Opinion

Only in America? Podhoretz, Reiner and the Jewish journey

Their lives couldn’t have been more different – expect for the ways in which they resembled each other

By Dominic Green

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Norman Podhoretz and Rob Reiner (Image: Getty)

By Nicholas Lezard

Star Trek boldly built the most Jewish and diverse ship in space

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Mourners gather in memory of the victims of the terror attack at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 15, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Nick Cohen

The unforgivable failure of liberals to confront anti-Zionists

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By Elisa Bray

How many Britons know Jewish kids have to drill for terror threats?

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The Hamas files: how terrorists captured Western NGOs in Gaza

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Police officers gather in Trafalgar Square ahead of a planned protest in support of Palestine Action on October 4, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Metropolitan Police

As an ex-policeman, I know exactly why it took dead Jews for the force to act against the hate mob

Too often, the advancement of senior officers depends less on what they do than on how well they can write up what they claim to have done

By Gill Levy

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By Mike Doran

Tucker Carlson claims Israel is a burden on the US. It reveals profound strategic ignorance

The security mechanism with the Jewish state directly serves the American interest and, in practice, saves American lives, soldiers and civilians alike

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Israeli F-35i and F-15i aircraft fly alongside a US B-52 strategic bomber in a joint military exercise (Image: IDF)

By Stephen Daisley

Jews had to die, repeatedly, before the UK acted on ‘globalise the intifada’

In Britain, and not only Britain, solidarity with the community tends to be post-mortem

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Relatives of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the December 14 Bondi beach terror attack, lean over his coffin during his funeral on December 17, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Maureen Lipman

There I was, childishly delighted to drink my own face

In the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem I was presented with a cappuccino with my likeness on it. In froth. Don’t ask me how they did it or why I was singled out for special treatment

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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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