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Israeli Tech

Revealed: Israelis invent world’s first personal plane that’s ‘easier to drive than a car’

By John Jeffay

4 min read

IRGC

Exclusive: British-Iranian lives in fear after suspected IRGC agent offered him £40,000 to murder UK journalist

The Iranian, who has lived in UK for a decade, reported the incident to the police and warned the target of the plot

By Ali Hamedani

5 min read

New York

New York school district pays $125k settlement after painting over pro-Palestine parking space mural

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, April 2, 2026 (Credit: Leon Neal / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran

UK unveils new sanctions targeting Iran-backed criminal and financial networks

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

The former East London Central Synagogue (Google)

Synagogues

Man charged after firebombing at former synagogue

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

New report reveals Hamas’ campaign of sexual violence on October 7

Israel deports YouTuber who claimed Jews ‘invaded’ New York

Bafta for Gaza: Britain’s media elites help fuel the jihadi propaganda campaign against Israel

£7 million restoration plan announced for Lauderdale Road Synagogue

EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

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US Politics

White House Jewish event ending just before Shabbat a ‘sad oversight’, say invitees

‘It’s a rare misstep from the Trump administration that is usually better about including Orthodox Jews at their events,’ an invitee told JNS

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Exterior view of the White House in Washington DC (Getty Images)

Boulder attack

Man who firebombed Boulder pro-hostage march sentenced to life without parole

Mohamed Sabry Soliman was handed a 2,128-year prison term after pleading guilty to 100 charges, including first-degree murder

By Jonathan D Salant and Jessica Russack-Hoffman

3 min read

Mugshot of Mohamed Sabry Soliman (Boulder Police Department)

Los Angeles

LA Jewish groups criticise ‘woefully inadequate’ plea deal for man who killed pro-Israel protester

Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in relation to his fatal altercation with 69-year-old Paul Kessler in 2023

By Aaron Bandler

2 min read

Elena Colombo creates a Star of David at a makeshift memorial at the site of an altercation between Paul Kessler and Loay Alnaji on November 7, 2023, in Thousand Oaks, California (Getty Images)

Iran

US destroys six Iranian ships during ‘humanitarian mission’ to reopen Strait of Hormuz

An Israeli source told the JC that the IDF is ‘monitoring the situation and on alert’ after Iran fired a flurry of drones and missiles at the UAE

By Jacob Jaffa and Melanie Swan

2 min read

Guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney observes a merchant vessel while on patrol enforcing the US blockade against Iran (Centcom)

World news

Left: Ric Esther Bienstock, and right: Pro-Palestinian student protestors participate in a walk-out on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), April 29, 2024 (Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Film

War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Holocaust

The former cop who teaches world’s police about the Shoah

By Lianne Kolirin

3 min read

A bus carrying Palestinians released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal on October 13, 2025 (Getty Images)

New York Times

Israel accuses New York Times of ‘blood libel’ over article alleging use of dogs to rape Palestinian detainees

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Israeli fighter F-16 jets perform an exhibition exercise during an Israeli Independence Day show (Getty Images)

Operation Roaring Lion

Israel built ‘clandestine’ base in Iraq to support Tehran bombing campaign

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

The Aviva Stadium, venue for home fixtures of the Irish men's football team (photo: Getty Imahes)

Ireland

Irish footballers and celebrities sign open letter calling for cancellation of Israel matches

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Photographer Saher Alghorra (Credit: Instagram)

Gaza

Gazan photographer behind ‘starving’ boy picture wins Pulitzer Prize

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Letter from Jerusalem

Some Israelis fear Britain is finished – others plead: ‘Get your head out of the sand’

Amid shock over the Golders Green attack, Jerusalem officials and UK expats warn what must come next to defeat extremism

By Natalie Lisbona

5 min read

Belgium indicts three mohalim in ‘illegal circumcision’ case Iranian regime celebrates stabbings of Jews in London as ‘revolutionary’ attack

UK News

Documentaries

Gaza documentary dropped by BBC over ‘perception of partiality’ wins Bafta

The film’s producer described Israel as a ‘rogue state’ that is ‘mass murdering Palestinians’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

(L-R) Ben De Pear, Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Melanie Quigley, and Menna Hijazi, winners of the Current Affairs Award for Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, in the winners' room at the BAFTA TV Awards 2026 (Alamy)

Reform UK

Southbank Centre boss denies comparing Reform UK’s success to build-up to Holocaust

Chief Executive of Holocaust Education Trust called Misan Harriman’s take ‘shocking’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Harriman making the controversial remarks (Image: X)

Labour

Tower Hamlets posters label IDF soldier ‘Labour’s monster’

The materials were reported to police over concerns they would ‘stir up hatred against Jewish people’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Screenshot of posters put up in Tower Hamlets ahead of the local elections (X/AlexHearn)

Crime

Man charged after assault on three Jewish people in Enfield

The charge comes after a pair of separate alleged assaults in the same area

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Opinion

A rally against Jew-hate and sectarianism in Britain

The central question the protest raised was larger than antisemitism alone. It concerned whether the UK remains capable of sustaining a shared civic identity and the social cohesion of the country itself

By The JC Leader

3 min read

Rally against antisemitism, May 10, 2026 (Image: Elliott Franks)

By Dominic Green

The Israeli rape dog blood libel and how the New York Times has failed US liberal Jews

Ruth Wisse explained all this nearly a decade ago. Antisemitism and antizionism, she wrote, are “the organisation of politics against the Jews”

