HistoryThe man who wrote The World: Tanya Gold meets Simon Sebag MontefioreThe celebrated historian has tea with our columnist to toast his landmark new book about… everythingBy Tanya Gold 6 min read
HistoryThe Jewish heroes who fought alongside Nelson at TrafalgarLast week marked the 217th anniversary of the historic battleBy Georgia L Gilholy3 min read
IsraelOld Testament military campaigns against kingdoms of Israel and Judah confirmedResearchers at the Tel Aviv and Hebrew universities reconstructed the geomagnetic fields at 21 sites of destruction in Israel to develop a reliable new scientific tool for archeological datingBy Nic North4 min read
By Diana DarkeWhat did the Ottoman Empire ever do for us? Quite a lot, in factContrary to the prevailing view, the Turkish civilisation had an egalitarian, multi-cultural outlook which protected Jews5 min read
BooksTwo Jewish authors lead colourful debates at book festivalJonathan Freedland discussed his best-selling book The Escape Artist and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore quizzed experts on Vladimir Putin's war at fifth annual Cliveden Literary FestivalBy Georgia L Gilholy1 min read
BooksBook review: Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth - A doomed, drunk wandering geniusKeiron Pim's biography of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century is a dark story, movingly toldBy David Herman2 min read
GermanyEbay apologises for selling memorabilia from Nazi eraThird Reich knick-knacks are still being traded despite a ban put in place 20 years agoBy Felix Pope1 min read
Don't remove statues of old tyrants - they teach us about the past-a, says Loyd GrossmanTomato sauce expert and public intellectual hits out at attempts to 'erase history' by felling monuments to antisemites such as Edward IBy Felix Pope1 min read||October 13, 2022 12:04
Book review: The Story of Russia - Russia’s story always excluded JewsOrlando Figes' new work is a truly incisive and important dissection of this country's troubled pastBy Colin Shindler1 min read||October 6, 2022 15:06
From Mosley to Corbyn, the fight against the oldest hatred goes onFinding this balance between reporting on antisemitism and being a voice for the community’s fight against it has been a constant feature of the JC’s coverage of antisemitism throughout its historyBy Dave Rich4 min read||October 6, 2022 12:52
Wiener’s exhibit offers snapshot of life before ShoahDomestic photography is overlooked as trivial — but it’s importantBy Georgia L Gilholy2 min read||October 3, 2022 14:50
Book review: Józef Piłsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland - Modern Poland’s forgotten founderA detailed, absorbing book that peels back the complexities of histories to reclaim this figure for a new generationBy Colin Shindler2 min read||September 29, 2022 15:28
Travel in time back to Yom Kippur at the Great Synagogue of Aleppo - thanks to the modern miracle of virtual realityA historic Syrian shul destroyed in 2016 has been re-created in a stunning exhibition at Jerusalem’s Israel MuseumBy Jotam Confino3 min read||September 29, 2022 11:28
Waddesdon Manor - the Jewish Downton AbbeyJenni Frazer discovers the secrets past and present of one of the greatest Rothschild stately homesBy Jenni Frazer10 min read||September 28, 2022 15:37
New documentary unveils Wales' vibrant Jewish past despite uncertain futureThe documentary delves into the country’s historic but dwindling Jewish communitiesBy Georgia L Gilholy2 min read||September 28, 2022 12:10
We’ve come a long way since Fiddler! A history of UK Jews on stage and screenDepiction of Jews has happily moved on from the crass stereotypes so common in the early 20th centuryBy John Nathan4 min read||September 22, 2022 14:17
