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Jewish groups welcome social cohesion strategy

New measures include powers for the Charity Commission to shut down antisemitic NGOs and lecturers to report extremism on campus

By Jane Prinsley

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 24: Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed (Getty Images)

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Parliament petition for inquiry into ‘pro-Israel lobbying’ should have been rejected, say Jewish leaders

By Jane Prinsley

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Basij militants, wearing military uniforms, hold AK-47s and the flags of Hezbollah and Iran during a parade on January 10, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Jewish leaders call on government to take ‘clear and robust’ action against Iran

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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Former Green Party leader blasted for championing ‘hateful’ anti-Israel boycott campaign

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Green deputy leader criticised over ‘conspiratorial’ claims about the ‘Israeli lobby’ that has ‘lots of cash’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Jewish communal leaders press Middle East minister over lack of IRGC ban

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Hundreds dance beneath Europe’s largest menorah in Trafalgar Square

By Daniel Ben-David

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Green Party leader rebuked for claiming Chief Rabbi doesn’t represent UK Jews on Israel

Zack Polanski says left-wing group Breaking the Silence shifted his views on the Jewish state

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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December 5, 2025 15:58

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (Image: YouTube/The Rest is Politics).

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy plans crackdown on extremist preachers

Government reportedly concerned that Islamists are exploiting their positions in charities to spread extremism

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

October 14, 2025 09:10

JLC launches fund to support projects for young Jews

Research has highlighted the effectiveness of peer-led programmes for youth and young adults

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

September 1, 2025 12:42

Carolyn Boghush and Bill Benjamin, co-chairs of the JLC's task force on young Jews

Sadiq Khan urges government to ‘immediately recognise Palestinian statehood’

The prime has been under pressure from within Labour to take a more critical stance against Israel

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

July 23, 2025 13:44

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan (Image: Getty)

By Maurice Helfgott

British Jews unite to help people both in Israel and Gaza

Backed by the UK community and in coordination with Israeli authorities, World Jewish Relief provides vital humanitarian assistance to both sides of the conflict

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July 16, 2025 10:58

Annabel, partner of Israeli army sergeant Shoham Menachem, killed in action the previous day in the Gaza Strip, mourns during the funeral at the Yardena Military Cemetery in the village of Yardena near Beit Shean in northern Israel on July 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

Hundreds demonstrate outside LSE against ‘Understanding Hamas’ book launch

LSE governor Baroness Altmann said she is ‘ashamed’ that the university chose to host the book launch

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

March 11, 2025 14:06

Pro-Israel and anti-Israel crowds demonstrate outside the entrance to the London School of Economics over the university hosting the launch of the controversial book 'Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters', March 10, 2025

Why men should attend International Women’s Day events

The Jewish Leadership Council would like to reverse the trend of men not showing up

By Laurence Rosenthal

3 min read

February 27, 2025 13:42

Where are all the men?: a previous International Women's Day event

‘We need to look after ourselves to guarantee our future’

JLC Chair Keith Black was speaking at the Jewish Volunteering Network’s annual awards ceremony

By Gaby Wine

4 min read

January 22, 2025 16:21

‘We need to look after ourselves to guarantee our future’

Esther McVey refuses to apologise for ‘minimising the horrors of the Holocaust’

Former ‘common sense minister’ told the JC: ‘no equivalence was being suggested’ between Nazis and proposed smoking ban

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

August 30, 2024 11:06

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Minister without Portfolio, Esther McVey, arrives at Downing Street ahead of the Cabinet Meeting on November 14, 2023 in London, England. Rishi Sunak will meet his new ministers today after a dramatic cabinet re-shuffle yesterday which saw former Prime Minister David Cameron return to the cabinet for the first time in more than seven years after being made the new Foreign Secretary following Suella Braverman's sacking. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Jewish Leadership Council

Jewish groups welcome social cohesion strategy

Parliament petition for inquiry into ‘pro-Israel lobbying’ should have been rejected, say Jewish leaders

Jewish leaders call on government to take ‘clear and robust’ action against Iran

Former Green Party leader blasted for championing ‘hateful’ anti-Israel boycott campaign

Green deputy leader criticised over ‘conspiratorial’ claims about the ‘Israeli lobby’ that has ‘lots of cash’

Jewish communal leaders press Middle East minister over lack of IRGC ban

Hundreds dance beneath Europe’s largest menorah in Trafalgar Square

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