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Antisemitism

Zelensky signs law criminalising antisemitism in Ukraine

The legislation introduces fines and prison terms specifically for acts of Jew-hatred

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Credit: Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Holocaust survivors Irene Shashar and Gita Koifman with former hostages Agam Berger and Ori Megidish (Yossi Zeliger)

Yom Hashoah

Hamas hostages, diaspora terror victims and Shoah survivors together in March of the Living

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

Lebanon

Hezbollah chief calls on Israel and Lebanon to abandon ‘pointless’ negotiations

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Rabbi Daniel Walker and King Charles III view floral tributes during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, October 20, 2025 (Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Antisemitism

UK suffers ‘highest number per capita of antisemitic assaults’ in the diaspora

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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Latest UK News

Leeds Uni Jsoc football team lifts its first ever trophy under the lights in London

Striker Josh Woolf netted the only goal against Birmingham in the UJS Cup final

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Hapoel Hyde Park celebrating the victory (photo: Georgia Rosenberg)

London

Brent Cross stabbing: Police manhunt for knifeman after one hospitalised

Footage on social media showed a wounded man being lifted into an ambulance by paramedics

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Exterior view of the Brent Cross shopping centre (Getty Images)

Jewish Small Communities Network

‘We will be each other’s resources, and I think that will be worth its weight in gold’

The JC learns about the first leadership course specifically for the UK’s small Jewish communities

By Ben Conway

3 min read

A screengrab from the video call of the first session of the course (photo: JSCN)

Animal welfare

Vegan US rabbi announces £7,000 grant for UK shuls who explore plant-based lifestyle

The Synagogue Vegan Challenge is open for applications from UK communities for the first time

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Iran

‘Not the agreement we have’: Trump cautions Iran over Hormuz tolls

The US president guaranteed oil would be allowed through the vital shipping line after striking a ceasefire deal with Tehran

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Trump speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

Basketball

American-Israeli basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire gets spot in Hall of Fame

The six-time NBA All-Star converted to Judaism after retiring

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Amar'e Stoudemire speaks during a press conference for the 2026 Inductees to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Iran

US revokes green cards of Soleimani’s niece and grandniece

The women reportedly enjoyed a ‘lavish’ lifestyle in the US

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Gen Qassem Soleimani, the slain commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' feared Quds Force, pictured in 2013 (Photo: Getty)

Operation Roaring Lion

US will end Iran War ‘very soon’ says Trump ahead of national address

Secretary of State Marco Rubio echoed the president’s comments, saying Washington could ‘see the finish line’ in the conflict

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Trump speaks to the media after departing Air Force One at Miami International Airport on March 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

Latest Israel news

Hungary to rejoin ICC after Magyar wins landslide

Outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had pulled his country out of the court over the arrest warrant issued against his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Péter Magyar speaks to the media the day after his victory in Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 13, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary (Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu trial delayed again after Shin Bet security warning

The service asked for the cancellation of the prime minister’s scheduled hearings due to the risk of an attack by Iranian agents

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Israel

‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoah

Prime Minister Netanyahu said the continent was ‘afflicted by profound moral weakness’, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the German chancellor to ‘bow his head and apologise a thousand times’

By Jacob Jaffa and Melanie Swan

2 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Yom HaShoah at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

Lebanon

IDF troops surround Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil

Israeli and Lebanese negotiators are due for peace talks this week

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Smoke rises from southern Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes, April 12, 2026 (Flash90)

World News

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Demonstrators take part in a Chanukah candle-lighting event in London in honour of victims of the mass shooting at a Jewish gathering in Australia in December (Photo: Getty)

Antisemitism

Last year worst for antisemitic violence in West in 30 years

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

European Jewish leaders ‘deeply disturbed’ by Passover arson attack on North Macedonia’s only synagogue

The attack on the Beth Yaakov Synagogue in Skopje is reported to be the first of its kind since the Second World War

