SynagoguesMan charged after firebombing at former synagogueThe building, which previously housed East London Central Synagogue and has been vacant for six years, was attacked on May 5By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Court and CrimePair who verbally abused Jewish man for TikTok video admit antisemitic hate crimeAdam Bedoui and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub travelled to the Stamford Hill area to ‘film antisemitic content for social media’, police saidBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Boulder attackMan who firebombed Boulder pro-hostage march sentenced to life without paroleMohamed Sabry Soliman was handed a 2,128-year prison term after pleading guilty to 100 charges, including first-degree murderBy Jonathan D Salant3 min read
Court and CrimeMan who threatened to cut Jews’ throats pleads guilty to hate crimesWayne Kelly shouted abuse at a group of synagogue goers in Salford while walking his dog, before saying he would go home to retrieve knives to murder them1 min read
Los AngelesLA Jewish groups criticise ‘woefully inadequate’ plea deal for man who killed pro-Israel protesterLoay Abdel Fattah Alnaji pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in relation to his fatal altercation with 69-year-old Paul Kessler in 2023By Aaron Bandler2 min read
Circumcision Belgium indicts three mohalim in ‘illegal circumcision’ caseProsecutors claim the men performed the procedure without proper medical oversight, but the decision has been condemned by both Israel and the USBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Palestine ActionBarrister who acted for Palestine Action defendant accused of misleading jury in first trialRajiv Menon KC allegedly defied the orders of Mr Justice Johnson by suggesting that the jury could acquit the defendants ‘according to their conscience’By Tristan Kirk3 min read
Palestine Action activists found guilty of criminal damage over factory raidThe court heard that the protest had been ‘meticulously organised’ to cause ‘as much damage as possible’By Ellie Crabbe3 min read||May 5, 2026 15:31
Neo-Nazi convicted of ‘race traitor’ attack plot after MI5 stingThe court heard that Alfie Coleman, 21, had spent lockdown immersing himself in the ‘extreme far-right’By Jamie Shapiro1 min read||April 30, 2026 15:47
Man admits racial assault after accusing Orthodox Jew of ‘killing babies’Shafiq Rahman called the man a ‘dirty Jew’ and threatened to ‘break his jaw’By Stanley Murphy-Johns2 min read||April 27, 2026 09:59
French appeals court rules nanny who tried to poison Jewish children is not antisemiticThe woman, from Algeria, allegedly told police that she ‘never should have worked for a Jewish woman’ because ‘they have money and power’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 17, 2026 15:28
Israeli Border Police officers jailed for having barbecue on ShabbatThe medics will spend a week in military prison for ‘harming religion and Judaism’ after their sentence was reduced from an initial three weeksBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 17, 2026 11:32
Small boat migrant attempted to break into Israeli embassy with two knives, court hearsAlbadri first entered the UK in 2021 and then again in 2025, both times from FranceBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||April 16, 2026 10:04
Knesset passes bill introducing death penalty for terror offencesCritics have claimed the law is discriminatory as it imposes capital punishment for terrorists convicted of murdering Israelis, but not those who kill PalestiniansBy Melanie Swan2 min read||March 31, 2026 09:36
Peers urge creation of dedicated CPS unit on antisemitic crimeFormer attorney general Sir Michael Ellis proposed the creation of such a unit in the JC in JanuaryBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||March 27, 2026 14:11
Former Labour councillor convicted of child sex offences spared jailJudge James Lofthouse described Liron Velleman, formerly a member of the Jewish Labour Movement, as having a ‘reckless, vile and frankly devious interest in children’By Tristan Kirk3 min read||March 20, 2026 15:32
