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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

By Stephen Pollard

7 min read

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

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

Gideon Falter

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

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

A scene from The Brutalist

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

The JC

Letters to the Editor, December 26 2025

3 min read

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

NHS restart of BRCA testing is good news for community – and Britain as a whole

Wes Streeting’s welcome announcement points the way ahead for Government and UK’s Jews in 2026

1 min read

Knowledge is power – and these BRCA test results can save lives

An expert unpicks a part of genetics that has a particular impact on the Jewish community

By Dr Ellie Cannon

3 min read

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The unforgivable failure of liberals to confront anti-Zionists

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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)

Elisa Bray

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

In my son’s reception class, where they are only four and five years old, it is called a game of “hide and seek”. Except it’s not a game, is it.

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Gary Cohen

The Hamas files: how terrorists captured Western NGOs in Gaza

Be it through intimidation, ideological alignment, convenience or financial dependency, “respected” humanitarian organisations have crossed a red line

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Gill Levy

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

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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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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)

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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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