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

El Al to resume flights to nine destinations after Iran ceasefire

Foreign airlines are also set to reactivate their routes to Ben Gurion Airport, the Israel Airports Authority has confirmed

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Observers baffled as UK nominates Iran for UN human rights committee

The Islamic Republic is believed to have executed four people a day on average in 2025

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Politics

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Iron Dome

Improve ties with Israel to defend Britain, former RAF chief tells Starmer

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Israel’s Lebanon strikes ‘deeply damaging’, says Foreign Secretary

Yvette Cooper calls for Lebanon truce amid rising casualties and fears for Middle East stability

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Police forces get £5m boost for faith site patrols following Golders Green attack

‘You are not facing these threats alone,’ says security minister as new funding announced

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Revealed: Green candidate and husband of Loose Women star rants about threat posed by ‘the chosen people’

Mark Adderley, husband of Nadia Sawalha, also blamed Netanyahu for the Hatzola ambulance attack

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Showbiz

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Jewish actor Scarlett Johansson (Image: Getty Images)

Entertainment

Scarlett Johansson: Female actors were ‘pulled apart’ for the way they looked in the early 2000s

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Isla Fisher ‘dating Jewish footballer Larry Cohen’ after split from Sacha Baron Cohen

The actor finalised her divorce from the Borat star last year

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Mr Nobody Against Putin: Producer Lucie Kon ‘absolutely thrilled’ to win best documentary Oscar

Kon was the executive producer for the film, which chronicles a teacher’s quiet resistance against Russian state propaganda

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Oscars security ramped up after FBI warns of potential ‘surprise attack’ from Iran

Snipers, sniffer dogs, and Swat teams have been drafted in to protect Hollywood’s stars

By Ben Conway

1 min read

News

Zelensky signs law criminalising antisemitism in Ukraine

Hamas hostages, diaspora terror victims and Shoah survivors together in March of the Living

Hezbollah chief calls on Israel and Lebanon to abandon ‘pointless’ negotiations

UK suffers ‘highest number per capita of antisemitic assaults’ in the diaspora

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Latest UK News

Leeds Uni Jsoc football team lifts its first ever trophy under the lights in London

Brent Cross stabbing: Police manhunt for knifeman after one hospitalised

‘We will be each other’s resources, and I think that will be worth its weight in gold’

Vegan US rabbi announces £7,000 grant for UK shuls who explore plant-based lifestyle

‘Not the agreement we have’: Trump cautions Iran over Hormuz tolls

American-Israeli basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire gets spot in Hall of Fame

US revokes green cards of Soleimani’s niece and grandniece

US will end Iran War ‘very soon’ says Trump ahead of national address

Latest Israel news

Hungary to rejoin ICC after Magyar wins landslide

Netanyahu trial delayed again after Shin Bet security warning

‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoah

IDF troops surround Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil

World News

Last year worst for antisemitic violence in West in 30 years

European Jewish leaders ‘deeply disturbed’ by Passover arson attack on North Macedonia’s only synagogue

El Al to resume flights to nine destinations after Iran ceasefire

Observers baffled as UK nominates Iran for UN human rights committee

Politics

Improve ties with Israel to defend Britain, former RAF chief tells Starmer

Israel’s Lebanon strikes ‘deeply damaging’, says Foreign Secretary

Police forces get £5m boost for faith site patrols following Golders Green attack

Revealed: Green candidate and husband of Loose Women star rants about threat posed by ‘the chosen people’

Showbiz

Scarlett Johansson: Female actors were ‘pulled apart’ for the way they looked in the early 2000s

Isla Fisher ‘dating Jewish footballer Larry Cohen’ after split from Sacha Baron Cohen

Mr Nobody Against Putin: Producer Lucie Kon ‘absolutely thrilled’ to win best documentary Oscar

Oscars security ramped up after FBI warns of potential ‘surprise attack’ from Iran