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Conservative Party

‘Enough is enough, Jewish children deserve to feel safe’, says shadow education secretary

Laura Trott spoke to the JC after her keynote speech to the Conservative Party’s annual conference

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October 8, 2026 16:40

Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott speaks on day three of the Conservative Party Conference on October 06, 2026 in Birmingham (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Ed Miliband

UK diplomats in Jerusalem to ‘end Palestinian Authority contacts’

The JC understands that this change is part of an agreement under which Britain will retain a reduced presence in Jerusalem, easing tensions between the two countries

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October 8, 2026 15:53

British consulate in Jerusalem (Image: Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani

Mob accuses Zohran Mamdani of ‘genocide’ and ‘treachery’ for attending October 7 vigil

Despite the mayor’s regular criticism of the Jewish state, activists claimed he had ‘sold his people out’

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October 8, 2026 15:23

Mamdani at the vigil (Image: screenshot from X)

Green Party

Green Party Zionism vote is antisemitic, bishops say

Interfaith advisers from the Church of England have warned of risk of ‘further stoking anti-Jewish hatred’

1 min read

October 8, 2026 15:21

Bishop of Manchester David Walker at Manchester Cathedral in 2020 (Photo: Getty Images)

Vegan salad

Crispy rice salad

A delicious, gut-friendly salad, with a moreish Asian dressing

October 8, 2026 14:39

Cook time: 30-50 mins

Crispy rice salad (Photo: Jason Boswell)

Mark Rowley

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

Commissioner said he relied on the ‘Oxford English dictionary definition, which is not a racist definition’

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October 8, 2026 14:34

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (Photo: Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Antizionist antisemitism ‘institutionally embedded’ in public sector, new report warns

Labour Friends of Israel calls for independent reviewer of public sector antisemitism to hold institutions to account on Jew-hate

3 min read

October 8, 2026 13:26

A protester holds a sign that reads "You celebrate the death of the Jewish people" at a counter-protest by 'Stop the Hate' during a pro-Palestinian student march on October 07, 2026 in London, England (Photo by Leon Neal/2026 Getty Images)

Nobel Prize

French Holocaust survivor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

Henri Kagan was awarded the Nobel Prize for his joint effort to selectively create mirror image versions of molecules

1 min read

October 8, 2026 12:30

A screen displays this year's laureates Henri Kagan of France and Kenso Soai from Japan during the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 7, 2026 (Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP via Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Dave Rich: ‘We have spent the last three years with a target on our backs’

Dave Rich, one of the UK’s leading experts on antisemitism, discusses our ‘new normal’

4 min read

October 8, 2026 12:20

Voice of concern: Dave Rich. Inset: Kibbutz Be'eri after Hamas attacked on October 7

Sidrah

Back to the beginning: this week’s parashah, Bereshit

“In the beginning” Genesis 1:1

2 min read

October 8, 2026 11:21

Studying Torah in Jerusalem (photo: Getty Images)

Ed Miliband

Britain to have reduced diplomatic presence in Jerusalem following row with Israel

Israel’s foreign minister said it was ‘not possible to act against Israel without Israel taking appropriate measures in response’

2 min read

October 8, 2026 10:35

A photograph shows the British consulate in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on September 8, 2026. Israel on September 8, 2026, ordered the closure of Britain's consulate in Jerusalem as retaliation after London led Western sanctions over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP via Getty Images)

Calendar

Shabbat times from October 9 to October 16

Shabbat times for the week

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October 8, 2026 10:27

October 7 revealed a darkness in Britain: rising antisemitism amid calls for Israel’s destruction

When the First World War broke out, the Jewish Chronicle declared: “England has been all she could be to the Jews, Jews will be all they can be to England”. A century on, the Jewish community has kept its half of the deal while we have broken ours. We must fix this

5 min read

October 8, 2026 10:25