for Israel’s destruction

Jonathan Sacerdoti

The BBC’s rotten decision to repeat the grotesque genocide charge against Israel on October 7

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Green Party

US antisemitism envoy to make ‘representations’ to UK ministers over Green antizionist motion

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun suggested that the motion could fall within the IHRA definition of antisemitism

By JC Reporter

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President Donald Trump and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an October 7 remembrance event in 2024 (Getty Images)

RAF

US bombers withdrawn from RAF Fairford after ‘new threats’ against base

Six men arrested in connection with an alleged Iran-linked plot targeting the Gloucestershire site, including a dual Iranian-British national, have been released on bail

By JC Reporter

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The main gate of RAF Fairford on September 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

New York

NY Jewish groups highlight lack of focus on antizionist violence in Mamdani’s new antisemitism strategy

Jewish leaders did, though, welcome a greater emphasis on the issue of Jew-hate, more funding for community security and a renewed drive for better Holocaust education

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the residence of Brazil's ambassador to the UN in New York City on September 21, 2026 (Getty Images)

Flydubai terror attack

Flydubai pilot who ‘tried to bring down plane’ was a ‘terrorist or a whackjob,’ claims Trump

Israeli authorities have branded the incident an ‘attempted jihadist terror attack’

By Hayley Cregor

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US President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on September 30, 2026 (Getty Images)

World News

Iran

Iran’s sickening celebration of October 7: We will complete destruction of Zionist regime

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

Film

Here’s Stanley! The Shining axe and 2001: A Space Odyssey ‘star child’ up for sale in Kubrick auction

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Flydubai terror attack

Flydubai co-pilot ‘trained in Britain’

By Daniel Ben-David

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October 7 anniversary

Mamdani condemns ‘apartheid’ in October 7 anniversary statement

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Bibas Family

Paris renames scenic path in ‘particularly peaceful’ gardens to honour slain Bibas children

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

A memorial service Nova music festival site near Kibbutz Re’im on the morning of October 7, 2026 (Flash90)

October 7 anniversary

World marks three years since October 7 with vows to stand with Israel and combat antisemitism

By JC Reporter

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A gavel sits atop a map of the Middle East (Credit: Getty)

Law

‘Genocide’, ‘war crimes’ and ‘colonialism’: New dictionary seeks to reclaim terms used as ‘political weapons’

The International Legal Forum, an Israel-based network of 4,000 lawyers, aims to clarify language that has been misused to incendiary effect

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

UK News

Antisemitism

Antizionist antisemitism ‘institutionally embedded’ in public sector, new report warns

Labour Friends of Israel calls for independent reviewer of public sector antisemitism to hold institutions to account on Jew-hate

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

A protester holds a sign that reads "You celebrate the death of the Jewish people" at a counter-protest by 'Stop the Hate' during a pro-Palestinian student march on October 07, 2026 in London, England (Photo by Leon Neal/2026 Getty Images)

October 7

We stand with Israel, Britain’s Jewish leaders tell crowd at October 7 vigil in central London

Community members gathered near 10 Downing Street on third anniversary of Hamas massacre

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Hundreds gather at the vigil outside 10 Downing Street (Credit: Michelle Wolodarsky)

October 7 anniversary

How anti-Israel protesters justified marching through London on October 7

Police made eleven arrests at demonstrations on the third anniversary of the 2023 Hamas attacks

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Protesters from the University of London Coalition marching on October 7, 2026 (Image: JC)

Iran

Iranian journalist allegedly targeted by Iranian spies claims family was harassed by IRGC

Kambiz Hosseini told a court that authorities in the Islamic Republic would take his parents to a police station with the aim of ‘pressuring him to go off air’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

General view of Woolwich Crown Court on September 26, 2025 (Getty Images)

Opinion

My mother taught me why the prophets still matter

Gav Cohn has written a booklet in memory of his mum to mark her third yahrzeit

By Gav Cohn

2 min read

By Gary Mason

The Israel-Palestine fund that could build peace from the ground up

Modelled on the Irish experience, it can act as a force-multiplier, making stretched aid budgets go further. Labour was right to support it and the UK should now make it a priority

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By Michal Cotler-Wunsh

When words become weapons: Why we launched a dictionary to reclaim legal terms

Only when international law is applied consistently and equally can it protect victims and establish accountability. Demonisation, delegitimisation, and double standards fuel ever-mutating antisemitism, embolden extremism, and threaten the foundations of democracies

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By Liel Leibovitz

America’s Jewish leaders have failed their community

Because these insiders know the Democratic Party is increasingly shaped by figures like Mamdani, they are willing to join J Street, the anti-AIPAC group criticised for backing policies and politicians seen as endangering vital Israeli interests

