Local councilsGaza activist taking Greenwich Council to court claiming it unlawfully invested £60m in IsraelThe campaigner is challenging local authority’s pensions investment policyBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
East LondonChants about ‘Zionist scum’ at ‘anti-racist’ rally won’t be investigated, Met Police sayAn east London march against the far-right saw men clad in black chanting anti-Israel slogansBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Zarah SultanaLabour MP pictured clapping Zarah Sultana calling Zionism a ‘racist supremacist ideology’The Independent MP was speaking at a rally by campaign group Stand up to RacismBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Metropolitan PoliceMet accused of ‘two-tier policing’ after blocking march to ‘reclaim Whitechapel from Islamists’ due to ‘community concerns’A planned counter-protest saw large crowds of black-clad Muslim protestors chant Arabic slogans and wave Palestine flagsBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read
East LondonEast London shul says Federation charges putting it at riskLeytonstone and Wanstead Synagogue has filed a claim against the Federation at the London Beth DinBy Simon Rocker2 min read
East LondonFounder of London Islamic school ranted about defeating ‘usurping Jews’ on October 7The radical cleric made his incendiary comments on the day of the Hamas massacre in 2023By Jane Prinsley5 min read
MusicIsraeli fan refunded after being ‘ambushed’ by pro-Palestine messaging at Massive Attack gigThe audience member said they were misled about the political nature of the Victoria Park show, which included a clip featuring late Hamas leader Yahya SinwarBy Jane Prinsley5 min read
Could a Buttmitzvah boogie with Owen Jones solve the culture wars?By Jane Prinsley3 min read||April 7, 2025 12:39
Purim in Stamford Hill: A riotous ritual of colour and danceClapton Common transforms for the yearly carnival celebration of Jewish survivalBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||March 16, 2025 10:23
Fishy business: From fighting Ken Livingstone to championing Israel, Lance Forman speaks to the JCThe former MEP opens up on everything from the Middle East to the Jewish heritage of Britain’s ‘first ever home-grown gourmet food’By Lorin Bell-Cross8 min read||March 3, 2025 15:32
Dalston Jewish cemetery to be restored following National Lottery grantHistoric Reform burial ground, described as a ‘vital community asset’, to be transformedBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||January 26, 2025 12:59
Tower block overlooking UK’s oldest synagogue refused planning permissionCritics of the plans said that the 43-storey tower would have taken light away from the sanctuary at Bevis MarksBy JC Reporter1 min read||December 13, 2024 15:20
London school cancels ‘fast for Gaza’Amid concern for pupil welfare, school in London’s poorest borough drops proposal following JC’s reportingBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||December 13, 2024 13:04
School in Tower Hamlets tells children as young as 11 to observe ‘collective fast’ for Gaza on FridayHalf of the pupils at George Green's School in Tower Hamlets would qualify for free school mealsBy Jane Prinsley1 min read||December 10, 2024 12:53
Teenage girl hospitalised after suspected antisemitic attack in Stamford HillGirl rushed to hospital with head injuries after being assaulted with bottles in east LondonBy Jane Prinsley1 min read||November 26, 2024 14:44
Can you help uncover the history of one of the East End’s long forgotten synagogues?The Spitalfields Trust is calling on JC readers to share their family stories in connection with the 19th century shulBy Daniel Ben-David4 min read||September 25, 2024 13:31
