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Ellie Goldstein

Ellie Goldstein: I still dance every week with my Strictly partner Vito Coppola

The pair have continued to learning the dances they did not get to perform after being voted off the show

1 min read

January 2, 2026 17:08

Strictly partners Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola (Photo: Ellie Goldstein/Instagram)

Books

Sensory vignettes from Walter Benjamin’s Berlin childhood

This short book is an excellent introduction to the eminent philosopher’s formative years through the eyes of his child self

2 min read

January 2, 2026 16:40

Sensory vignettes from Walter Benjamin’s Berlin childhood

Limmud 2025

Limmud 2025 – How was it for you?

The JC asks this year’s Limmudniks about their highlights of the UK’s biggest cross-communal Jewish educational and cultural festival

4 min read

January 2, 2026 15:44

The bar was a central meeting hub of Limmud festival (Photo: Limmud)

Switzerland

Three Jewish people feared missing or dead in Swiss ski resort fire

The bar where the fire broke out was located in the same building complex as the resort's synagogue

3 min read

January 2, 2026 15:35

Mourners lay flowers and candles near the bar Le Constellation where a fire ripped through the venue during New Year's celebrations (Photo: Getty)

The BBC’s silence on Iran’s protests is a scandal

The regime’s fall would reshape the world. Yet for Britain’s national broadcaster, the Guardian and their ideological fellow travellers, there is little to see

5 min read

January 2, 2026 14:59

Anti-regime protestors in Iran (Image: X)

BBC

BBC’s The Repair Shop leaves out any mention of Jews from story on the Kindertransport

Dame Helen Mirren brought in broken cello of refugee-turned-theatrical impersario Martin Landau for repair

2 min read

January 2, 2026 13:32

Actress Dame Helen Mirren appearing in an episode of The Repair Shop on BBC iPlayer (Credit: BBC iPlayer/The Repair Shop)

Health and Fitness

Get yourself simchah fit for the new year

Jewish personal trainers give Gaby Koppel tips for fitness beyond January

5 min read

January 2, 2026 13:24

Kick starter: fitness promoter Eve Sacks

A year of hate from the far left and right is a wake-up call for US Jews

The community must rediscover its strength as antisemitism that infected Democrats and campuses now consumes the conservative fringe too

7 min read

January 2, 2026 12:24

Mourners lights candles during a vigil outside of the White House for two Israeli embassy workers killed by a pro-Palestine shooter (Getty)

IHRA

NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani revokes IHRA definition of antisemitism on first day in office

The newly sworn-in mayor of New York City is also staunch supporter of the BDS movement

1 min read

January 2, 2026 12:08

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City's first Muslim mayor on New Year's Day (Photo: Getty)

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Starmer’s former director of strategy slams ‘Stakeholder State’ for prioritising release of activist who ‘called for killing of Zionists’

Paul Ovenden claimed British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah was ‘a cause célèbre beloved of Whitehall’s sturdy, clean-shirted diplomats and their scurrying auxiliaries’

2 min read

January 2, 2026 11:59

Iran

US military ‘locked and loaded’ to intervene if Iran harms peaceful protestors, says Trump

The president’s threat came after Iranian-linked militias in Iraq claimed the Islamic Republic’s new arsenal of ballistic missiles could reach as far west as Egypt and as far north as Ukraine

2 min read

January 2, 2026 11:04

US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (off frame) at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Exclusive

Exclusive: Undercover investigation reveals Arizona neo-Nazi group poses ‘credible threat’ to Jewish community

The JC has obtained disturbing messages from a Telegram channel run by the National American Order

1 min read

January 2, 2026 11:01

Two posters sent via internal messages, the left of which appeared on Tucson Jewish community centre's window (Image: Arkanum)

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Minutes of West Midlands Police meeting contain no suggestion Jewish community backed Maccabi fan ban

Representatives of the force even noted that Jewish groups ‘expressed concern that banning away fans could be perceived as antisemitic’, according to official records disclosed under a Freedom of Information request

2 min read

January 2, 2026 09:42

A man protests the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ahead of the team's Europa League match against Aston Villa on November 06, 2025, in Birmingham (Getty Images)

Sidrah

Burial in Israel: this week’s parashah, Vayechi

“The time approached for Israel to die, so he called for his son, Joseph, and said to him… please do not bury me in Egypt. And I will lie down with my fathers, and you shall transport me out of Egypt and bury me in their grave. Genesis 47:29-30)

1 min read

January 1, 2026 10:00