Stephen Pollard

Stephen Pollard was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 2008-2021

Latest from Stephen Pollard

Pro-Hezbollah professor tells BBC that ‘chosen people’ seek to colonise the ‘whole region’. Thank you very much, says BBC

When an Iranian professor was given airtime on the Today programme, Mishal Husain allowed him to spew out a vile rant

3 min read

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah in Nobody Wants This. (Photo: Netflix)

Nobody Wants This review: The premise is stupid, but I quite enjoyed the show

2 min read

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images)

If Ukraine must be allowed to fight, why isn’t Israel?

3 min read

For the Jew haters, even a new bus route is a sign of nefarious Jewish power

2 min read

Simon Sebag Montefiore taking apart William Dalrymple was a rewarding spectacle

It was like watching a panther dismember a goat

3 min read

August 19, 2024 14:49

William Dalrymple stands in the ruins of the "Zafar Mahal", the summer palace of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, in New Delhi. (MANPREET ROMANA/AFP via Getty Images)

The hypocrisy in reaction to the riots is striking

While those who attend the riots but don’t actually riot are rightly condemned, those who attend the hate marches alongside antisemites are described as “decent”

2 min read

August 5, 2024 14:23

Sunday's riot outside of the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Why Natalie Portman’s first TV drama left me bored senseless

It is packed to the rafters with Jewy things and it’s beautifully acted, so the JC’s editor-at-large should have loved it. I did not

2 min read

July 31, 2024 15:19

Nice acting, shame about the plot: Natalie Portman as a young and older Maddie Schwartz

For the BBC, Ismail Haniyeh was ‘moderate and pragmatic’, for the rest of us he was a monster

Why is the corporation incapable of describing him as what he was

1 min read

July 31, 2024 10:16

Assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Imagine if it had been The Jewish Vote rather than The Muslim Vote

Does anyone really think the reaction would just have been a shrug of the shoulders and a feeling that we should consider their grievances? There would, rightly, have been outrage

4 min read

July 19, 2024 09:10

Jonathan Ashworth, who lost his Leicester South seat (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

This election makes Britain ever more vulnerable to sanitised Islamism

With so many small majorities, Labour MPs are set to lean towards the demands of The Muslim Vote

3 min read

July 5, 2024 07:55

Friday night dinner doesn’t make you a slacker

The Tory party offended us all by attacking Sir Keir Starmer for observing Jewish traditions

3 min read

July 2, 2024 11:04

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps knows full well what trying to keep Friday night free for Shabbat means (Photo: Getty Images)

Last night’s debate will impact the Middle East as well as the US

The issue now is not whether Biden should be president for another term – it’s whether he should be president for the remainder of this term.

2 min read

June 28, 2024 14:17

Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the CNN Presidential Debate (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Kid Sister, review: How not to write a comedy about Jews

I lost hours of my life this predictable, badly acted, and really very annoying series

3 min read

June 26, 2024 10:43

Drivel: Simone Nathan and Roxie Mohebbi in Kid Sister

Labour’s plan to recognise Palestine is gesture politics of the worst kind

It makes a negotiated settlement less likely

2 min read

June 7, 2024 10:03

Sir Keir Starmer (Photo by LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Don’t forget the role of stupidity in the debate about Israel

It’s especially prevalent when it comes to pro-Palestinian campaigners. While many are extremely clever at winning arguments, many of their fellow travellers are just stupid

3 min read

June 5, 2024 09:16