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More than 100 convicted over attempt to lynch Jews at Dagestan airport

Hundreds of men stormed the Makhachkala Uytash Airport in 2023, searching for Jewish travellers and injuring more than 20 people

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Billy Joel

Film sheds new light on Jewish roots of Billy Joel

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

The Free University of Berlin (FU) will have to answer questions in court (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Jewish student to sue Berlin university after hate attack left him with brain haemorrhage

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Rabbi Yhia Lahiani's home in Grenoble was burned down in a suspected arson attack (Image: X, Torah-Box)

Antisemitism

French rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Syria

Syrian security forces redeploy to Druze city as Israel resumes airstrikes after Bedouin attacks

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

How Jewish is?

Who are the Druze and why is Israel defending them?

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Century-old siddur found during preservation of Siberian synagogue

Workers preserving the Soldiers' Synagogue in Tomsk, Siberia discovered a century-old siddur hidden in the attic (Image: Canaan Lidor)

Hitler impersonator arrested in Germany

A Hitler impersonator has been arrested at a Moto GP race in Germany (Image: Reddit)

Hague court rejects Israeli request to vacate warrants, suspend investigation of Netanyahu, Gallant

The US has placed sanctions on four justices at the International Criminal Court (Image: Getty)

Beirut bans all financial dealings with Hezbollah bank

A branch of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan bank targeted in Israeli strikes last year (Image: Getty)

EU shelves anti-Israel measures after Brussels sees ‘positive signs’ in Gaza aid situation

Sesame Street's Elmo has addressed a recent hack on his X account (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Sesame Street’s Elmo condemns hacker who spouted Jew-hatred from his X account

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Maurice Cohen made his statements at the Irish Parliament committee meeting for foreign affairs (Image: Irish Parliament Committee Meeting for Foreign Affairs)

Irish Jewry

Jewish groups slam ‘selected outrage’ behind Irish bill to ban West Bank imports

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Syria

Netanyahu calls for calm as Israeli Druze flock into Syria amid sectarian violence

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Mandy Patinkin is known for his portrayal of Saul Berenson in Homeland (Image: Getty)

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Emmys 2025: Jewish stars and series dominate comedy nominations

Seth Rogen’s Jewish-influenced show ‘The Studio’ earns record-breaking number of Emmy nominations for a comedy series

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Adam Brody and Kristen Bell both received Emmy nominations for the uber Jewish Netflix series 'Nobody Wants This'. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Netflix)

USA

Nearly a quarter of Americans find attacks on Jews ‘understandable’

The figure is ‘unacceptable’ says head of ADL which commissioned survey

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Rabbi Marc Soloway, the British born leader of Congregation Bonei Shalom in Boulder, Colarado, comforts attendees at a community gathering two days after a Molotov cocktail attaack on a rally for the hostages (Getty Images)

Education

Largest US teachers’ union endorses proposal to ban ADL material on antisemitism, Holocaust

The National Education Association voted in favour of cutting ties to the Anti-Defamation League over perceived pro-Israel bias

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

The National Education Association, America's largest teachers' union, has voted to bar members from using education materials by the Anti-Defamation League, an antisemitism watchdog group. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for National Education Association)

US Politics

Israeli Diaspora Minister calls Democrat Senate leader Chuck Schumer a ‘Palestinian’

Amichai Chikli dubbed the veteran lawmaker a ‘self-hating Jew’ over his congratulation of anti-Zionist New York mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani

By Canaan Lidor

1 min read

Chuck Schumer (pictured) was labelled a 'Palestinian' and a 'self-hating Jew' by Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli (Image: Getty)

World news

Romanian President Nicușor Dan has blocked a bill that would have imposed prison sentences for antisemitic hate speech (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Romanian president blocks bill criminalising antisemitic hate speech

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Palestine

Bob Geldof: I won’t do Live Aid for Palestine

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun after extinguishing a Chanukah menorah at the parliament building in Warsaw, Dec. 12, 2023. (Source: Screenshot/X)

Poland

Polish politician who extinguished Chanukah candles allegedly says gas chambers were ‘fake’

By Canaan Lidor

1 min read

India

The silent Indian hero who created fake companies to save Jews from the Holocaust

