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Green Party

Greens win by-election dominated by ‘sectarian’ campaign that urged voters to ‘punish’ Labour for Gaza

Hannah Spencer topped the ballot ahead of Reform UK and third-placed Labour

2 min read

February 27, 2026 11:05

Gorton and Denton by-election winner Hannah Spencer, of the Greens, takes a selfie with party leader Zack Polanski (Photo: Getty)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s ‘last Jew’ dies aged 82

David Shuker was born in the Saudi city of Najran but moved to Israel to flee persecution in the mid 1900s

2 min read

February 27, 2026 11:05

David Shuker speaking on Channel 13 (Image: Channel 13)

Lord Hermer

Attorney General Lord Hermer defends Palestine recognition while hostages were still in Gaza

The government’s chief legal adviser took part in a wide-ranging discussion this week in central London

2 min read

February 27, 2026 10:57

Lord Hermer, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland

Purim

Why Purim is the day to find out what really suits you

Judaism’s most joyous holiday is the perfect pretext for a wardrobe breakthrough

3 min read

February 27, 2026 09:32

Why Purim is the day to find out what really suits you

The Greens’ dangerous mainstreaming of sectarian Muslim politics

As troubling as the election irregularities in Gorton and Denton are, the real story is how the mobilisation of anti-Israel communities can shape British elections

3 min read

February 27, 2026 09:17

A Green Party leaflet in Urdu posted to households in Gorton and Denton calling on voters to 'punish Labour for Gaza' (Image: Tom Jones/X).

Etgar

The Etgar Purim Quiz

Try our festive Jewish knowledge test

1 min read

February 27, 2026 09:00

Football

Real Madrid boots out fan who performed Nazi salute

The Spanish club acted quickly after a TV camera accidently broadcast the incident

1 min read

February 26, 2026 17:04

UCLA

Trump administration sues UCLA claiming it created a ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students

The legal action refers to the repeated Gaza protests that took place on campus

1 min read

February 26, 2026 17:04

Police on bicycles patrol near the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) (Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

New York State

Anti-Israel climate in Mamdani’s New York a warning to all Jews, says antisemitism expert

‘Darker forces – Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood’ helped fuel the radicalisation of US campuses and wider public life, David Harris tells JC audience

2 min read

February 26, 2026 16:40

David Harris speaking at South Hampstead Synagogue at JC event (With courtesy)

Our friends bear scars of more disc hits than Stevie Wonder

Some are anxious about forgetting words and some are visiting “Fall Clinics”. Some are faffing with hearing aids which require phone tapping

4 min read

February 26, 2026 16:06

Purim

Purim observed by half of British Jews

New JPR data shows it is predominantly a festival of the young

1 min read

February 26, 2026 16:01

Purim at Sacks Morasha Primary School, North Finchley in 2024

Charity Extra

‘At Charity Extra, we think about the psychology of why people give tzedakah’

The digital fundraising platform has now surpassed $1 billion (£740 million) in donations

3 min read

February 26, 2026 15:47

Love

Want to be a matchmaker? It’s not as easy as you might think

Karen Glaser, who runs the JC’s Blind Date column, on the joys and oys of Jewish matchmaking

3 min read

February 26, 2026 15:07

Crazy little thing called love: Aleeza Ben Shalom and, inset, the JC's Karen Glaser

Israel

Knesset bill giving Orthodox rabbinate full control over Western Wall passes first reading

Progressive groups reacted angrily to the bill, which could see non-Orthodox worship at the site classified as ‘desecration’, calling it ‘patronising and antisemitic’

2 min read

February 26, 2026 14:46

A Charedi man walks near the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 23, 2025 (Getty Images)

Is it bad for the Jews to keep asking ‘Is it bad for the Jews’?

My deeply unscientific research project into whether other ethnic minorities have similar anxieties

4 min read

February 26, 2026 14:27

Mel Brooks attends the 70th Bafta awards on February 12, 2017 (Image: Getty)

Purim’s enduring lesson: strength, pride and the refusal to bow

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks observed that the festival’s jollity exists so that we can live with the risks of being Jewish, ‘without being terrified, traumatised or intimidated’

2 min read

February 26, 2026 14:00

Jerusalem's Adloyada Purim parade, March 16, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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