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London

Abdullah Qureshi: A correction

The JC would like to correct the record

1 min read

May 6, 2022 17:21

As she enters her final act, what will Dianne Feinstein's legacy be?

In recent years, Feinstein’s centrist politics has earned her sharp criticism from the left

3 min read

December 24, 2022 17:05

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 28: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) walks through the Senate subway on her way to a procedural vote on the Respect For Marriage Act at the U.S. Capitol on November 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. Congress returns to Washington this week after a Thanksgiving break. Pending issues in the lame-duck session are government funding legislation, Respect For Marriage Act, National Defense Authorization Act and the changes to the Electoral Count Act. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

USA

Tree of Life gunman was dismayed not to have inspired more attacks on Jews, court hears

Defence lawyers for Robert Bowers are pressing the case that mental illness spurred Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

1 min read

July 31, 2023 10:56

PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Education

40,000 pupils predicted to attend Jewish schools by 2025

New report highlights increasing popularity of faith schools

2 min read

September 5, 2023 16:55

Holocaust remembrance

A survivor and his teddy: Rankin's evocative photo promotes Holocaust Memorial Day portraits competition

The image of London-based John Hajdu and his cherished keepsake from his time in the Budapest Ghetto is one of a series taken by the photographer for the HMD Trust, which is running a contest for young artists on works featuring survivors

1 min read

November 3, 2022 17:33

A survivor and his teddy: Rankin's evocative photo promotes Holocaust Memorial Day portraits competition

Irish Jewry

Cork finally gets a Sefer Torah, thanks to support of American rabbi

Community leader travels to the States for the handover of the scroll, donated by a Boston congregation

2 min read

March 31, 2023 09:43

Cork finally gets a Sefer Torah, thanks to support of American rabbi

Scotland

Glasgow museum mired in Nazi loot row

Burrell Collection treasures can be traced to “forced sales” during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power

1 min read

March 31, 2022 11:05

Israel

Obtaining Israeli passport could become harder for Aliyah-makers

A change in immigration law will be aimed at dissuading new immigrants who make Aliyah from obtaining a passport and then leaving the country

1 min read

January 3, 2023 22:49

Member of Knesset Aryeh Deri attends a special session at the Knesset (Israel's parliament), to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem on December 29, 2022. - The right-wing government, formed after the fifth election in four years, has sparked fears of a further military escalation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, amid the worst violence there for nearly 20 years. (Photo by AMIR COHEN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by AMIR COHEN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

France

Paris mayor strips Abbas of prestigious award after Holocaust denial speech

The Palestinian president said Hitler killed Jews because of their 'social role'

1 min read

September 8, 2023 14:20

Paris mayor strips Abbas of prestigious award after Holocaust denial speech

Schools

Good news for parents as Yavneh College offers extra places for 2023

The Hertfordshire secondary will run a bulge class for the second year in succession

1 min read

November 8, 2022 17:21

Travel

RAK rocks: the new kid on the UAE tourist block

Exploring Ras al Khaimah

5 min read

August 14, 2022 17:30

RAK rocks: the new kid on the UAE tourist block

Music

How British music was transformed by the refugees who played a new tune

The legacy of the hundreds of musicians who fled the Nazis to these shores is celebrated in a new exhibition

4 min read

January 13, 2023 10:17

How British music was transformed by the refugees who played a new tune

Bezalel Smotrich

Smotrich tries to walk back Huwara comment at US speech amid protests outside

Bezalel Smotrich was speaking during a visit to the U.S. where most mainstream Jewish groups have refused to meet with him

3 min read

March 13, 2023 12:01

Smotrich tries to walk back Huwara comment at US speech amid protests outside

The Cult of Corbyn has been replaced by the Cult of Gender

There is a common denominator between the Labour antisemites and pro-trans activists

3 min read

January 19, 2023 09:40

The Cult of Corbyn has been replaced by the Cult of Gender

Ofsted

Ofsted’s culture ‘too critical of faith schools’ says King David chairman

The Manchester school is one of few to have taken on the regulator and won

2 min read

March 24, 2022 14:01

Ofsted’s culture ‘too critical of faith schools’ says King David chairman

The extra Covid challenges faced by a special needs school

Tmimei Lev in Manchester remained open throughout the various lockdowns

2 min read

January 24, 2022 12:42

The extra Covid challenges faced by a special needs school

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