October 7

Hostages

Why we stood: a founder’s reflection on the Borehamwood hostage vigil

The group met every Friday morning for 119 weeks, until the last hostage came home

By Lara Lipsey

3 min read

The Borehamwood vigil (Photo: Simon Ainley)

Israel

Israeli Culture Minister claims calling October 7 a ‘massacre’ reflects ‘victim mentality’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov are interviewed by Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson at Chabad Belgravia (Photo: Devon Shoob)

October 7

‘Being held hostage strengthened our relationship’

By Ben Conway

6 min read

Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese condemned in Italian parliament for ‘promoting antisemitism’ and ‘winking at Hamas’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Trial opening of Rafah Crossing taking place on Sunday, February 1, with a view to it reopening on Monday, February 2 (Photo: Getty)

Israel-Gaza Conflict

Rafah Crossing to reopen

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

October 7

To sustain Jewish unity we need a Torah-based vision

By Benjamin Amram

4 min read

The Kennedy Centre (Photo: Kennedy Centre)

Culture

Kennedy Centre to stage October 7 play based on survivor testimony

By Jessica Russack-Hoffman

3 min read

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By Nivi Feldman

‘It was my parents who inspired me to fight for the hostages’

The leader of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK reflects on the last two years

3 min read

January 28, 2026 14:53

Nivi Feldman with her baby and parents, Nurit Sofer and Stanley Moss (photo: courtesy)

Mitzvah project launched in honour of ‘special, special’ Jake Marlowe

Jake was murdered on October 7 at the Nova festival

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

January 27, 2026 15:07

Participants of the Jakeymproject in memory of Jake Marlowe (Photo: Daniel Ben-David)

Father concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage son

Liam Or as he was known in the hostage release campaign was actually Liam Or-Nassar from a mixed faith background

By JC Reporter

1 min read

January 25, 2026 11:38

In the hostage release campaign, Liam Or-Nassar (poster left) was referred to as Liam Or (photo: Getty Image)

School report: what Israel taught me about preparing young people for the future

The country’s innovation and determination to build is truly inspiring

By Charlie Kelsey

2 min read

January 23, 2026 13:01

At the Kotel: senior secondary school leaders on their PaJeS trip to Israel

By Gio Esfandiary

This is Iran’s October 7 – and the West must act now

The response to the regime’s massacres must be concrete: severe sanctions, asset freezes, the closure of embassies and an end to the indulgent fiction that this is a normal state with which business can continue

2 min read

January 21, 2026 11:54

Image of what is believed to be the bodies of killed protestors at Kahrizak Forensic Medicine Centre, Tehran (Image: X)

Yarden Bibas shares painful third-birthday message to ‘beloved’ son Kfir

Slain hostage Kfir Bibas was taken captive when he was just nine months old, and his brother Ariel was four

By Ben Conway

1 min read

January 19, 2026 16:17

Kfir Bibas was abducted alongside his brother Ariel, four, and their mother Shiri, aged 32 (Photo: Family handout)

French textbooks calling October 7 victims ‘Jewish settlers’ recalled after outcry

‘Falsification of facts’ condemned by community leaders and President Emmanuel Macron

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

January 15, 2026 15:31

A home destroyed during October 7 (Image: Edi Israel/ Flash90)

Exclusive: Hamas-supporting Muslim educator blocked from entering UK for speaking tour

Ustadh Mohamed Baajour was due to arrive in the country on Friday, but has pulled out after the Home Office confirmed to the JC that he does not have permission to enter the country

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

January 14, 2026 13:42

Ustadh Mohamed Baajour (YouTube/EpicMasjid)

Tony Blair’s sister-in-law describes October 7 as being ‘legendary’ for Muslims

Lauren Booth expressed her ‘annoyance’ with Palestinians for their lack of determination to ‘hate all Jews’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

January 9, 2026 16:23

Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in 2011 (Photo: Getty)

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October 7

Why we stood: a founder’s reflection on the Borehamwood hostage vigil

Israeli Culture Minister claims calling October 7 a ‘massacre’ reflects ‘victim mentality’

‘Being held hostage strengthened our relationship’

Francesca Albanese condemned in Italian parliament for ‘promoting antisemitism’ and ‘winking at Hamas’

Rafah Crossing to reopen

To sustain Jewish unity we need a Torah-based vision

Kennedy Centre to stage October 7 play based on survivor testimony

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‘It was my parents who inspired me to fight for the hostages’

Mitzvah project launched in honour of ‘special, special’ Jake Marlowe

Father concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage son

School report: what Israel taught me about preparing young people for the future

This is Iran’s October 7 – and the West must act now

Yarden Bibas shares painful third-birthday message to ‘beloved’ son Kfir

French textbooks calling October 7 victims ‘Jewish settlers’ recalled after outcry

Exclusive: Hamas-supporting Muslim educator blocked from entering UK for speaking tour

Tony Blair’s sister-in-law describes October 7 as being ‘legendary’ for Muslims