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Should Britain have a law against blasphemy?
An Orthodox and a Progressive rabbi tackle questions of Jewish life
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First lawsuit seeking accountability of UNRWA’s involvement on October 7 filed
The lawsuit is on behalf of survivors of the massacre and relatives of the victims
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Call for dismissal of UN’s Francesca Albanese after she blames October 7 on ‘Israel’s oppression’
Thousands of lawyers pressure the UN to fire its Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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Former Masorti chair Clive Sheldon appointed High Court judge
He will preside over cases in the King’s Bench Division
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Obituary: Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Liberal instincts of judge hailed as an uncompromising supporter of legal justice
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Time is running out for one of the only Jewish death-row inmates in America
Jedidiah Isaac Murphy, an observant halachic Jew, is due to be put to death next month in a case described by an expert as 'legally warped'
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The blood libel which still stains Czech history 125 years on
Leopold Hilsner was found guilty of ‘Jewish ritual murder’ but unlike Alfred Dreyfus he was never pardoned
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Antisemitism of top European Court judge exposed
Human rights court urged to re-examine cases involving Jews after Bostjan Zupancic was found to have shared extremist material online
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Obituary: Anthony Malcolm Conway
Richard Conway pays tribute to his father, a leading Leeds lawyer and lecturer on Judaism and interfaith understanding
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Obituary: Martin Polden, OBE
Celebrity and property lawyer whose 'road to Swindon' conversion led him to promote environmental issues
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Rob Rinder: I defended the National Front in court
The TV personality and barrister reveals how how he regularly heard antisemitic remarks while representing members of far-right group
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British man banned from leaving Israel until rabbinical court rules on his divorce
The unnamed man must remain until rabbinical court hears his wife’s application for get
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Meet the brilliant barrister battling lies about Israel
Natasha Hausdorff will be making the country’s case again in a discussion at Jewish Book Week
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Alan Dershowitz: Prince Andrew should sue Virginia if she publishes sex claims
Pugnacious lawyer, who was himself accused of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein's alleged trafficking victim, offers advice to royal
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Brilliant career of barrister who helped to dismantle apartheid
Sir Sydney Kentridge, 100, retired 10 years ago but lawyers around the world remain in awe of his work in the courtroom
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Obituary: Charles Corman
Highly respected lawyer who advised Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks
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