Boulder attack‘Jewish life here cannot be extinguished’ says British rabbi leading Boulder congregation after tragic attackCongregants of Bonai Shalom in Boulder were attacked with Molotov cocktails while they held a vigil for the Gaza hostages last month – leading to the death of 82-year-old Karen DiamondBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read
AntisemitismYeshiva students threatened by knife-wielding Palestine activist in SwitzerlandThe man allegedly asked the group ‘are you Jews?’ and spat at them before passersby intervenedBy Yossi Lempkowicz1 min read
Stop the HateInside the counter-protest: who are the people who give up their weekends to stand against the Gaza mob?The JC joined Saturday’s Stop the Hate counter-protest to meet the people braving the rain to face down the throngs of pro-Palestine demonstratorsBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read
Film‘Hollywood has no spine’: The Jewish director fighting antisemitism through filmWendy Sachs was horrified by the support Hamas received after October 7 and created a documentary to change the narrative.By Yishai Kiczales2 min read
AntisemitismPolice arrest woman after antisemitic tirade aimed at Jewish diners at kosher caféThe Met said a woman had been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage and multiple assaults, but was subsequently released on bailBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Nigel Farage‘Everyone makes mistakes’: Nigel Farage declines to sack Zia Yusuf over ‘accidental like’ of antisemitic tweetThe former Reform UK chair said the like was done by one of his staff and was inadvertent, though Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick called his apology ‘b*******’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read
RussiaMore than 100 convicted over attempt to lynch Jews at Dagestan airportHundreds of men stormed the Makhachkala Uytash Airport in 2023, searching for Jewish travellers and injuring more than 20 peopleBy JC Reporter2 min read
Jewish student to sue Berlin university after hate attack left him with brain haemorrhageThe student claims the Free University of Berlin has failed to deal with antisemitismBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||July 18, 2025 14:15
By Vivian BercoviciI don’t need a survey to tell me the city of Toronto – my hometown – has become a Jew-hating cesspitJewish kids were harassed and attacked, teachers looked the other way – when they were not themselves participating – and officials did nothing4 min read||July 18, 2025 13:39
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf apologises after apparently ‘liking’ antisemitic tweet calling Tory rival a ‘traiterous Zogbot’The former party chair claimed that the like was an accident and was done by one of his staff with access to his account.By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 18, 2025 13:38
Jewish doctors are ‘afraid to display their names on their badges’Medics also say they are leaving their union, the BMA, over what they see as its extreme anti-Israel biasBy Elisa Bray9 min read||July 18, 2025 13:15
French rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’The rabbi's daughter has claimed that police suggested they are treating the blaze as deliberate but that ‘no one wants to call it antisemitic’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read||July 18, 2025 11:56
‘Giant shows us what it’s like to be British and Jewish’Elliot Levey on playing Roald Dahl’s real-life Jewish agent in the West End playBy John Nathan5 min read||July 18, 2025 10:39
Diane Abbott suspended from Labour after doubling down on suggestion Jews don’t experience racismThe Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP will not sit as an independent after standing by comments her own party leader described as ‘antisemitic’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 18, 2025 09:21
Islamic radio station that said Jews ‘kill prophets’ accuses Ofcom of ‘Islamophobia’Salaam BCR broadcast a speech by a radical imam declaring Jews ‘the biggest enemies of humanity’ less than two weeks after the October 7 massacresBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 17, 2025 13:10
Sesame Street’s Elmo condemns hacker who spouted Jew-hatred from his X accountThree days after Sesame Street’s Elmo’s X account was hacked into by an antisemitic hacker, the puppet has addressed the ‘abhoernt’ tweetsBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||July 16, 2025 15:59