Bevis MarksAngela Rayner steps in over plan to build skyscraper next to Bevis Marks shulThe deputy PM will assess the planning application ahead of committee meeting next monthBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
HistoryCan 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
JerusalemDealing with Jerusalem: The strange story of millennia of negotiationsThe author of the million-copy bestselling biography of the Holy City writes an exclusive essay about the carve-ups of the pastBy Simon Sebag Montefiore5 min read
Books Review: Shylock’s Venice – An unimprovable bookA rigorous trawl through Venetian archives yields a work that begs for a lavish film adaptationBy Jenni Frazer3 min read
HistorySchama: ‘The Jewish world is in this extraordinary situation of being doubly de-housed’Historian Sir Simon Schama speaks to the JC after his appearance in Book WeekBy Simon Rocker5 min read
Albert EinsteinEinstein ‘E=mc squared’ equation letter goes up for auctionA previous letter written by Einstein featuring the famous equation sold for $1.2 million in 2021By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
Revealed: Nazi financial fixer who funded Palestinian terrorThe untold story of how François Genoud, a Swiss banker, executed a secret plan to eliminate Jews from the Middle East5 min read
National Library of Israel to preserve 200,000 recordings of Hamas massacres for posterityThe huge cache of videos, photos and text messages documents the atrocities unfolding in real timeBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||November 8, 2023 13:20
Einstein's secret plan to rescue academic targeted by Nazis revealed in new letterA letter written by the physicist is up for auction with the proceeds going to OxfamBy Richard Percival 1 min read||September 26, 2023 13:08
Ancient Hebrew prayer book with links to famed German rabbi sells for 14 times it's estimateThe manuscript of Tikune Shabat sold for £71,250 at auctionBy Richard Percival 2 min read||September 6, 2023 12:05
The J-pop model using TikTok to share stories of unknown people buried in cemeteriesEx-JFS student Jono Namara has already racked up nearly 100,000 likes on TikTokBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||August 31, 2023 15:31
Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaignFormer MP Eric Martlew noticed the broken pane in the old Carr’s biscuit factory two years ago then set out to raise £2,000 for its refurbBy Rosa Doherty1 min read||August 31, 2023 10:24
'Inspiring' new evidence shows how Jews thrived in York after antisemitic 1190 massacreA trove of documents reveals how the city’s Jewish residents lived and worked alongside their Christian neighbours, mostly harmoniously, in the early 1200sBy Rosa Doherty2 min read||August 22, 2023 16:08
Back to the Borscht Belt! Celebrating the golden era of Jewish vacationland in the CatskillsA new festival will recapture the heady days of Jewish vacationland in the CatskillsBy Francine White7 min read||July 27, 2023 13:50
Albert Einstein told other Jews that he didn't believe in TorahA letter written by the physicist is set to go under the hammer in the USBy Richard Percival 1 min read||July 24, 2023 15:21
Holocaust survivor and Army veteran receives surprise war medals on 100th birthdayHenny Franks fled Nazi persecution in Cologne, western Germany, on the kindertransport as a teenagerBy Gaby Wine1 min read||June 29, 2023 11:00
