Zionism

Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism

Phylisa Wisdom has previously spoken out against the BDS movement, an anti-Israel initiative supported by the New York City mayor

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Phylisa Wisdom, the new leader of the Office to Combat Antisemitism (Image: YouTube)

Vast majority of United Synagogue members feel a connection to Israel (Photo: Getty Images)

The United Synagogue

Overwhelming majority of United Synagogue members are Zionists, says survey

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 1880 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

By Melanie Phillips

Judaism without Zionism is a shield for antisemites

3 min read

Limmud 2025

‘How to stop arguing with your kids about Zionism: give them a hug’

By Gaby Wine

4 min read

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers keynote speech at annual LFI lunch (Photo: LFI)

By The JC Leader

Rachel Reeves restores moral clarity on Israel

2 min read

LFI (Labour Friends of Israel) Annual Lunch at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, Great Britain 8th December 2025 Michael Rubin LFI director Mark Sewards MP LFI Parliamentary Chair Lord Iain McNicol of West Kilbride Tribute to Sir David Garrard Stuart Roden Introduction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP Chancellor Speech Adrian Cohen Vote of Thanks Photograph by Elliott Franks

By Luke Akehurst

The chancellor’s speech showed that Labour’s tradition of support for Israel is alive and well

2 min read

Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves: I’m an unapologetic Zionist

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

By Maureen Lipman

The libel of bleeding kids for matzos was a stroke of PR genius

At this year’s Ajax parade, the words, ‘in these days of rising anti-Semitism’, were spoken more times, I suspect, than at past events

4 min read

December 5, 2025 10:41

A mediaeval depiction of the William of Norwich blood libel (Image: Jonny Weinberg)

Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination commemorated by grassroots group in London

Members of We Democracy gathered in London on Sunday to remember the Israeli prime minister who was murdered in 1995

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

November 3, 2025 16:52

(Clockwise from L) The crowd gathered at the Israel SOS protest in Westminster, a speaker addressing the demonstration, and a passerby who was asked to leave after shouting anti-Israel slogans

Labour 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 Racism

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

October 27, 2025 11:58

(R-L) Independent MP Zarah Sultana, Labour MP Bell Riberio-Addy, Labour MP Apsana Begum, PSC Director Ben Jamal (Image: Zarah Sultana/X).

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

The Republicans’ choice: Copy the Democrats or reject extremists?

A racist Young Republican chat has triggered a fight on the US right: Should they pursue unity at any cost, or learn from the left’s collapse and reject radicals within their own camp

2 min read

October 24, 2025 09:36

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. (Image: Getty)

‘It’s f***ing epic’: Azealia Banks on touring Israel and why she loves Zionism and Jews

‘Everyone has been on Israel’s d*** and talking s*** about Jews all summer, but nobody will talk to Jewish people’

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

September 29, 2025 14:36

Unapologetically pro-Israel American rap star Azealia Banks spoke to the JC about why she is flying to Israel

By Avi Garson

Sephardic rabbis unite at a perhaps historic conference to reclaim a classical tradition

What made this gathering distinct was not only its geographic breadth, but the shared spirit: religious leaders grounded in tradition, intellectually open, proudly Zionist, and unafraid to engage with the complexities of the modern world

3 min read

September 10, 2025 13:01

Participants of the inaugural Sephardic Rabbinic Conference in New York (Image: Avi Garson)

By Stephen Daisley

Bari Weiss was meant to fade – instead, she’s taking over

Driven from the New York Times, she built The Free Press into a powerhouse, challenged the legacy media on everything from Israel to free speech, and may soon rise to top ranks of CBS. For America’s progressive press, her comeback is the bitterest twist of all

4 min read

September 9, 2025 15:21

Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024 in New York City. (Image: Getty)

Wikipedia to keep ‘ethnic cleansing’ definition of Zionism for a year after biased edit row

The decision means that the platform’s article on Zionism will continue to suggest that the ideology inherently supports the expulsion of Palestinians

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

September 5, 2025 10:06

A Wikipedia article effectively defining Zionism as favouring the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians has been locked from edits for a year (Image: Getty)

Gaza activists attack Corbyn after he refuses to say he is an anti-Zionist

It comes amid rumours of further division between the former Labour leader and Zarah Sultana, with whom he is seeking to set up a new party

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

August 29, 2025 12:18

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (Picture: Getty)

1 2...5

Zionism

Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism

Overwhelming majority of United Synagogue members are Zionists, says survey

Judaism without Zionism is a shield for antisemites

‘How to stop arguing with your kids about Zionism: give them a hug’

Rachel Reeves restores moral clarity on Israel

The chancellor’s speech showed that Labour’s tradition of support for Israel is alive and well

Rachel Reeves: I’m an unapologetic Zionist

Insights Delivered Daily

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

The Daily

Editor’s Picks

The Israel Briefing

Community Matters

More from Zionism

The libel of bleeding kids for matzos was a stroke of PR genius

Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination commemorated by grassroots group in London

Labour MP pictured clapping Zarah Sultana calling Zionism a ‘racist supremacist ideology’

The Republicans’ choice: Copy the Democrats or reject extremists?

‘It’s f***ing epic’: Azealia Banks on touring Israel and why she loves Zionism and Jews

Sephardic rabbis unite at a perhaps historic conference to reclaim a classical tradition

Bari Weiss was meant to fade – instead, she’s taking over

Wikipedia to keep ‘ethnic cleansing’ definition of Zionism for a year after biased edit row

Gaza activists attack Corbyn after he refuses to say he is an anti-Zionist