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Sponsored

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

By Dennis Rogers

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Tzedakah shouldn’t stop with us

By Anthony Broza

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Real university starter pack, no £600 kettle required

By Sophie Dunoff

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

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The world turns away. But Israel keeps contributing

By Alan Aziz

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Life

Dave Rich: ‘We have spent the last three years with a target on our backs’

By Nicole Lampert

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Israel

Rachel Johnson: ‘I saw Hamas’s atrocities firsthand’

Six months after October 7, Rachel Johnson went to Israel to see for herself the aftermath of the atrocities. She shares her diary of what she saw in Kfar Aza and at the Nova site

By Rachel Johnson

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Salad

Sensational salads, for a really good cause

Salads for Good from social enterprise Cook for Good serves up recipes designed to make you feel great inside and out

By Siam Goorwich

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Cook for Good founders Karen Mattison and Robinne Collie (Photo: Justin Gardner)

shoah

How I wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz and other Holocaust stories

Ahead of a talk for the JC, Heather Morris tells John Jeffay about her new work of historical fiction based on an amazing true story

By John Jeffay

5 min read

Theatre

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Soho Place, review: Billy Crudup delivers one of the performances of the year ★★★★★

With Gillian Anderson as Martha, this production directed by Marianne Elliott is up there with the best of Edward Albee’s 1962 classic

By John Nathan

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Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Photo: Johan Persson)

JC recipes

Vegan salad

Crispy rice salad

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Vegetarian salad

Hot honey aubergine salad

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Cook time: 30 mins

Recipes

Claudia Winkleman's favourite lentil salad

By Cook for Good

Cook time: 20 mins

Flora Shedden's roasted squash and apple soup (Photos: Laura Edwards)

Soups

Roasted squash and apple soup with crispy crumbs

By Flora Shedden

Cook time: 55 mins – 1hr, 5 mins

The Jewish Chronicle

UK diplomats in Jerusalem to ‘end Palestinian Authority contacts’

‘Enough is enough, Jewish children deserve to feel safe’, says shadow education secretary

Green Party Zionism vote is antisemitic, bishops say

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

Mob accuses Zohran Mamdani of ‘genocide’ and ‘treachery’ for attending October 7 vigil

French Holocaust survivor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

Opinion

I’ve seen Naza and it’s a nasty piece of propaganda

October 7 revealed a darkness in Britain: rising antisemitism amid calls for Israel’s destruction

The BBC’s rotten decision to repeat the grotesque genocide charge against Israel on October 7

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US antisemitism envoy to make ‘representations’ to UK ministers over Green antizionist motion

US bombers withdrawn from RAF Fairford after ‘new threats’ against base

NY Jewish groups highlight lack of focus on antizionist violence in Mamdani’s new antisemitism strategy

Flydubai pilot who ‘tried to bring down plane’ was a ‘terrorist or a whackjob,’ claims Trump

World News

Iran’s sickening celebration of October 7: We will complete destruction of Zionist regime

Here’s Stanley! The Shining axe and 2001: A Space Odyssey ‘star child’ up for sale in Kubrick auction

Flydubai co-pilot ‘trained in Britain’

Mamdani condemns ‘apartheid’ in October 7 anniversary statement

Paris renames scenic path in ‘particularly peaceful’ gardens to honour slain Bibas children

World marks three years since October 7 with vows to stand with Israel and combat antisemitism

‘Genocide’, ‘war crimes’ and ‘colonialism’: New dictionary seeks to reclaim terms used as ‘political weapons’

UK News

Antizionist antisemitism ‘institutionally embedded’ in public sector, new report warns

We stand with Israel, Britain’s Jewish leaders tell crowd at October 7 vigil in central London

How anti-Israel protesters justified marching through London on October 7

Iranian journalist allegedly targeted by Iranian spies claims family was harassed by IRGC

Opinion

My mother taught me why the prophets still matter

The Israel-Palestine fund that could build peace from the ground up

When words become weapons: Why we launched a dictionary to reclaim legal terms

America’s Jewish leaders have failed their community

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

Dave Rich: ‘We have spent the last three years with a target on our backs’

Rachel Johnson: ‘I saw Hamas’s atrocities firsthand’

Sensational salads, for a really good cause

How I wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz and other Holocaust stories

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Soho Place, review: Billy Crudup delivers one of the performances of the year ★★★★★

JC recipes

Crispy rice salad

Hot honey aubergine salad

Claudia Winkleman's favourite lentil salad

Roasted squash and apple soup with crispy crumbs