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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)

Burnley

Exclusive: Charity probed over ‘blood libel’ post gets £185,000 grant

National Heritage Lottery Fund urged by MP and Jewish leaders to ‘wake up’ and give money to ‘better causes’

5 min read

February 26, 2026 13:04

Some of the posts by officials at Building Bridges Burnley

Poland

Holocaust documentary faces ban in Poland for depicting post-war antisemitism

Among Neighbors tells the story of Jewish residents of a small Polish town killed by their neighbours after the country’s liberation from Nazi occupation

2 min read

February 26, 2026 13:04

Janina Jaworska, featured in Among Neighbors (Credit: 8 Above)

celebrities

What the Beckhams can teach us about Shabbat

At its core, this family’s rift is about the power and poison of social media – and Judaism has the remedy

4 min read

February 26, 2026 12:16

Embroiled in a broiges: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz

Gratitude

A problem solved

Continuing our series on counting your blessings

1 min read

February 26, 2026 12:05

Pac-Man video game at the 2025 Re:publica digital society festival in Berlin, Germany (Photo: Getty Images)

Sidrah

Remembering and forgetting: this week’s sidrah, Tetzaveh

“Remember that which Amalek did to you, on your journey, after you left Egypt. How, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear” Deuteronomy 25:17-18

1 min read

February 26, 2026 11:55

Battling the Amalekites, Pauwels Casteels, 17th century (Wikimedia Commons)

Calendar

Shabbat times from February 27 to March 6

Shabbat and fast times for the week

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February 26, 2026 11:48

Shabbat times from February 27 to March 6

Iran

Iran and US kick off third round of talks as scrutiny falls on ballistic missile programme

The Islamic Republic has insisted it will not accept limitations on its armaments, but that it is willing to commit to not developing nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of sanctions

1 min read

February 26, 2026 11:32

Police officers stand by as a convoy arrives at the Oman's ambassador residency for new round of talks between the United States and Iran to address Iran's nuclear program, in Geneva on February 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Books

Making the Cut review: razor-sharp tips on how to become an observant Jew

This entertaining memoir does an excellent job of steering the non-Jewish, or less informed Jewish, reader through the maze of Orthodox Judaism

2 min read

February 26, 2026 10:48

Making the Cut review: razor-sharp tips on how to become an observant Jew

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