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Under any of Starmer’s mooted successors, Britain’s Israel policy can only go from bad to worse

The party’s attitude has shifted from previous governments treating the Jewish state as a key ally to viewing it as a reprobate state that must be brought to heel

4 min read

By Alex Hearn

The situation is so bad in Britain, even a rally against antisemitism needs airport-style security

Maybe what we needed from this protest was reassurance that people cared – when we already know they don't. I'm not sure what was worse: the safety measures or the apathy

3 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

The success of the Greens is another kick in the teeth for Britain’s Jews

Antisemites are going to antisemite, but the sorry truth is that most people would rather turn a blind eye to bigotry than place themselves in the uncomfortable position of confronting it

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By The JC Leader

We will all of us stand together as we face down the extremists

This leader on Sunday’s Standing Strong rally against antisemitism is published jointly with Jewish News

2 min read

By Lottie Cannon

Our ‘normal’ Jewish life: security outside schools, police patrols and hiding your kippot

What happened in Golders Green stayed with me not because it was the first time something like that had happened – it unfortunately was not – but because of how predictable everything around it felt

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Life

Children’s books: 7-12 years

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

So farewell, Cohen: (clockwise from top left) Major Sir Benn Jack Brunel Cohen; rugby player Ben Cohen; Tesco founder Sir Jack Cohen; Sacha Baron Cohen; Janet Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico; footballer George Cohen

Jewish names

The curious case of the fast-shrinking Cohens

Over the past 125 years, my surname has declined by 42 percent in the UK. Why are we on the way out?

By David Cohen

8 min read

NHS

‘Am I being charged for mentioning I had breast cancer?’

I am back in the US where I miss the NHS desperately

By Karen E H Skinazi

3 min read

The doctor will see you now: the NHS isn't perfect but is free at the point of delivery

Manchester

Company claiming to be ‘official’ Manchester United ticket reseller shared posts calling IDF ‘baby killers’

Go Official also shared a post whose author celebrated being named ‘the #1 antisemitic influencer in the world’

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Old Trafford Stadium (photo: Getty Images)

Israeli hostages

‘Hold those you love close and always be proud Jews’

In London this week, former hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Eli Sharabi and Alon Ohel reveal life after captivity

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read

JC recipes

Cheesecake

Miso burnt Basque cheesecake

By Brin Pirathapan

Cook time: 1 hr plus infusing, cooling and 6-8 hrs chilling

Healthy eating

Cashew nut and canellini bean tartine

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: No cooking!

Vegan

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 20 minutes

Israeli food

‘We’re trained to think about what is impossible – and then we try to do it’

By Ben Conway

3 min read

The Jewish Chronicle

Yorkshire landlord apologises after ‘Golders Greed’ team wins pub quiz

Revealed: Israelis invent world’s first personal plane that’s ‘easier to drive than a car’

Exclusive: British-Iranian lives in fear after suspected IRGC agent offered him £40,000 to murder UK journalist

New York school district pays $125k settlement after painting over pro-Palestine parking space mural

UK unveils new sanctions targeting Iran-backed criminal and financial networks

Man charged after firebombing at former synagogue

Editor's Picks

New report reveals Hamas’ campaign of sexual violence on October 7

Israel deports YouTuber who claimed Jews ‘invaded’ New York

Bafta for Gaza: Britain’s media elites help fuel the jihadi propaganda campaign against Israel

£7 million restoration plan announced for Lauderdale Road Synagogue

EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

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White House Jewish event ending just before Shabbat a ‘sad oversight’, say invitees

Man who firebombed Boulder pro-hostage march sentenced to life without parole

LA Jewish groups criticise ‘woefully inadequate’ plea deal for man who killed pro-Israel protester

US destroys six Iranian ships during ‘humanitarian mission’ to reopen Strait of Hormuz

World news

War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker

The former cop who teaches world’s police about the Shoah

Israel accuses New York Times of ‘blood libel’ over article alleging use of dogs to rape Palestinian detainees

Israel built ‘clandestine’ base in Iraq to support Tehran bombing campaign

Irish footballers and celebrities sign open letter calling for cancellation of Israel matches

Gazan photographer behind ‘starving’ boy picture wins Pulitzer Prize

Some Israelis fear Britain is finished – others plead: ‘Get your head out of the sand’

UK News

Gaza documentary dropped by BBC over ‘perception of partiality’ wins Bafta

Southbank Centre boss denies comparing Reform UK’s success to build-up to Holocaust

Tower Hamlets posters label IDF soldier ‘Labour’s monster’

Man charged after assault on three Jewish people in Enfield

Opinion

A rally against Jew-hate and sectarianism in Britain

The Israeli rape dog blood libel and how the New York Times has failed US liberal Jews

Under any of Starmer’s mooted successors, Britain’s Israel policy can only go from bad to worse

The situation is so bad in Britain, even a rally against antisemitism needs airport-style security

The success of the Greens is another kick in the teeth for Britain’s Jews

We will all of us stand together as we face down the extremists

Our ‘normal’ Jewish life: security outside schools, police patrols and hiding your kippot

Life

Children’s books: 7-12 years

The curious case of the fast-shrinking Cohens

‘Am I being charged for mentioning I had breast cancer?’

Company claiming to be ‘official’ Manchester United ticket reseller shared posts calling IDF ‘baby killers’

‘Hold those you love close and always be proud Jews’

JC recipes

Miso burnt Basque cheesecake

Cashew nut and canellini bean tartine

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

‘We’re trained to think about what is impossible – and then we try to do it’