The toxic traps that Corbynites just cannot avoidConspiracy theories are fuelling terror rampages and turning up on the Twitter threads of politicians and actors. Fighting them is one of democracy’s great challengesBy Dr Daniel Allington 5 min read
Mark Regev: I was also envoy to UK JewryThe outgoing Israeli ambassador went home last week — but not before celebrating his warm ties with the communityBy Jenni Frazer4 min read
The Jewish exodus from Mosul ended 2,500 years of peaceful coexistenceAhead of a lecture on the subject, Dena Attar recalls her family’s escape from 1940s Mosul as Jew-hate ended their community’s long history in the cityBy Dena Attar5 min read
The Lord who incited hate — then suffered itGeorge Gordon, though infamous for the anti-Catholic 'Gordon riots', converted to Judaism in later lifeBy Robert Philpot2 min read
We have a history of making our leaders sufferThe trial of Netanyahu is entirely consistent with Jewish tradition: from Moses to Herzl there has been a deep suspicion of charismatic leaders — and with good reasonBy David Aberbach5 min read
Avineri: diaspora opinion will not sway Netanyahu over annexationRenowned Israeli political scientist Shlomo Avineri provides his take on the coalition, Netanyahu and the trajectory of ZionismBy Colin Shindler5 min read
Why I put my Crohn’s on film17-year-old Matty Fisher's short film, 'Life Goes On', documents his own struggle with the debilitating diseaseBy Sonia Zhuravlyova1 min read
Busking opera singer takes his tunes into London's green spacesHaving made aliyah a few years ago, Rafael is now back in the UK and trying to find a safe way to bring live music to the people of LondonBy Sandy Rashty1 min read
A survivor in isolation'I take every day as it comes' says Eva Klein, who turned 91 this weekBy Nadine Wojakovski4 min read
Even at the height of the Great Plague, Anglo-Jewry kept its synagogues openOne community leader fled but others kept Jewish life ticking over during the 1665-6 epidemic — despite losing loved onesBy Colin Shindler3 min read
How a gathering in Italy led to a Jewish state in PalestineThis weekend marks the 100th anniversary of a geopolitical decision of enormous consequence for the Jewish peopleBy Colin Shindler5 min read
A nurse told mother she was lucky to survive Belsen. She didn’t feel luckyA writer tells the story of her mother’s unlikely survival of the death camp — and the British brigadier who fought to save as many inmates as he couldBy Bernice Lerner5 min read
The Tunisian official helping to rescue Jewish homesMoché Uzan speaks to the JC about wading through paperwork and bureaucracy to reclaim properties that once belonged the country's JewsBy Aidan Chivers3 min read
Pesach 80 years ago was also steeped in fear. But what came next was far worseAs the Nazi war machine rolled across Europe, the JC told its readers that the ‘war for liberty’ was ‘eternal’By Colin Shindler5 min read
The Seder bombing that killed my motherSeventy five years ago today, a Nazi V2 rocket landed on an East London block, killing 134 people including 120 Jews. Millie Halpern recalls the moment of horrorBy Lianne Kolirin 3 min read
The Shoah refugees who helped re-invent a corner of the CaribbeanThe dictator of the Dominican Republic offered Jews safe haven from Hitler. The result was a thriving town on the country’s north coastBy Debbie Josefson5 min read
