Search - Jewish News, Comment & Culture - The Jewish Chronicle

‘The hardest thing to do in Parliament is to speak up for Israel and the Jewish community’

Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, gave the keynote address at an event organised by the National Jewish Assembly yesterday

1 min read

May 12, 2025 15:13

Deputy Leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, speaks to members of the Jewish community at a National Jewish Assembly event

Progressive Judaism

Senior Progressive rabbi sworn in as Mayor of Barnet

Councillor Rich was senior rabbi and chief executive of Liberal Judaism

1 min read

May 21, 2025 15:19

Rabbi and Councillor Danny Rich being sworn in as Barnet's 61st Mayor at Hendon Town Hall (Photo: Simon O'Connor)

antisemitism in the arts

Jewish artists claim ‘from the river to the sea’ slogan not antisemitic in new industry guidance

Signatories include Toby Marlow, writer and composer of hit musical Six

3 min read

May 21, 2025 15:38

Protesters holding placards take part in a demonstration in central London, on November 26, 2023, to protest against antisemitism. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Books

The Einstein Vendetta, review: ‘the tragic fate of Robert Einstein, Albert’s cousin’

This terrible war crime story does an enormous service to the Nobel Prize-winning physicist’s wider family

2 min read

May 21, 2025 16:12

Vegetarian

Cheese and pickle roast potatoes with chilli-dressed leaves

Pickle juice is highly seasoned gold and makes these roasties sing

November 11, 2024 11:01

Prime Minister's Questions

Starmer refuses to call Gaza War ‘genocide’ despite Labour pressure at PMQs

The prime minister also defended the decision to sanction far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich

2 min read

June 11, 2025 13:09

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV)

Books

Year of the Rat review: ‘proof the threat to British Jews from the far right never went away’

This report on the new face of the far right is timely and frightening in equal measure

3 min read

June 11, 2025 16:29

England's shame: last month's Great British National Strike rally on Downing Street

Gaza

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said that the terror group had ambushed the vehicle as it transported Palestinian staff to a distribution centre, with some potentially taken hostage

2 min read

June 12, 2025 09:12

Hamas has reportedly killed five people in an attack on a bus carrying GHF aid workers (Image: Getty)

Iran

Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

President Trump said that the withdrawal of non-essential workers and their families was due to the fact that the region ‘could be a dangerous place’

1 min read

June 12, 2025 09:38

President Trump has confirmed that the US will withdraw some of its personnel from Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain amid the threat of an Israeli strike on Iran (Image: Getty)

Music

Israeli fan refunded after being ‘ambushed’ by pro-Palestine messaging at Massive Attack gig

The audience member said they were misled about the political nature of the Victoria Park show, which included a clip featuring late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

5 min read

June 12, 2025 11:08

Dozens of Palestinian flags were flown during the controversial Massive Attack gig on Friday evening, for which at least one Israeli fan received a full refund (Photo: Instagram)

Westminster Holocaust Memorial

‘Let us not throw this opportunity away’, minister urges in Holocaust Memorial Bill debate

The Lords sat until 1am debating amendments to the legislation

5 min read

June 12, 2025 13:34

An artist's illustration of the plans for the Holocaust memorial and learning centre in Victoria Tower Gardens, next to the Houses of Parliament

Israeli Politics

Netanyahu avoids coalition collapse with last-minute Charedi draft deal

The prime minister’s position is safe for now, but the concessions given up to keep coalition partners onside have sparked a fresh row with IDF reservists

2 min read

June 12, 2025 13:48

Benjamin Netanyahu successfully staved off fresh elections after brokering a compromise with the Charedi parties in the coalition (Image: Flash90)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Beha’alotecha

“Miriam spoke, and Aaron, against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had taken: ‘Has God spoken only through Moses? Has [God] not spoken through us as well?’ God heard it” Numbers 12:1-2

1 min read

June 12, 2025 13:24

Miriam, cursed with leprosy (from mid-16th century Netherlands, now in Museum Schnütgen, Cologne/Wikimedia Commons)

gluten free recipe

Gluten free roasted hazelnut tartlets

Melt-in-the-mouth nutty bakes that everyone can enjoy

June 12, 2025 13:16

Cook time: 15 - 20 minutes

Sanction speech in the Jewish state, tolerate antisemitism all around it

While Lammy targets Israeli ministers, the UK turns a blind eye to open Jew hate from Muslim countries – revealing a foreign policy not exactly guided by principles

4 min read

June 12, 2025 15:18

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, arrives at 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty)

Charity Commission

Charity Commission launches probe into British charity working with Hamas

Save One Life UK says it works with the terror group to distribute cash in Gaza

3 min read

June 12, 2025 12:07

The Charity Commission said they are "aware of serious allegations" about Save One Life UK and have opened a regulatory compliance case into the Newham-based charity

1...6896 6897 6898...6957