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Peace Process

‘You can’t just wait for stability’: the Israeli working with Iranians and Qataris to build a start-up region

Israeli peace builder tells the JC about his initiative to help build the future of the Middle East and North Africa

5 min read

January 7, 2026 16:53

Bar-On and other Mena members at the Middle East Forum, September, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Food

So just how easy is it to make your own pickles?

Karen Glaser meets Jewish pickling experts as she goes on a very personal journey back to her fermenting childhood

5 min read

January 7, 2026 17:06

Vegetables for keeps: Karen Glaser, aged nine with her brother, Steven, and the writer's mother Jolanta Glaser's fermenting kitchen ledge with her pickled pears on the far left

Prime Minister's Questions

Party leaders trade barbs over Jewish attorney general and shadow at PMQs

Kemi Badenoch hit out at Lord Hermer’s defence of Gerry Adams and Shamima Begum, while Sir Keir Starmer criticised Lord Wolfson for Roman Abramovich

3 min read

January 7, 2026 15:47

Party leaders trade barbs over Jewish attorney general and shadow at PMQs

Labour

People who played a role in hounding me out of Labour are in office now, says Dame Louise Ellman

Labour stalwart who rejoined party under Starmer says Corbynistas viewed Zionism as an obstacle to ‘the collapse of capitalism’

2 min read

January 7, 2026 16:57

Dame Louise Ellman (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Egypt is revising its peace agreement with Israel

Cairo sees Israel’s military presence the Philadelphi Corridor as a direct threat and is reducing cooperation with the Jewish state in most areas

4 min read

January 7, 2026 17:11

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Athens on May 7, 2025 (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Etgar

Knowing how to debate Israel isn’t optional. It’s essential

In a polarised world, Jewish students must be equipped to defend, question and celebrate Israel with confidence

2 min read

January 7, 2026 17:26

Young Jews need the skills to debate about Israel, says the co-founder of Etgar (Photo Getty Images)

Science

Israeli researchers announce breakthrough in prostate cancer treatment

A separate study has identified a way in which breast cancer can metastasise to the brain

2 min read

January 7, 2026 17:19

Professors Ronit Satchi-Fainaro (left) and Uri Ben-David at Tel Aviv University (Photo: Tel Aviv University)

Rob Reiner

Celebrity attorney for Nick Reiner pulls out of murder case

Alan Jackson removed himself from the case on Wednesday, with Nick Reiner still to enter a plea for the charge of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele

1 min read

January 8, 2026 09:12

Nick Reiner's now-former attorney, Alan Jackson, arrives for Reiner's arraignment at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on January 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, California (Getty Images)

Healthy eating

Green apple chilli chutney

Add a fresh and zingy flavour to any meal with this Indian-inspired pickle

January 8, 2026 08:35

Cook time: 5 minutes plus pickling time

New Year Honours 2026

Order of the Little Britain Empire: Matt Lucas and a host of community figures recognised in New Year Honours list

Former Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and JLGB head Neil Martin both made CBE

7 min read

December 29, 2025 22:30

Matt Lucas is among a host of Jewish community figures to be named in the 2026 New Year Honours List (Photo: Getty)

the JC blind date

JC blind date: ‘I was surprised she was wearing trousers’

Hopeful singletons Gaby and Jonathan met for dinner at Delicatessen in north London, where the food was kosher and excellent – but what about the chemistry?

2 min read

January 8, 2026 10:19

JC blind date: ‘I was surprised she was wearing trousers’

Jewish celebrities

Haim star’s Jewish wedding to former JFS deputy head boy is her Cinderella fairytale come true

Singer and bassist Este wore the dress of her dreams at her wedding to British businessman Jonathan Levin

1 min read

January 4, 2026 11:42

Este Haim from Haim (Image: Getty Images)

Calendar

Shabbat times from January 9 to January 16

Shabbat times for the week ahead

1 min read

January 8, 2026 10:47

Shabbat times from January 9 to January 16

Sidrah

The ambiguous identity of Moses – this week’s parashah, Shemot

“When Moses grew up he went out to his people and witnessed their burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people” Exodus 2:11

1 min read

January 8, 2026 11:09

Moses slays the Egyptian taskmaster by James Tissot, late 19th century (Wikimedia Commons)

Spain

Spanish national newspaper apologises for saying Maduro judge ‘fair despite being Jewish’

El País was accused of ‘disgusting antisemitism’ for suggesting that Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s religious affiliation could affect his rulings

1 min read

January 8, 2026 11:11

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (C) and his wife Cilia Flores are escorted to a court appearance in Manhattan, New York City on January 6, 2025 (YouTube/InsideEdition)

Ceasefire

US prepared to start Phase Two of Gaza ceasefire before Hamas disarms and returns final hostage

The terror group has refused to lay down its weapons and still holds the remains of police sergeant Ran Gvili three months after it was meant to release them

2 min read

January 8, 2026 10:37

US President Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

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