How can we turn the tide on global warming?Climate change is affecting us all. So what is the Jewish community doing to help combat it?By Ben Weich5 min read
Did the Lubavitch movement support for Jewish Power halt Israel’s right wing?The far-right party, known for its Kahanist factions, failed to cross the electoral threshold last weekBy Colin Shindler2 min read
Introducing the Enquirer, Britain’s fourth most-read Jewish paperAn upcoming sitcom about a Jewish publication centres on a hapless hack who is ‘not the most successful journalist in the world’ (not inspired by the JC, we'd like to stress)By Jenni Frazer2 min read
Ben Elton speaks his mind on Boris, Corbyn and TrumpAs the Blackadder writer makes his return to stand-up comedy after a 15-year break, he tells of his struggle to satirise today's world leaders - and his deep interest in Jewish historyBy Lee Harpin6 min read
God won’t leave us alone — let’s see where we areThe latest book by the former head of Reform Judaism is the culmination of nearly 50 years in the rabbinateBy Simon Rocker6 min read
The JC's 1986 interview with 23-year-old John BercowAs the House of Commons speaker stands down, the JC republishes our interview with the then-chairman of Federation of Conservative Students, who wore a Rambo t-shirt for the occasionBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
The woman who exposed Britain’s most infamous double-agentOn September 3 1939, Soviet spy Kim Philby met his future wife. The matchmaker was his long-time friend and influential Zionist Flora Solomon, who eventually helped unmask himBy Robert Philpot3 min read
The great Marxist lie about Jew-hateLoyal Marxists today maintain that the ‘true’ version of the ideology is free of antisemitism. A closer look at Russian history after the 1917 Revolution debunks this claimBy David Aberbach7 min read
When a massacre forced a Jewish exodus from HebronIt is 90 years since a dispute over access to the Western Wall triggered a horrific massacre of Jews in a city that is now in the West BankBy Colin Shindler3 min read
From Danzig to Jerusalem, via London — an escape from Poland 80 years agoBernard Kessler escaped on the Kindertransport days before the Second World War. Now he has published his memoirBy Daniel Sugarman2 min read
Danzig: The city where hell began and endedWhen the Nazis invaded 80 years ago, the city was a key target. Five years later, the city's nearby death camp was the last to be freedBy Colin Shindler5 min read
Please write this on my tomb: The thing I love most is being a YidIn the final part of his account of travelling to say Kaddish for his grandfather, Maurice Glasman realises who he was really looking for all alongBy Maurice Glasman33 min read
Jewish holidays were commemorated as the troops advanced on ParisThe liberation of Paris in August 1944 involved thousands of Jewish soldiers. Some had fought up from Egypt; others had fled the HolocaustBy Colin Shindler5 min read
A ‘moral enigma’: the Nazi anatomy book still in use todayRabbi Joseph Polak said that while the work was derived from 'real evil', it is 'used in the service of good'By Aleks Phillips1 min read
I thanked my Zaida for sacrificing this splendour so I could liveIn part four, Maurice Glasman finally gets to say Kaddish in his grandfather's Ukranian shtetl, with the help of the last Jew living thereBy Maurice Glasman23 min read
Quakers 'take time to reflect' on hosting speakers accused of antisemitismGroup says Jew-hate 'contravenes our fundamental belief that all people are equal and precious' - but has a history of accommodating controversial speakersBy Ben Weich2 min read
