The Jewish Chronicle

Orthodoxy should be able to evolve

Our past is being denied to us

Macron indulges his audiences

Macron tells audiences what they want to hear. But he is not a reliable defender of the Jewish people, writes Melanie Phillips

Keep an eye on these MPs

The outcome of the contests to elect new chairs of nearly 30 Commons select committees is revealing.

An ‘actual Jewish wife’ writes

Not all of us are at home waiting to cook our husband’s meal. They do occasionally let us out of the shtetl to forge careers of our own, writes Abigail Radnor

Now we're fighting, not for the Kotel, but over it

No one can take this Wall down. Some want to claim ownership. But no one can own the right to another person’s longings

Same old Middle East debate? Maybe not

That the government itself sought a debate on Israel and the Palestinians may be an indication of Tory intentions to take the matter seriously over the next year or two.

This is your story, and mine

She had never appeared in a musical before, so why was Tracy-Ann Oberman determined to take the part of Golde in Fiddler on the Roof?

Fake news can damage us all

What is real and what is fake? We will always have our own opinions, but are we destined never to agree on a common set of facts?

We still need local scrutiny

Should there be a levy on the big social media companies to fund local and investigative journalism? David Byers thinks there should.

Belonging to a shul matters

The standard assumption about why this has happened is that former members have simply lost interest. But is this true, asks Jonathan Boyd.

We can handle uncertainty

The Jewish approach is never to hide under the blankets and hope that difficult and uncertain times pass, writes Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum

We need to look at the big picture

There are rumblings that Charedi Jews need to start taking more responsibility for community affairs. But recent events in Israel show just what a double-edged sword that could turn out to be.

Can the Germans now teach us?

David Aaronovitch writes from the Bavarian Alps on the lessons we could learn from Europe's history

Attacks on Dweck betray the spirit of Maimonides

Those wanting to silence Rabbi Dweck want the Jews of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation to be silent too.

Tories don’t want May to stay, but they don’t w...

Youth vote matters in Judaism

The United Synagogue could learn from Jeremy Corbyn's successes, says Jennifer Lipman

Dangers of stringent modesty

In a segment of society where women’s health cannot be discussed, how are women supposed to discover the need for the preventative care that can save their lives, asks Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll