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Speaker at KCL student union society event ranted about ‘scared’ Jews with ‘a lot of money’ and defended child marriage

Abutorab Islam suggested a nine-year-old girl was ‘mature’ enough to consummate a marriage and said Brits have ‘no right’ to talk about age of consent

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April 9, 2025 17:29

Second-year King’s College London medical student Abutorab Islam told students that Jews were “scared” and “had a lot of money,” and described martyrdom in battle as a “great reward” for Muslims (Photo: Muslim Reconnect YouTube)

Antisemitism on campus

Two US universities have funding frozen over alleged civil rights violations

The move comes after other institutions received similar suspensions in connection with an Education Department investigation into campus antisemitism

1 min read

April 9, 2025 17:29

Cornell University (pictured) and Northwestern University have reportedly had their federal funding frozen over alleged civil rights violations on campus (Image: Getty)

Conversion

DNA tests could be sparking a rise in conversions

Reform Beth Din head says more people discovering they have Jewish ancestry are finding a home in Judaism

2 min read

April 9, 2025 17:28

Through DNA tests more people are learning they have Jewish ancestry (Photo: Getty Images)

BBC

BBC Arabic guests spread anti-Israel conspiracies and Holocaust comparisons

Egyptian diplomats on BBC Arabic had promoted ‘Greater Israel’ myth and suggested October 7 attack was an ‘armed struggle for liberation’

3 min read

April 9, 2025 17:25

Mostafa Elfeki appeared on BBC Arabic in February. He had previously said Israelis had "skillfully conflated" the "armed struggle for [Palestinian] liberation" with terrorism.

October 7

‘I can’t discuss Israel with my anti-Zionist kids – it’s pointless.’

Meet the Jewish parents whose families have split since October 7

2 min read

April 9, 2025 17:08

A Jewish Voice for Peace protest against Israel (Getty)

Letters to the editor, April 11 2025

Violence on the West Bank, interfaith dialogue, the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Overground line names

4 min read

April 9, 2025 16:33

It’s no use using facts to fight antisemitism

The narrative of Jew-hate is irrational – the way to counter it is to promote an alternative story about us

3 min read

April 9, 2025 16:25

Film

What They Found review: Sam Mendes presents the proof of Bergen-Belsen

The intention to counter Holocaust denial is achieved in the director’s first documentary

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April 9, 2025 15:19

An Imperial War Museum archive still used in the film

Family

How we live with disability, from frustrations and isolation to closeness and strength

Three families tell Elisa Bray how parenting has brought a rollercoaster of hospital trips, funding battles – and unexpected wonders

10 min read

April 9, 2025 14:53

How we live with disability, from frustrations and isolation to closeness and strength

I just wanted to get out of Bamberg

Eva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94

Child refugee who saw the synagogue in her home town in Bavaria burn on Kristallnacht

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April 9, 2025 14:24

Eva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94

AJR

George Summerfield, Holocaust survivor, dies at 91

A Jewish refugee from Germany who escaped from Berlin in 1939

3 min read

April 9, 2025 14:19

George Summerfield, a Jewish refugee from Germany who came to the UK as a child in 1939, passed away on Monday at the age of 91. (Photo: AJR/Dr Bea Lewkowicz)

Donald Trump

Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman warns Trump’s tariffs could lead to ‘economic nuclear winter’

The outspoken CEO has long been a staunch Trump ally but has now broken with the President over trade policy.

4 min read

April 9, 2025 13:36

Bill Ackman in East Hampton, New York, August 6, 2016 (Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for Hamptons International Film Festival)

US Politics

Isolationist Pentagon appointee Colby provokes mixed views among Zionists

The career civil servant, who will oversee US defence policy, has split Zionist opinion with his unusual stance on the Middle East

3 min read

April 9, 2025 13:35

Elbridge Colby has been confirmed for a senior policy role at the Pentagon despite his track record of isolationism, even in regard to America's allies.

Hezbollah

Hezbollah ‘ready’ to hold disarmament talks if IDF withdraws from Lebanon

If achieved, a deal would mark the latest blow to Iran’s network of proxies in the region

1 min read

April 9, 2025 12:51

Hezbollah is reportedly willing to enter into disarmament talks with the Lebanese government (Image: Getty)

My unorthodox life

‘I’m just getting started’: My Unorthodox Life star Julia Haart on Israel activism, mini skirts and dating younger men

The formerly Orthodox mogul, newly single and at the forefront of Jewish advocacy, sat down with the JC for an exclusive chat during her visit to London

6 min read

April 9, 2025 12:17

Julia Haart, pictured at a rally for the hostages, has been campaigning for Israel since the Hamas attacks on October 7.

Introducing ‘decolonisation therapy’, the pseudoscience that seeks to erase your Zionism

This outrageous new form of ‘therapy’ harms Jewish mental health and fuels antisemitism

4 min read

April 9, 2025 11:57

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Pro-Palestinian supporters continue to demonstrate with a protest encampment on the campus of Columbia University on April 30, 2024 in New York City. All classes at Columbia University have been held virtually today after school President Minouche Shafik announced a shift to online learning in response to recent campus unrest. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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