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

A group of anti-Israel activists vandalised a kosher restaurant in Athens over the weekend (Image: Zvika Levinson)

Greece

Anti-Israel activists raid kosher restaurant in Greece

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The X account of beloved children's character Elmo posted an antisemitic, conspiracy-laden rant after it was targeted by a hacker (Image: Getty)

Social Media

‘Kill all Jews’: Sesame Street’s Elmo posts antisemitic rant after X account hacked

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

albania

Albanian ship captain drowns rescuing two Israeli tourists in Lake Shkodra

Arben Anamali died after jumping in to save Israeli tourists who ignored his warning of dangerous currents in Albanian lake

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

France to indict six suspects 60 years after terror attack on Jewish restaurant Slovakian festival cancels Kanye gig over ‘Heil Hitler’ song

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Theatre

Performer unfurls Palestine flag during Royal Opera House curtain call

Cast member of Il trovatore unveiled the Palestinian flag during the final bow on Saturday night

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

A cast member in the Royal Opera House's production of 'Il trovatore' raised the Palestinian flag during curtain call on Saturday evening. (Photo: X)

We Believe in Israel

Director of We Believe in Israel denies claims she slept with Iranian officials while infiltrating the regime

Iranian politician charged with ‘disturbing public opinion’ after he made the allegation

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Kneecap

Police drop investigation into Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance

The band claimed that the very existence of the probe was an example of ‘state intimidation’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Avon and Somerset Police has confirmed it will drop its investigation into Kneecap's Glastonbury performance (Image: Getty)

Pro-Palestine protests

Christians to march to ‘end the apartheid’ in London on Saturday

Christians for Palestine will join the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on the Embankment on Saturday

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Christians for Palestine will join the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (pictured here) in Embankment on Saturday (Image: Getty)

Opinion

Israel between loyalty toward the Druze and detente in Syria

The Jewish state owes a debt to the Druze and a moral duty to stop the massacres – yet it must not jeopardise a fragile opening to the regime

By Kobi Michael

6 min read

The bodies of victims in a hospital yard in the devastated Druze-majority city of Sweida, July 17, 2025. Residents were shocked by the bodies littering the streets next to looted shops and burned homes following the withdrawal of Syrian government forces. (Image: Getty)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

The left’s war on the ADL is a warning to American Jewry

The campaign to expel the Anti-Defamation League from progressive spaces – most recently by the National Education Association – reveals how anti-Zionism has become a litmus test

3 min read

By Vivian Bercovici

You don’t need a survey to see the antisemitism in Toronto’s schools

Jewish kids were harassed and attacked, teachers looked the other way – when they were not themselves participating – and officials did nothing

4 min read

By Arsen Ostrovsky

The massacre of the Druze is a moral test: Israel acted, the world failed

The international community cannot continue treating President al-Sharra as a legitimate partner, while turning a blind eye to the atrocities that are being committing in Sweida

3 min read

By Stephen Pollard

The BBC’s mountainous ignorance, hidden behind a smug air of superiority

As Hillel Neuer dryly put it: ‘It’s really important that we are clear that BBC News has a pro-terrorist wing, and a completely separate wing that are just idiots’

2 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

The UN’s anti-Israel inquisition is falling apart – finally

All three commissioners of the UNHRC’s “permanent inquiry” into Israel have abruptly quit after their colleague Albanese was hit with UN sanctions. If it was so easy to get rid of them, why wasn’t action taken sooner?

3 min read

By Yaakov Lappin

Israel is arming the full spectrum of anti-Hamas resistance in Gaza – and the terror group looks rattled

Israel is coordinating with clans in Gaza City and Khan Yunis, as well as the militia led by Yasser Abu Shabab

4 min read

Life

Iosi, the Remorseful Spy review: ‘it all ends badly’

By Robert Low

2 min read

Prolific: Etgar Keret, who has published numerous short story collections, and written widely for TV and film, and his latest book

Books

Autocorrect by Etgar Keret review: ‘thirty-three troubling short stories’

The Israeli writer’s latest short story collection features dating, sex, relationships – and deep wells of loneliness in contemporary Israel

By David Herman

1 min read

Theatre

‘Giant shows us what it’s like to be British and Jewish’

