Amichai ChikliChief Rabbi withdraws from Israeli antisemitism conference over far-right participationIsraeli Diaspora Affairs Minister had invited controversial figures from European political partiesBy Jane Prinsley1 min read
Music‘I thought I was done for’ Jewish survivor of botched kidnapping in Wales speaks to the JC of his harrowing ordeal and escapeItay Kashti was lured to a remote rented cottage in west Wales in August on the pretence of a music collaboration opportunityBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read
AntisemitismBernard-Henri Lévy and German officials withdraw from antisemitism conference as Israel invites far-right politiciansThey withdraw after learning who is on Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli’s guest listBy Ellie Grant2 min read
Antisemitism‘Shocking failure’: Government’s former extremism adviser blasts decision to not charge imam who called for destruction of Jewish homesIn an exclusive interview, Lord Walney said the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service ‘face huge questions over this fiasco’By Imogen Garfinkel5 min read
PoliceExclusive: No charges for east London Imam’s ‘destroy Jewish homes’ sermonMet Police spokesperson says it is for Parliament to determine where the line is drawn, not the policeBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
NHSStarmer says hospitals should ‘take action’ when staff ‘don’t reflect NHS values’ on antisemitismThe PM also chastised Shadow Health Secretary for heckling him during his answerBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
BelgiumBelgian author who wrote that he wanted to ‘ram a knife down Jews’ throats’ is acquittedBrusselmans sparked widespread condemnation over his column about the war in GazaBy Ellie Grant3 min read
By Shlomit Aharoni LirHow Wikipedia is warping the world’s view of IsraelWikipedia promised that it would democratise knowledge. Now it’s being weaponised against Israel6 min read||March 12, 2025 10:42
Police arrest 14 over violent attacks on Jewish buildings in Sydney, but dismiss antisemitism as motiveThe authorities have described the suspects as ‘criminals for hire’By Ellie Grant3 min read||March 11, 2025 16:32
Trudeau successor’s views on Israel a mystery, say Canadian Jewish leadersThe former governor of the Bank of England was elected leader of Canada’s Liberal party and Prime MinisterBy Dave Gordon4 min read||March 11, 2025 09:40
Painting comparing Netanyahu to Hitler removed from Saatchi art fair amid outrageThe painting is ‘deeply offensive to the memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust’, one visitor saidBy Imogen Garfinkel3 min read||March 7, 2025 16:26
Catalogue of shame: how the BBC keeps getting it wrong on Jews and IsraelThe broadcaster has been accused of platforming Hamas propaganda and breaching its own editorial standardsBy Imogen Garfinkel12 min read||March 6, 2025 14:01
Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson under fire after ‘antisemitic conspiracy’ posts revealedThe Anti-Defamation League accused the Trump administration official of repeating a ‘neo-Nazi talking point’ in relation to the lynching of Leo Frank in 1915By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||March 6, 2025 12:38
Gaza mob hunts down terrified Jewish student who organised campus peace eventKing’s College student behind Iran-Israel dialogue event forced to lock himself in room for fear of his physical safetyBy Imogen Garfinkel6 min read||March 5, 2025 17:26
Rise in applications to Jewish schools ‘likely’ due to antisemitism fearsSchools network PaJeS has reported a record high in first preference applications to Jewish state schools in LondonBy Simon Rocker1 min read||March 5, 2025 16:15
Australian nurses who joked about killing Israeli patients chargedAhmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh were filmed by Israeli influencer Max Veifer laughing as they said they would send sick Israelis “to Jahannam” (the Arabic word for hell).By JC Reporter1 min read||March 5, 2025 12:13