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Angela Epstein

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

Yes, we’re vigilant and even fearful. But the Jews of north Manchester are steadfast and resilient.

By Angela Epstein

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

By Lord Walney

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

Guilty verdict for jihadists plotting to commit mass murder following Yom Kippur attack is an urgent warning to authorities to confront the root cause

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

By Stephen Pollard

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

Holding Israel to account only highlights its high standards of tolerance, diversity and equality – unlike the kingdom

3 min read
Iranian ballistic missiles depicted on Tehran billboard (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
Kasra Aarabi

By Kasra Aarabi

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

Rightly or wrongly, Tehran believes Netanyahu poses a unique threat to the regime: that presents a strategic opportunity which must be seized

5 min read

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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)
Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

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

7 min read
A Chanukah candle-lighting in central London on December 15, 2025 (Getty Images)
Polls and Surveys

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

By Gideon Falter

3 min read
Jake Wallis Simons

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

5 min read
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 17: The BBC logo is seen at BBC Broadcasting House on January 17, 2022 in London, England. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has hinted that the Government will shortly reveal plans to abolish the licence fee in 2027, with the funding frozen for the next two years. Unlike other subscription services, the BBC faces a number of challenges, including finding a way to charge users, while continuing to provide-free-to-air content over its multiple radio stations. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Nicole Lampert

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

4 min read
The inside page of A Book of Jewish Thoughts
Tanya Gold

By Tanya Gold

Tanya Gold’s review of the year: Gal Gadot honoured, and we might be spared Sally Rooney’s next novel – 2025 wasn’t all bad

Looking back over the year month by month, there were glimmers of hope amid the violence, terror and hate

7 min read
A scene from The Brutalist

Leaders

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The JC Leader

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)
The JC Leader

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)
The JC Leader

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

1 min read
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)
The JC Leader

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)

Letters

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The JC

Letters to the Editor, November 14 2025

By The JC

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Brothers Gali Berman and Ziv Berman who were held hostage in Gaza for more than 700 days celebrate at the Israeli Premier League match between Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv FC. (Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
The JC

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, October 10 2025

Readers – many non-Jewish – react to the attack on Heaton Park Synagogue on Yom Kippur

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The JC

By The JC

Letters to the Editor September 12

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The JC

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, June 6 2025

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Bibas Family

Letters to the editor, 28th February 2025

Swiss cottage, Bibas family and non-Jewish allies

By The JC

3 min read
The JC

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, October 4 2024

Lebanon, Keir Starmer and East End synagogues

3 min read
The JC

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, September 20 2024

Abraham Accords, NEU and Bibi

2 min read
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