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Former EY employee sues consulting giant over firing after viral Gaza speech

Cecilia Culver claimed she was wrongfully dismissed after her graduation speech, in which she accused Israel of ‘genocide’, racked up thousands of views

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The Ernst & Young offices in London (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Trump Middle East policy not driven by Israel, insists Hegseth

‘President Trump makes his own decisions about the interests of this country and defending our interests’

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Politics

Senate votes down Sanders’ bid to block bulldozer and arms sales to Israel

The veteran Vermont senator’s motion fell by a margin of 59-40, but was backed by three-quarters of Senate Democrats

By Andrew Bernard

1 min read

US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a 'Tax the Rich' rally at Lehman College in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

Animal welfare

Vegan US rabbi announces £7,000 grant for UK shuls who explore plant-based lifestyle

The Synagogue Vegan Challenge is open for applications from UK communities for the first time

By Ben Conway

3 min read

World news

Versailles Court of Appeal (Getty Images)

France

French appeals court rules nanny who tried to poison Jewish children is not antisemitic

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Fashion

‘Godfather of denim’ Adriano Goldschmied dies aged 82

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) speaks during a meeting with Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad (2R) and Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (2L) at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

Ceasefire

Trump announces Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Konrad Berkowicz holding the flag (Image: YouTube/ TRTWorld)

Poland

Far-right Polish politician holds up Israeli flag with swastika on same day as March of the Living

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Iran

Boastful Iranian leaders signal ever more hardline views as regime insiders tell JC that IRGC is in control

By Ali Hamedani

3 min read

(L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Lebanese Prime Minister Aoun (Getty Images)

Lebanon

Leaders of Israel and Lebanon to hold talks for first time since 1993

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Ireland

Left Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam, right former-Israeli President Chaim Herzog, background Herzog Park (Lord Mayor of Dublin, Getty Images, Google)

Lord Mayor of Dublin apologises for scrapped plan to rename Herzog Park

The motion to rename the park, which bears the name of Israeli-born Chaim Herzog, was set to be passed last December, but was called off after intense criticism

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Kanye West postpones Marseille gig indefinitely as officials ‘very determined’ to prevent show From Lebanon and Iran to Gaza, three sets of talks to define Israel’s future

UK News

Lira Winston Fellowships

Claudia Winkleman: ‘My parents and children have taught me everything I know’

The Traitors’ host gave her own ‘Lessons in Leadership’ to mark the graduation of the first cohort of Lira Winston Fellows

By Gaby Wine

6 min read

Claudia Winkleman and Ben Winston (Photo: Gaby Ekaireb/@gabsek)

Israeli embassy

Police close London park after drones carrying ‘radioactive material’ target Israeli embassy

Iran-linked Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia claimed to have carried out an attack, but the embassy has confirmed all staff are safe

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Sign on Kensington Gardens' gate (Image: Getty Images)

Green Party

Greens set up support group for candidates facing antisemitism ‘smears’

Mothin Ali told candidates – some of whom called the Hatzola attack a ‘false flag’ – that they were making ‘the right type of noise’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Mothin Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, on the first day of the party's conference at Bournemouth International Centre on October 03, 2025 (Getty Images)

Iran

Teen and two men charged over Iran International firebomb attack

The channel claimed the attack was symptomatic of a ‘campaign of transnational intimidation aimed at silencing independent journalism’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Reza Mohaddes, a presenter and editor-in-chief for Iran International, prepares for a news broadcast at the network's studio in London (Getty Images)

Opinion

The image that made Hungarian Jews breathe a sigh of relief

Péter Magyar, Hungary’s prime minister elect, wore a kippah as he paid tribute to Shoah victims – but Orbán will be missed in Jerusalem

By Adam Lebor

4 min read

Hungary's Prime minister-elect Peter Magyar places stones in front of the memorial of Hungarian victims at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary on April 16, 2026 (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

By Cathy Lawi

For many Israelis, ceasefire feels less like safety than psychological strain

When the threat becomes ambiguous, the question shifts from ‘What do I do now?’ to ‘When will this start again?’

3 min read

By Miranda Levy

‘Zaftig’ is a state of mind – at least it is since I discovered Mounjaro

Why should a person’s weight (and the way they decide to lose it) become a moral issue – ‘cheating’ even?

4 min read

By Lord Pickles

The Holocaust began with words and then ordinary people normalising hate – the same pattern we see today

This is the full text of a speech delivered by Lord Eric Pickles at Northwood and Ruislip Synagogue on Yom Hashoah, April 14, 2026

13 min read

By Vivian Bercovici

In Carney’s Canada, the law protects antisemites, not Jews

Rather than confronting the violence and incitement on Toronto’s streets, police treat the very regular hate-fests as a spectator sport

5 min read

By David Bennun

The Kanye West affair isn’t as bad as it seems –it’s much, much worse

It is a curious irony that of only one people on Earth is it demanded they must at all times behave with perfect Christian charity – and that is the Jews

3 min read

By Arsen Ostrovsky

Amid rising antisemitism, the unbreakable solidarity between Jews worldwide

From Manchester to Sydney, from London to Melbourne, our communities increasingly find themselves bound not only by shared heritage and faith, but by a shared vulnerability

5 min read