Opinion

From the JC archive 1906: A blood red dawn in Kent as new controls on migrants sail into law

On January 1, 1906 the UK’s first immigration legislation passed into law – after a campaign against Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe. The JC sent Simon Gelberg to meet the first boat due in London

By Keren David

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Customs officials examine the baggage of Jewish immigrants at St. Katherine's Dock, London, circa 1904. Original publication: Illustrated London News 30th April 1904 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: Rabbi Daniel Walker and King Charles III view floral tributes during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on October 20, 2025 in Manchester, England. The King is visiting Manchester to show his support for the Jewish community in the city, following the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on October 02. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

By Angela Epstein

Manchester’s Jews stand strong against those who plan to harm us

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Tribute left at Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester after Yom Kippur terror attack (Photo by Paul Currie/AFP via Getty Images)

By Lord Walney

After Preston, UK can no longer shy away: Islamist extremism fuelling Jew-hate terror in northwest must be stopped

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Prince Turki Al-Faisal said Israel must act like a "normal country" for Saudi Arabia to establish relations (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Saudi Arabia deciding what’s a “normal country”? That’s comedy gold

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My IRGC sources say fearful Iran are waiting for Bibi’s exit – so Israel should strike now

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Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve heads up working group that drafted new definition (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Islamophobia

New ‘Islamophobia’ definition will do nothing to stop hate crime and is fraught with danger

Latest draft presented by Dominic Grieve’s working group risks shutting down legitimate debate and will only empower extremists

By Stephen Pollard

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By Gideon Falter

Our poll tells of a Jewish community feeling betrayed by those trusted to protect us

We are a famously disunited community – but the latest CAA survey reveals near unanimity on key issues

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A Chanukah candle-lighting in central London on December 15, 2025 (Getty Images)

By Jake Wallis Simons

The year in review: Scandal rocked the BBC – but the bias that betrays licence fee-payers is unshakable

Misleading viewers over Donald Trump led the headlines, yet the Corporation’s failure to report objectively on Israel and Gaza was far worse

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By Nicole Lampert

A book of Jewish thought that is balm for the mind at this time of uncertainty

The much-loved compendium has been republished in a special new edition to commemorate October 7

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The inside page of A Book of Jewish Thoughts

Leaders

From Bondi to Manchester: the cost of Western denial on antisemitism

Sydney lays bare the consequences of demonising Israel and shrinking from the fight against extremist ideology that now threatens Western societies themselves

By The JC Leader

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Police enforce a cordon after the terror attack on the Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Rachel Reeves restores moral clarity on Israel

The Chancellor’s unapologetically Zionist speech – honest about Hamas’s October 7 atrocity, blunt about antisemitism, and courageous within her own Labour party – hints at a long overdue reset in the UK’s approach to Israel

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers keynote speech at annual LFI lunch (Photo: LFI)

By The JC Leader

The Maccabi ban is a warning to Britain about mob rule

When the state is seen to yield, extremists do not moderate – they escalate

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Supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv ahead of the match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024 / Netherlands OUT (Photo by JEROEN JUMELET/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

The St John’s Wood debacle exposes a policing culture of capitulation to extremists

Jews are victimised twice: once by those who hate them, and again by a law enforcement model that rewards their civility with indifference

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Anti-Israel protest in front of St John’s Wood Synagogue (Image: X)

Opinion

From the JC archive 1906: A blood red dawn in Kent as new controls on migrants sail into law

Manchester’s Jews stand strong against those who plan to harm us

After Preston, UK can no longer shy away: Islamist extremism fuelling Jew-hate terror in northwest must be stopped

Saudi Arabia deciding what’s a “normal country”? That’s comedy gold

Latest from opinion

My IRGC sources say fearful Iran are waiting for Bibi’s exit – so Israel should strike now

New ‘Islamophobia’ definition will do nothing to stop hate crime and is fraught with danger

Our poll tells of a Jewish community feeling betrayed by those trusted to protect us

The year in review: Scandal rocked the BBC – but the bias that betrays licence fee-payers is unshakable

A book of Jewish thought that is balm for the mind at this time of uncertainty

Leaders

From Bondi to Manchester: the cost of Western denial on antisemitism

Rachel Reeves restores moral clarity on Israel

The Maccabi ban is a warning to Britain about mob rule

The St John’s Wood debacle exposes a policing culture of capitulation to extremists

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