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
In Ukraine, all that God gave is good, all that man made is rottenIn part three of Lord Glasman's account of his journey to his Zaida's birthplace, he sets off from Manor House station, not knowing what he will findBy Maurice Glasman22 min read
As no deal Brexit looms, community wrestles with possible impactBoard of Deputies poses questions about what exiting the EU could mean for shechita and imported kosher meatBy Lee Harpin4 min read
Remember the Yidden in all the mayhem of their disputed visionsLord Glasman went on a journey through Ukraine to find his Zaida's shtetl. An archivist helps him track it down in the second of five instalments of his moving, funny and thought provoking account of what he foundBy Maurice Glasman10 min read
Maurice Glasman: No one had a good word to say about my ZaidaThree months ago, Lord Glasman went on a journey through Ukraine to find his Zaida's shtetl. The JC publishes the first of five instalments of his moving, funny and thought provoking account of what he foundBy Maurice Glasman21 min read
My wife's death was not just a senseless murderLori Kaye died in the attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue in April. Her husband tells the JC her death was 'not just a senseless murder'By Jenni Frazer2 min read
Israel hungry for advances in food techA new business incubator is inviting companies to submit innovative ideas in protein and dairy alternativesBy Nathan Jeffay3 min read
When The Guardian was a Zionist newspaperCP Scott, one the paper’s most revered editors, stood down 90 years ago this month. He was instrumental in securing the Balfour Declation but his paper's position on Israel has changed dramaticallyBy Robert Philpot6 min read
Empty gestures — or will Boris Johnson be good for the Jews?The man who is almost certain to be the next PM has long been a friend of the community — but can the populist also be one of its defenders?By Lee Harpin4 min read
