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The JC Letters Page, 1st November 2019

JC readers share their views

The Treaty of Versailles: A gathering of hope that gave way to hell on earth

Versailles was Zionism’s first international platform, thanks to British Jewish leaders. But the treaty was a factor in the rise of Nazism

How Mossad misread the Iranian revolution

The Israeli spy agency was asked by the Iranian prime minister to assassinate Khomeini. It refused and, within months, thousands of Jews had left the country

A wild West show

Franz West's big, bright, papier-mache art is on show at Tate Modern.

Heritage scheme to save shuls

Historian Simon Schama and broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky addressed  the formal launch of the Historic Synagogues of Europe project in the Speaker’s Rooms in Parliament

Census uncovers increase in British secular Jews

But the vast majority of the community still identify as religious, writes Simon Rocker

Sex was what saved me

Marie's story is told in a new book

Most Iranians want ties with Israel, not with Hizbollah

Laud Melbourne

Dealing with Jerusalem: The strange story of millennia of negotiations

The author of the million-copy bestselling biography of the Holy City writes an exclusive essay about the carve-ups of the past

Is this the most Jewish food on earth?

Meet the man who has written about a dish with variations all over the world — and is even served for Ramadan break fast

World War I and the Jewish question

Cost of Living: Summer snack survival kit

How to eat well and spend less during the school holidays

‘It’s f***ing epic’: Azealia Banks on touring Israel and why she loves Zionism and Jews

‘Everyone has been on Israel’s d*** and talking s*** about Jews all summer, but nobody will talk to Jewish people’

‘Lorena was well aware of the fragility of life’

Michelle Wolodarsky reflects on her late friend, the artist Lorena Levi, whose life was cut tragically short

‘Autograph hunting was my addiction’

For Adam Andrusier, a hobby became an obsession - and then a profession.