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Obituary

Writer Rosemary Friedman dies at 97

Doctor’s wife whose successful novels heralded the rise of contemporary medical drama

5 min read

July 30, 2026 11:42

Obituary

Artist Tess Jaray dies at 88

The geometric abstract artist was inspired by Renaissance, Baroque and Islamic architecture

5 min read

July 30, 2026 11:36

Iran

US resumes strikes against Iran after IRGC ‘surprise attack’

The renewal of hostilities came just days after President Trump called off US operations to leave room for diplomacy

1 min read

July 30, 2026 11:27

IN FLIGHT - JULY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while aboard Air Force One for a trip to Michigan on July 27, 2026 in flight. Trump is scheduled to tour General Motors' Milford Proving Ground while in Michigan. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Can our burial system reflect the way we live now?

Synagogue membership and burial rights are linked – which can cause problems for some Jewish people

2 min read

July 30, 2026 11:22

Bushey New Cemetery, a 16-acre Jewish burial ground extension in Hertfordshire, opened in 2017 (Blake Ezra Photography)

Kosher chef

‘Kosher catering feels like a mitzvah’: how the chef behind Shuk is elevating simchahs

Chef Mark Jankel has been a major player in London’s culinary scene for 20-plus years, but, he tells Siam Goorwich, it is his latest gastronomic project that is really bringing him nachas

4 min read

July 30, 2026 11:16

Chef and kosher caterer, Mark Jankel (Photo: Blake Ezra)

Burial

Exclusive: Burial society members ‘paying twice over to switch shuls’

JC investigation finds the hidden cost of moving shuls is prohibiting some from worshipping in their chosen community

9 min read

July 30, 2026 11:12

The United Synagogue's Bushey New Cemetery

Sidrah

Loving the stranger: this week’s parashah, Ekev

“You too must love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” Deuteronomy 10:19

1 min read

July 30, 2026 10:43

Mosquito nets installed by World Jewish Relief and CADENA in the epicentre in Venezuela (Photo: Cosmo Robertson Charlton/World Jewish Relief)

Calendar

Shabbat times from July 31 to August 7

Shabbat times for the week

1 min read

July 30, 2026 10:34

Palestine Action

Palestine Action protestors outside court face arrest, police warn

Campaign group Defend Our Juries has urged activists to verbally express their support for the banned terror group in central London

2 min read

July 30, 2026 10:32

(Illustrative) A demonstrator holds a placard in Trafalgar Square during a protest in support of Palestine Action on October 4, 2025 in London, England (Getty Images)

Letter from Jerusalem

As the US and Iran trade blows over Hormuz, how long before the nuclear threat forces Israel to go back to war?

With the conflict currently focused on the oil chokepoint, existential questions over the regime’s ballistic programme have not gone away

6 min read

July 30, 2026 10:30

As the US and Iran trade blows over Hormuz, how long before the nuclear threat forces Israel to go back to war?

Birmingham

Revealed: Birmingham Green cabinet member’s October 7 remarks

Kamal Hawwash was speaking on Algerian TV as Hamas’ assault on southern Israel was unfolding

4 min read

July 30, 2026 08:15

Kamel Hawwash speaking on Algerian TV on October 7, 2023 (Image: Almagharibia TV/ YouTube screenshot).

Hackney

Hackney Green council meeting where Jews were told they must condemn the ‘genocide’ to fight antisemitism

Calls for ending the twinning with Haifa marked a grim landmark for the north London borough’s community

4 min read

July 29, 2026 19:25

Pro-Palestinian supporters outside Hackney town hall earlier this month (Getty)

Do critics of FIFA’s plans to ‘sell off’ the World Cup not remember Qatar 2022?

Gianni Infantino’s new proposal has stirred up controversy – but many will think the beautiful game has sold its soul long ago

3 min read

July 29, 2026 19:21

FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Image: Getty Images)

Football

Football Jew-hate on the rise, new data reveals

Anti-discrimination charity records 43 per cent increase in reports of antisemitism

2 min read

July 29, 2026 19:01

A Holocaust Remembrance Day mural at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium before the match with Tottenham Hotspur on February 22, 2020. It was part of Chelsea's 'Say No to Antisemitism' campaign. (Getty Images)

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Bucket list? I kissed goodbye to that when I got cancer

Why should I be beholden to a plan I made when I was 20?

3 min read

July 29, 2026 17:45

Smacker: Karen and her husband at the last stop on her wish-list, the Taj Mahal

Why as Prime Minister I’m using Jewish Care as a model for my social care reforms

Labour’s new leader writes for the JC about why he chose the charity’s Golders Green care home as the place to launch his new policy agenda

3 min read

July 29, 2026 17:35

Andy Burnham shares a laugh with Doreen, a resident at Jewish Care, on a visit to the care home and community centre in Golders Green on July 29, 2026. (Getty Images)

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