Lucy Pollock

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‘As a student, I was working 40 hours a week. I’m still paying off my debts’

Jewish students and graduates tell the JC about the pressures they face to stay financially afloat – and the support that’s available

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Study points to genetic variant in over 25 % of Ashkenazi Jews with Parkinson’s

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JLC honours its Lead Fellows of 2026

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Ofer Winter during the launch of the new Amcha Yisrael party in Jerusalem on August 25, 2026 (Flash90)

Ex-IDF general Ofer Winter says new party will only back Netanyahu for prime minister after election

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Hatton Garden heist-themed bar threatens historic Jewish jewellers

The firm, which was established by Holocaust survivor Emil Katz, claimed the bar would be ‘ghoulish and completely inappropriate’

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August 28, 2026 15:26

Exterior view of E Katz and Co Jewellers (E Katz and Co)

‘Restecpa’: Ed Sheeran responds to name drop in new Ali G film trailer

The multi-award-winning singer said an encounter with the beloved character fulfilled a childhood dream

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August 28, 2026 10:58

Ed Sheeran attends iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball 2025 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on December 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

Watch: Claudia Winkelman casts an eye over a new batch of Faithfuls in ‘Celebrity Traitors’ season two teaser

The BBC has revealed the full cast for the show, including Michael Sheen, Richard E Grant and Maya Jama

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August 27, 2026 16:31

Claudia Winkleman in the trailer for The Celebrity Traitors season two (YouTube/BBC)

Australian judge rejects IHRA defintion of antisemitism in anti-Israel graffiti case

Justice Desmond Fagan of the New South Wales Supreme Court said the definition was ‘so verbose and imprecise that it could not realistically be attributed to the ordinary, reasonably informed member of the Australian public’

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August 27, 2026 15:40

Justice Desmond Fagan (Supreme Court of New South Wales)

Change at the top as EcoJudaism appoints new executive director

Emma Weleminsky’s arrival marks a new phase of growth for the environmental charity

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August 27, 2026 13:44

Emma Weleminsky, EcoJudaism's new executive director (Photo: courtesy)

Everton supporters’ club condemns local councillor’s comparison of train station queues to Auschwitz

Councillor Richard Kemp said he made the comment because conditions at the station are ‘dangerous’ and that the operator is ‘lucky not to have deaths’ at its site

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August 27, 2026 12:03

A shirt worn by Dwight McNeil of Everton during a Premier League match between Everton and Fulham at Goodison Park on October 26, 2024 (Getty Images)

Gary Lineker claims BBC ‘moved the goalposts’ over social media posts

The former Match of the Day presenter said he had been restricted from airing his ‘humanitarian’ views while at the corporation during an interview a week after sharing a video of a ‘notorious’ antizionist activist comparing Zionism to Nazism

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August 26, 2026 15:30

Gary Lineker attends the NTA's 2025 at The O2 Arena on September 10, 2025 in London (Getty Images)

Watch: Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Ali G in trailer for new film

The actor will reprise his iconic role in a new mockumentary, which will hit cinemas in October

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August 26, 2026 09:58

Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G in 'Ali G: Who Iz I?' (YouTube/MGM Studios)

Nigella wears zip-up jumpsuit in first appearance on Bake Off

TV cook lights up the trailer for the new series which will be on our TV screens in September

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August 25, 2026 19:30

Nigella Lawson in the trailer for the new series of Bake Off (Channel 4/YouTube)

Israeli mafia boss murdered in alleged gang hit amid organised crime wave

Yanis Yushvaev was shot at point-blank range while leaving a petrol station in Caesarea

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August 25, 2026 15:59

Montreal council rejects bid to cut city’s ties with Israel

Councillors instead passed an amended version of the motion that expressed ‘solidarity with the Palestinian people’ but stopped short of a boycott of the Jewish State

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August 25, 2026 14:51