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We will do everything to make sure you can live proudly, safely and free from fear

The Secretary of State for Communities pledges the government will tackle antisemitism wherever it is found as she sends New Year greetings

1 min read

September 11, 2026 00:01

Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation's Rabbi Daniel Walker at the communal memorial service for the terror attack that killed Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby (Photo: Gaby Wine)

Letter from Jerusalem

Dayan who was a Hasmonean old boy and is now helping rabbis to serve even the remotest communities

Dayan Avraham Dadoun tells the JC about the work of the International Halacha Institute and its benefits for the global kehila

6 min read

September 10, 2026 19:16

Dayan who was a Hasmonean old boy and is now helping rabbis to serve even the remotest communities

I had just returned from Saudi Arabia as a US diplomat when al-Qaeda struck. We must remember who did it

I’m shocked that politicians and commentators in today’s America are willing to dismiss the threat of Islamism or even seek the support of radical influencers such as Hasan Piker who claimed that ‘America deserved 9/11’

6 min read

September 10, 2026 18:28

Smoke comes out from the west wing of the Pentagon building September 11, 2001 after al-Qaeda terrorists crashed a plane into the building and set off a huge explosion. (Image: Getty Images)

Hamas congratulates Labour – exposing the moral bankruptcy of the government’s Israel policy

Can Andy Burnham look the families of the victims of October 7 in the eye and say he did the right thing? Can Ed Miliband, who presented himself so transparently in the Commons as ‘a proud British Jew’?

3 min read

September 10, 2026 18:07

Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband (Image: Parliament TV)

Jewish food

The new cookbook celebrating the joy of Jewish desserts

After 20 years of writing about Yiddishe food, Leah Koenig has focused her attention on sweets. She tells Siam Goorwich about the recipes that bring flavour to her table

4 min read

September 10, 2026 17:40

Leah Koenig's new book is a celebration of Jewish desserts (Photto: copyright ©2026 by Nico Schinco)

Israel

‘I was shot in the chest by an Arab sniper – then I vowed: I’m going to get Israel fit’

Adam Ezekial on how being hit by a bullet inspired him to set up a fitness programme

5 min read

September 10, 2026 17:23

Bouncing back: Adam Ezekial working out in the gym. Inset: the X-ray showing the bullet in his chest (Photo: John Jeffay)

Rosh Hashanah

On Rosh Hashanah I lost my father

A rabbi reflects on his greatest regret – and greatest gift

5 min read

September 10, 2026 17:06

Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson, with his father Rabbi Yosef Yitchak Kalmenson

Sanctions

Miliband’s sanctions will embolden the mob and we are afraid for our children, say British Jews at rally

Jewish protesters and allies spoke to the JC as they gathered outside Downing Street on Wednesday

3 min read

September 10, 2026 16:40

The Downing Street protest was organised by Campaign Group Stop The Hate

Nigel Farage

Farage hints at reversing Labour’s Israel sanctions

The Reform UK leader spoke to Israel’s foreign minister

2 min read

September 10, 2026 15:47

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during the Reform UK National Conference, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. Picture date: Saturday September 5, 2026. (Image: Will Colebourne/PA Wire)

Western Wall

Exclusive: Israeli Jews praying at the Western Wall not unlawful, government tells JC

New legal position set out by Miliband when unveiling trade ban raised troubling questions

1 min read

September 10, 2026 15:31

Family

Home for the holidays: will it be Norwich or London for Rosh Hashanah?

Growing up in a small community is very special – but will Jane Prinsley be heading east for Yom Tov?

3 min read

September 10, 2026 14:57

Nostalgia can include shopping trips to Top Shop

Israel

Israeli 80s-set drama Tell Me Everything sweeps awards at nation’s Oscars

Writer-director Moshe Rosenthal’s film becomes official entry for Academy Awards in Hollywood next year

1 min read

September 10, 2026 14:20

Yair Mazor as Boaz in Tell Me Everything (Picture credit: Ziv Berkovich)

World Suicide Prevention Day

Jami supporting Jewish secondary schools with suicide prevention education in RSHE classes

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day

2 min read

September 10, 2026 13:52

A pupil speaking to a Jami mental health practitioner (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography)

Labour and the Greens are engaged in an anti-Israel ‘race to the bottom’

Reform UK’s deputy leader blasts the government’s settlement sanctions and rhetoric on the Jewish state

2 min read

September 10, 2026 13:31

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. (Image: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire).

United Synagogue

United Synagogue announces closure of Hackney and East London

The historic community in north-east London will formally close on October 11

1 min read

September 10, 2026 13:31

The listed building that formerly housed Hackney and East London Synagogue in Brenthouse Road (photo: Paul the Archivist/Wikimedia Commons)

At Rosh Hashanah we renew our mission to combat antisemitism

Our wonderful community is worth protecting and celebrating. I will be your constant in that endeavour: representing those I serve, standing firm against division, and working with colleagues in government to secure a vibrant Jewish future

2 min read

September 10, 2026 13:25

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and Sarah Sackman at the scene where two people were stabbed in Golders Green on April 29, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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