Elliot Levey on playing Roald Dahl’s real-life Jewish agent in the West End play

By John Nathan

5 min read

Refreshingly honest: Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler in Giant (Photo: Johan Persson)

Books

The Jewish Literary Foundation launches a new prize for translated works

The winning translator will receive a £3,000 cash award and be invited to speak at Jewish Book Week 2026

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The prize is open to translators worldwide (Image: Getty)

Travel

Time stands still in these woodland hills

If you want to return from your holiday feeling less tired than when you left, head to Malvern in Worcestershire. The spa town also boasts more Jewish history than you might expect

By Rachel Coussins

4 min read

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Tel Aviv food

Eight must-try restaurants to look out for in Tel Aviv in 2025

By Victoria Prever

4 min read

Vegetarian recipe

Burnt courgette, basil and cannellini bean stew

By Xanthe Ross

Cook time: 50 minutes

Keep things kosher with these summer cocktails

Kosher wine

Chill out with these cooling, kosher cocktails

By Victoria Prever

3 min read

Bake

Miso walnut double-thick chocolate chip cookies

By Nicola Lamb

Cook time: 20 minutes

More than 100 convicted over attempt to lynch Jews at Dagestan airport

Film sheds new light on Jewish roots of Billy Joel

Jewish student to sue Berlin university after hate attack left him with brain haemorrhage

French rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’

Syrian security forces redeploy to Druze city as Israel resumes airstrikes after Bedouin attacks

How Jewish is Pete Davidson?

Who are the Druze and why is Israel defending them?

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Century-old siddur found during preservation of Siberian synagogue

Hitler impersonator arrested in Germany

Hague court rejects Israeli request to vacate warrants, suspend investigation of Netanyahu, Gallant

Beirut bans all financial dealings with Hezbollah bank

EU shelves anti-Israel measures after Brussels sees ‘positive signs’ in Gaza aid situation

Sesame Street’s Elmo condemns hacker who spouted Jew-hatred from his X account

Jewish groups slam ‘selected outrage’ behind Irish bill to ban West Bank imports

Netanyahu calls for calm as Israeli Druze flock into Syria amid sectarian violence

How Jewish is Mandy Patinkin?

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Latest US News

Emmys 2025: Jewish stars and series dominate comedy nominations

Nearly a quarter of Americans find attacks on Jews ‘understandable’

Largest US teachers’ union endorses proposal to ban ADL material on antisemitism, Holocaust

Israeli Diaspora Minister calls Democrat Senate leader Chuck Schumer a ‘Palestinian’

World news

Romanian president blocks bill criminalising antisemitic hate speech

Bob Geldof: I won’t do Live Aid for Palestine

Polish politician who extinguished Chanukah candles allegedly says gas chambers were ‘fake’

The silent Indian hero who created fake companies to save Jews from the Holocaust

Anti-Israel activists raid kosher restaurant in Greece

‘Kill all Jews’: Sesame Street’s Elmo posts antisemitic rant after X account hacked

Albanian ship captain drowns rescuing two Israeli tourists in Lake Shkodra

UK News

Performer unfurls Palestine flag during Royal Opera House curtain call

Director of We Believe in Israel denies claims she slept with Iranian officials while infiltrating the regime

Police drop investigation into Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance

Christians to march to ‘end the apartheid’ in London on Saturday

Opinion

Israel between loyalty toward the Druze and detente in Syria

The left’s war on the ADL is a warning to American Jewry

You don’t need a survey to see the antisemitism in Toronto’s schools

The massacre of the Druze is a moral test: Israel acted, the world failed

The BBC’s mountainous ignorance, hidden behind a smug air of superiority

The UN’s anti-Israel inquisition is falling apart – finally

Israel is arming the full spectrum of anti-Hamas resistance in Gaza – and the terror group looks rattled

Life

Iosi, the Remorseful Spy review: ‘it all ends badly’

Autocorrect by Etgar Keret review: ‘thirty-three troubling short stories’

‘Giant shows us what it’s like to be British and Jewish’

The Jewish Literary Foundation launches a new prize for translated works

Time stands still in these woodland hills

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Eight must-try restaurants to look out for in Tel Aviv in 2025

Burnt courgette, basil and cannellini bean stew

Chill out with these cooling, kosher cocktails

Miso walnut double-thick chocolate chip cookies