AntisemitismMan aged 18 charged after video clip calling for Jews to be ‘beheaded’ sparks outrage onlineFootage which was filmed on street in east London last week had gone viralBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Metropolitan PoliceFourth day of police hunt for man who threatened to behead ‘dirty Jews’Defence group Shomrim said it was stepping up patrols until the man who made the remarks on Whitechapel Road was caughtBy JC Reporter1 min read
Metropolitan PoliceMet faces questions from the rebbe and rebbetzin in shul hours before ShabbatDeputy commissioner meets community at Woodford Forest SynagogueBy Jane Prinsley4 min read
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 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||September 8, 2025 13:45
Founder 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||July 10, 2025 10:18
Israeli 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||June 12, 2025 11:08
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
