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‘The Holocaust documentary my father made with Alfred Hitchcock’

The daughter of socialist media mogul Sidney Bernstein who made a historic film about Bergen-Belsen with the help of Hitchcock reflects on their collaboration, the subject of a new BBC radio play out tomorrow

7 min read

April 11, 2025 19:30

Alfred Hitchcock (left) and Sidney Bernstein

Hamas

Exclusive: Foreign Secretary confirms Hamas’ status as terror group is ‘not for changing’ amid legal challenge

David Lammy criticised the ‘barbaric’ group for refusing to release its hostages and using civilians as human shields

1 min read

April 11, 2025 17:07

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the JC that Hamas' designation as a proscribed terrorist group is 'not for changing' (Image: Getty)

There is no ‘should’ about visiting Israel, but this is why you might want to go…

On a trip to Israel’s north, I met struggling Jewish, Druze, Muslim and Christian business owners looking for support

2 min read

April 11, 2025 16:09

Palestinian shop owners getting ready for last month's Eid Al-Fitr holiday in Jerusalem's Old City

Education

NY Education Department apologises after antisemitic newsletter sent to public schools

The letter included a ‘toolkit’ instructing how to boycott pro-Israel organisations and accused the Jewish state of committing genocide

2 min read

April 11, 2025 15:28

Benjamin Netanyahu

Canadian PM seemingly accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Mark Carney appeared to agree with a heckler who made the allegation, but later claimed he misheard

1 min read

April 11, 2025 14:27

Canadian PM Mark Carney was rebuked Benjamin Netanyahu after appearing to agree with the claim that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Iran to seek ‘interim nuclear deal’ in talks with US

Tehran could reportedly agree to dilute its stock of enriched uranium in order to stave off President Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign

1 min read

April 11, 2025 12:35

Iran is reportedly set to offer concessions over its nuclear programme in talks with US officials this weekend (Image: Getty)

BBC

‘I’ve got a real, strong feeling about being Jewish’: Claude Littner on his Holocaust-surviving father, The Apprentice and Trump

Lord Sugar’s former on-screen aide tells the JC why he is teaming up with WIZO UK to find the next big names in business

5 min read

April 11, 2025 12:15

Claude Littner, who became a media star after appearing on The Apprentice as Lord Sugar's right-hand man (Photo: The Apprentice/BBC)

Gaza

Hamas-run Health Ministry inflated Gaza death toll using decade-old fatalities

A number of people included in the latest round of supposedly official data also appeared on a similar list in 2014

2 min read

April 11, 2025 11:51

The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry has been found to have included decade-old fatalities in its latest death toll data (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Trump taps Chabad rabbi for US antisemitism envoy

Yehuda Kaploun was heavily involved in efforts to attract Jewish voters during the 2024 election campaign and has been praised by the President for his commitment to religious freedom

1 min read

April 11, 2025 11:31

President Donald Trump has nominated Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun as the next US envoy on antisemitism (Image: Getty)

Labour Party

Is Labour scared of Muslim voters?

The government has been accused of watering down investigations into grooming gangs – but Labour MPs spent far more time discussing Israel last week

5 min read

April 11, 2025 11:05

Home Office Minister Jess Phillips (Image: Parliament TV)

Passover

‘Mitzvah Tank’ parade sweeps through NYC for pre-Passover celebration

A convoy of over 100 converted RVs traversed the city on Wednesday to pass out matzah and spread Jewish joy

1 min read

April 11, 2025 10:22

Jewish students distributed traditional round-shaped matzah from a convoy of 'Mitzvah Tanks' in New York City on Wednesday as part of an early Passover celebration. (Photo: Mandi Dehan / COLlive.com)

HIAS+JCORE

This Pesach, let’s commit to calling for freedom for all

‘We are reminded frequently throughout the festival that it is a mitzvah to welcome the stranger’

2 min read

April 11, 2025 10:17

A group of refugees arrive in the UK in September, 2021 (Photo: Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer acknowledges hostage families’ ‘anguish’ ahead of Passover

The prime minister vowed to keep the Jewish community safe in the face of growing antisemitism

1 min read

April 11, 2025 09:46

Sir Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty).

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 553: Hostage returns ‘close’, claims Trump

Plus, Agam Berger’s touching account of Passover in captivity

3 min read

April 11, 2025 09:13

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the return of the remaining hostages is 'close' (Image: Getty)

Jerusalem Marathon

UK athletes shine in Jerusalem marathon

Runners represented charities including Shalva and The Jerusalem Foundation

2 min read

April 10, 2025 17:38

(L-R) Richard Starr, Andrew Raphaely (Shalva UK Trustee) and Lewis Bloch (CEO, Shalva UK)

Hamas

British lawyers representing Hamas called for ‘victory to the Intifada’ and said Zionists ‘will be hunted down’

Members of the team trying to secure the group’s de-proscription in the UK seemingly celebrated the October 7 attacks and referred to senior terrorists as ‘martyrs’

5 min read

April 10, 2025 17:23

A London-based law firm has launched a bid on behalf of Hamas to have the group de-proscribed (Photo: Getty Images)

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