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Meet Gidi Dar, the secular Israeli film director whose movies opened the door for Shtisel and other Charedi dramas

The film-makers’s latest film The Wedding Entertainer is set in the Chasidic community of Jerusalem. It makes its UK premiere at next month’s UK Jewish Film Festival

6 min read

October 29, 2026 11:42

Funny angles: Shuli Rand, Iris Bahr and Tzufit Grant in The Wedding Entertainer. Inset: Gidi Dar

Israeli elections

‘I cast my first ever vote aged 17 in Israel’s most pivotal election… thanks to the Hebrew calendar’

JFS boy Yehonatan Perry said that, despite not living in the Jewish state, he ‘really wants to bring about change’

2 min read

October 29, 2026 11:39

Yehonatan Perry and his mother in Israel, ready to cast their votes (Courtesy)

Film

The small movies with big ideas at the UK Jewish Film Festival

This 30th anniversary year of the reveals some of the lesser-known reaches of Jewish life in the UK through its UK Jewish Film Factory programme, and the diversity of stories is dizzying. Here is the lowdown on many of them

6 min read

October 29, 2026 11:29

The small movies with big ideas at the UK Jewish Film Festival

Israeli elections

Israeli election authorities ask Shin Bet to investigate Likud claims of ‘foreign power-backed’ voter fraud

Police have already confirmed that four activists connected to the Ra’am party have been arrested in relation to an investigation into alleged bribery

2 min read

October 29, 2026 11:04

Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, visits a printing factory in Kiryat Gat where ballot papers were being printed on October 5, 2026 (Flash90)

Vegan recipe

Pad Thai noodles with vegan chicken or tofu

The Thai classic gets a vegan makeover

October 29, 2026 10:47

Cook time: 10 mins

Vegan pad Thai noodles (Photo: Phil Bekker)

NIFUK

NIF UK announces fundraising record of £6.7 million in 2025

Donors have responded to the situation in Israel by increasing their commitment, the charity says

1 min read

October 29, 2026 08:00

Leading NIF UK to success: chief executive David Davidi-Brown and chair Noeleen Cohen

Letter from Jerusalem

Revealed: Israel begged UK to wait for hostages to be freed before recognition of Palestine

Jerusalem officials tell the JC how British government ignored warning

8 min read

October 29, 2026 06:00

Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi on to a stage prior to his release in February 2025 and (foreground) Starmer and Zomlot (Images: Getty)

Limmud Festival 2026

Meet the youngest-ever chairs of Limmud Festival

Age is no object, say those at the helm of the forthcoming Jewish jamboree

5 min read

October 28, 2026 20:55

Youngest-ever LImmud Festival chairs Jacob Smith and Gaia Ottman (Photo: Limmud)

Violent attacks on ‘Zionist’ targets are not legitimate protest – Palestine Action ban must remain

Proscription is vital for Jewish community amid surge in hate revealed by Sir David Bell’s report on antisemitism in education, warns JLC chair

3 min read

October 28, 2026 18:21

Protesters against Palestine Action ban outside High Court in London in July last year (BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal turns loss of house in wildfires into a ‘brilliantly funny’ show

The ‘When Harry Met Sally’ star began writing it on the morning the blazes broke out in California

3 min read

October 28, 2026 17:55

Billy Crystal attends 'An Evening With Billy Crystal' at The Paley Museum on October 12, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Bondi Beach terror attack

Prosecutors ask for more time in Chanukah Bondi Beach terror attack case

Naveed Akram faces 78 charges after 15 people were killed in Sydney, Australia, last year

1 min read

October 28, 2026 17:11

Mourners look at flowers laid next to the Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 20, 2025. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP via Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Hate crimes against Jews recorded as ‘antisemitic’ by prosecutors for first time

Former attorney general Sir Michael Ellis says: ‘Collecting this data is a vital tool for the CPS to recognise where it is failing’

1 min read

October 28, 2026 16:50

Local residents look on from outside a cordoned off area in Golders Green, north London on April 29, 2026, following the stabbing to two people nearby (Image: Getty Images)

B'nai B'rith UK

B’nai B’rith urges UK to class antizionism as ‘extremist ideology’

The group’s report also recommended a permanent ban on London’s annual al-Quds Day march, restrictions on protests near Jewish sites and the proscription of the Muslim Brotherhood under the Terrorism Act

3 min read

October 28, 2026 16:44