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Freddie Knoller: tireless campaigner for Shoah survivors who had helped the French Resistance blow up a Nazi train before he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz

Like many who survived, Knoller was insistent that the Holocaust should not be forgotten and addressed schools on his experiences

4 min read

April 24, 2022 11:21

Freddie Knoller: tireless campaigner for Shoah survivors who had helped the French Resistance blow up a Nazi train before he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz

Ukraine

Shulgoing British ambassador to Ukraine to return to Kyiv

Melinda Simmons is a member of Finchley Reform

1 min read

April 24, 2022 10:38

Ukraine

91-year-old Holocaust survivor dies in siege of Mariupol

The city has been under relentless Russian assault for weeks

2 min read

April 22, 2022 10:07

91-year-old Holocaust survivor dies in siege of Mariupol

Vegan

Recipe: Raw sun-dried tomato tart

A delicious meat-free lunch to prepare the night before

April 21, 2022 17:20

Cook time: 0 mins

Ukraine

An Israeli couple escaped the invading Russian forces in Ukraine - thanks to their pet dogs

Anton and Yulia Lev tell the JC of their terrifying three weeks - and how they were able to flee thanks to a Russian soldier who loved animals almost as much as they did

6 min read

April 21, 2022 17:00

An Israeli couple escaped the invading Russian forces in Ukraine - thanks to their pet dogs

Elections are no longer a binary choice for Jews

The Corbyn years are not forgotten, but it is a relief to have a choice how to vote once again

3 min read

April 21, 2022 16:54

Polling Station signs outside a school in the UK.

Film

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent film review: Tediously pleased with itself and is deeply unfunny

Nicholas Cage fans will be disappointed to see such a great talent go to waste

1 min read

April 21, 2022 16:54

Nicolas Cage in a scene from "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent." (Karen Ballard/Lionsgate)

Israel

Israeli astronaut celebrates Passover in space on his way to the International Space Station

Eytan Stibbe managed the impressive Yiddishe feat while zipping around the Earth at 17,500mph

2 min read

April 21, 2022 15:43

Israeli astronaut celebrates Passover in space on his way to the International Space Station

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

I didn’t want spelt matzah from Streit or Manischewitz..., I want the real thing - a stack of red Rakusen’s

5 min read

April 21, 2022 15:42

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

All Yad Vashem’s troubles stem from the need for it to fundraise

The museum has time and time again been dragged into controversy over its fundraising

5 min read

April 21, 2022 15:41

TOPSHOT - Visitors walk from the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remembrance centre, on the eve of the ceremonies marking the Holocaust remembrance day in Jerusalem on April 6, 2021. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Holocaust education

Hollywood giant relents over $1m demand to stage Holocaust opera

Miramax has agreed to waive a demand from a young British composer to secure the rights to set The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas to music, following the JC’s intervention

2 min read

April 21, 2022 14:59

Hollywood giant relents over $1m demand to stage Holocaust opera

National Union of Students

New NUS president backed violence against Israelis

Shaima Dallali tweeted: 'Palestinians have a right to resist by all means possible — even with weapons'

1 min read

April 21, 2022 14:59

New NUS president backed violence against Israelis

Antisemitism

Death threat to Jews sung openly at rallies across the UK

Prosecutors acknowledge the antisemitic cry is criminal incitement to racial hatred but Jewish community leaders say police are “reluctant” to enforce the law

4 min read

April 21, 2022 14:58

Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters wave flags and hold up placards during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian cause outside the Israeli Embassy in central London on May 15, 2021, as violence escalates in the ongoing conflict with Israel. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Academia

Playground film review: Trauma at school

an unflinchingly honest, heartbreaking and gorgeously acted tale of schoolyard-bullying

1 min read

April 21, 2022 14:45

Playground film review: Trauma at school

Music

On her 80th birthday, a celebration of Barbra Streisand's glittering career in showbiz

From her first screen role in William Wyler’s 1968 film Funny Girl to her hilarious turn in 2004's Meet the Fockers, few can rival the success of this global icon, who grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn

3 min read

April 21, 2022 14:03

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Singer/actress Barbra Streisand presents in the press room at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

National Union of Students

Education Secretary voices concern over ‘systemic antisemitism’ in the NUS

Nadhim Zahawi made the comment at an Education Select Committee hearing

1 min read

April 21, 2022 11:52

Education Secretary voices concern over ‘systemic antisemitism’ in the NUS

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