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From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

These institutional blind spots guarantee the problem will deepen, while steadily eroding confidence in the state’s commitment to equal citizenship. That is not a drift the country can afford to tolerate

By The JC Leader

2 min read

Palestinian flags flown by outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, December 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

From Pep Guardiola to Hugh Bonneville, celebrities are spreading falsehoods on Gaza

3 min read

Satellite imagery of the Natanz Nuclear Facility (Image: Wikipedia)

By Sharan Tabari

The Islamic Republic seeks nuclear weapons against Israel – negotiations only buy it time

3 min read

By David Bennun

Western Holocaust erasure and antizionism follows an old Soviet script

4 min read

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, January 30 2026

2 min read

By Mark Sewards

How Britain can confront the antisemitism crisis

3 min read

By Nicholas Lezard

How October 7 brought this Schrödinger’s Jew to life

3 min read

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By Saul Sadka

You can’t fight antisemitism – but you can fight antisemites

Far-right and far-left hatred, fuelled by resentment and envy, cannot be reasoned away. History shows only force, law and consequences ever stop those who target Jews

4 min read

February 4, 2026 15:41

By Kasra Aarabi

Britain is isolated in its failure to ban the IRGC – putting national security at risk

There should be little doubt that Iran’s future leaders will reward those who stood with the people against the tyrannical ayatollah and remember those who failed to act

4 min read

February 4, 2026 09:45

IRGC-Basij parade in Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

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Surely we can save this piece of East End history?

Nelson Street Synagogue is up for auction next week, its future uncertain. Act now and we can preserve this part of community heritage

By Amy Schreibman Walter

3 min read

February 4, 2026 09:39

Nelson Street synagogue's interior (Photo: Amy Schreibman Walter)

By Evie Robinson

Holocaust Memorial Day and the erasure of Jewish victims

The concept of ‘never again” is losing its specificity, as the Shoah is increasingly universalised and the vicious antisemitism that fuelled it diminished

4 min read

February 3, 2026 13:07

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany. (Image: Getty)

By Daniel El‑Gamry

David Abulafia: the historian who reshaped our understanding of the sea and civilisation

His Jewish faith and identity came through in a quintessentially British way. He helped secure a permanent home for Cambridge’s Reform Jewish community and guided those seeking to join the faith

3 min read

February 2, 2026 17:54

David Abulafia, 1949-2026 (Image: Wikipedia)

By Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton

After Bondi, I understood the dancing at Jewish weddings with new depth

It is a ‘Vihi she’amda’ – not in words but in movement. ‘In every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One saves us from their hands’

4 min read

January 30, 2026 16:51

By Karen Pollock

The dangerous erasure of Jews from the Holocaust

Every time that the memory of the Shoah is distorted, it is an insult to victims and survivors, and makes it ever harder to combat rising antisemitism

3 min read

January 30, 2026 15:35

Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto heroes (Image: Getty)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

From heckler’s veto to divestment: how Jewish life is under assault in New York

The community and its friends need a forceful, coordinated response, reminding the authorities that laws define who can participate in American society – not random anti-Zionists

3 min read

January 30, 2026 11:13

Protesters block Israeli comedian Guy Hochman (r) Image: X

By Mattie Heaven

Iran’s antisemitic regime is slaughtering its own people – and the West is silent

The UK must move from statements to strategy. That means proscribing the IRGC, expanding targeted sanctions, closing legal and financial safe havens, and supporting international accountability mechanisms for crimes against humanity

3 min read

January 29, 2026 17:58

Dead bodies at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre in Iran (Image: Getty)

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From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

From Pep Guardiola to Hugh Bonneville, celebrities are spreading falsehoods on Gaza

The Islamic Republic seeks nuclear weapons against Israel – negotiations only buy it time

Western Holocaust erasure and antizionism follows an old Soviet script

Letters to the Editor, January 30 2026

How Britain can confront the antisemitism crisis

How October 7 brought this Schrödinger’s Jew to life

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You can’t fight antisemitism – but you can fight antisemites

Britain is isolated in its failure to ban the IRGC – putting national security at risk

Surely we can save this piece of East End history?

Holocaust Memorial Day and the erasure of Jewish victims

David Abulafia: the historian who reshaped our understanding of the sea and civilisation

After Bondi, I understood the dancing at Jewish weddings with new depth

The dangerous erasure of Jews from the Holocaust

From heckler’s veto to divestment: how Jewish life is under assault in New York

Iran’s antisemitic regime is slaughtering its own people – and the West is silent