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The film Yentl was, in its way, a masterpiece of kitsch and charisma

The play is a rare theatrical triumph from Australia’s Kadimah Yiddish Theatre – partly in Yiddish with subtitles – that captivates so completely I was barely breathing

By Maureen Lipman

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A small rally outside the Guardian’s offices protesting the column

Charlotte Henry

By Charlotte Henry

From Gaza to Gail’s: The Guardian’s moral collapse over a north London café

We know people hold the appalling opinions expressed in the piece. It remains staggering that a national newspaper, one that is read around the world, thought it appropriate to publish such bile

3 min read

"Oxford Action for Palestine" at Oxford University, in Oxford, eastern England on May 7, 2024 (Image: Getty)

Mark Sewards

By Mark Sewards

Campus antisemitism is growing uglier in the UK – here’s how to confront it

When one in five students say they wouldn’t share a house with a Jewish peer, government and universities must act: challenge the demonisation of Israel, punish hate crimes, and adopt the IHRA definition

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a copy of The Majestic Quran, as he stands with Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (R) during a visit to Peacehaven Mosque near Brighton on October 23, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Fiyaz Mughal

By Fiyaz Mughal

A hate definition that may do more to divide Britain than protect its Muslims

This policy risks becoming a weapon in the culture wars – deployed in disputes over speech, media coverage and public debate, and fuelling a steady stream of controversies for years to come

4 min read

Rob Rinder

Removing jury trials risks rights Jews know from history can slip

‘Justice, justice shall you pursue,’ the Torah instructs us. That justice requires structures that distribute power rather than concentrate it

3 min read

Julie Fishman Rayman

By Julie Fishman Rayman

Iran’s attacks expose the IRGC threat Europe can no longer ignore

The EU has finally proscribed Tehran’s state terror army; it must now freeze assets, expel agents and align with US sanctions – and the UK should follow

3 min read

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

There is no ‘context’ for antisemitic terror

A society that begins to explain attacks on Jewish children has already taken several dangerous steps down the wrong path. The task is to confront such violence and the ideological climate helping to produce it

2 min read

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Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Joe Kent quits blaming Israel – his far-right links tell the real story

Now that he has turned himself into a poster boy for opponents of the Iran war, the media conveniently ignore the past of the former head of the US National Counterterrorism Center

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Joseph Ken testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee (Image: Getty)

Bridget Phillipson

By Bridget Phillipson

Hatred must not be allowed to take root on campus

Every student should be able to walk with dignity and respect, writes the Education Secretary

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March 18, 2026 12:49

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson (Photo by James McCauley/Getty Images)

Hadar Sela

BBC bias has been glaring under Tim Davie – it must rediscover accountability

Repeated editorial scandals under outgoing director general must not continue for sake of Jewish community and Britain as a whole

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March 18, 2026 11:39

Outgoing director general of the BBC Tim Davie (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Harry Isaacs

By Harry Isaacs

We don’t want special treatment – just to be able to get on with our education in peace

Jewish student life in the UK is flourishing but there are clear challenges to be confronted

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March 18, 2026 11:33

A protest on campus in Glasgow

Jonathan Spyer

By Jonathan Spyer

Beirut-Jerusalem peace talks plans rest on an old fiction: Lebanese sovereignty

The initiative ignores the likelihood – indeed the certainty – that Hezbollah will refuse to disarm and seems designed to head off decisive Israeli action to push Iran’s proxy north

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March 18, 2026 10:00

Israeli army tanks deploy near the border with Lebanon (Image: Getty)

Noah Stephens

By Noah Stephens

Two centuries after opening its doors to Jews, UCL is failing them

Anti-Zionist protesters claim – or pretend – that they oppose Israel, not Jews. The two cannot be seen as anything other than inextricably linked

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March 17, 2026 18:00

Pro-Palestinian protest camp at University College London (Image: Getty)

Jonathan Sacerdoti

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

The ‘moderate’ who ran death squads: how BBC and Sky sanitise the Iranian regime

Ali Larijani was no reformer but a central figure in repression – and yet much of British media coverage blurred that reality

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March 17, 2026 17:23

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani (C) and Iran's ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani (R) attend a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Image: Getty)

Yaakov Katz

Trump’s time advantage: the key to the Iran war strategy

From a purely military perspective, what has been achieved over the past weeks is nothing short of extraordinary – and the president is still at the beginning of his tenure

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March 17, 2026 16:25

Image: White House/X

Gill Levy

The Met chief’s false equivalence between Iran regime backers and opponents

Sir Mark Rowley’s dismissal of ideology in assessing the threat around Al Quds Day reveals a serious analytical failure that risks weakening effective policing and public security

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March 16, 2026 18:21

Al Quds Day rally on March 15, 2026 in London (Image: Getty)

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