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The Mall is decorated with Union Jack flags and the procession goes past at the start of the King's Birthday Parade on June 13, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Harry Saul Markham

Opinion: Our flag is not an obstacle to a multicultural society – it is the precondition for one

6 min read

Andy Burnham and Gary Lineker (Photo: X, Goalhanger)

By Dov Forman

Opinion: Burnham has decided to throw British Jews under the bus

7 min read

A protester dressed with a medic scrub suit brandishes a smoke flare during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration on Waterloo Bridge, in London, on May 11, 2024 (Getty Images)

NHS

NHS doctors call in lawyers to oppose IHRA definition of antisemitism

Health Workers 4 Palestine say calling for ‘dissolution’ of Jewish State is not antisemitic in push against Mann review

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Zohran Mamdani

Petition to bar Mamdani from 9/11 commemoration hits 25,000 signatures

By Gabrielle Apfel

2 min read

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoġan (R) shakes hands with US President Trump (L) at Etimesgut Air Base near Ankara on July 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Trump brushes off Israeli concerns over F-35 sales to Turkey

By Gabrielle Apfel

2 min read

Regime supporters demonstrate in Tehran in June. A Jewish mother told the JC that her children were forced to attend such demonstrations (Photo: Getty Images)

Iran

Exclusive: ‘We are being being persecuted by regime’, Iranian Jews tell the JC

By Ali Hamedani

5 min read

Editor’s picks

Pro-Palestine activist who climbed Big Ben barefoot in 17-hour protest is spared jail

Sagui’s concert from Kibbutz Nir Oz is a must-see

Israeli airstrike kills Hamas internal security chief in central Gaza

New German ambassador to Israel starts term with Yad Vashem visit

‘People often think of Jerusalem as an idea, but it’s a city full of people’

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu heads to Washington ahead of White House meeting with Trump

The prime minister will also attend a memorial service for the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Trump shakes hands with Netanyahu during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

USA

Reverend Jesse Jackson’s daughter reveals she has converted to Judaism

Ashley L Jackson says her leading African-American US politician father gave his approval to her conversion and accompanied her to shul on Shabbat

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Ashley L Jackson (ABC 7 Chicago / TikTok)

New York

Man ‘shouting Allahu Akbar’ stabs Jew leaving New York synagogue on Tisha B’Av

The 50-year-old victim was hospitalised but remains in a stable condition

By Jessica Russak-Hoffman and Menachem Wecker

3 min read

Saudi Arabia

Trump says Saudi nuclear deal conditional on normalisation with Israel

The Kingdom will be required to sign the Abraham Accords before being granted access to US tech and expertise for its energy programme

By Dalia Zimmerman

1 min read

US President Trump meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on November 18, 2025 (Getty Images)

World news

WZO UK and Europe representative Matan Bar Noy (right) gifts a figurine to Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg (photo: Ofek Avshalom)

Sir Moses Montefiore

Board of Deputies president honours legacy of his predecessor Montefiore

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Israel

Israel’s hospitals saved lives on October 7 thanks to years of crisis planning, says report’s author

By John Jeffay

3 min read

Benjamin Netanyahu

‘Netanyahu to brief Trump on Iran’s secret underground nuclear base inside Pickaxe Mountain’

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Naftali Bennett attends the Herzliya conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya on July 1, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

Bennett: Israel will label Qatar an ‘enemy state’ if I win elections

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

(Illustrative) A Jewish man reading Torah in Fort Wayne, Indiana (Getty Images)

France

Torah scrolls stolen in ‘antisemitic’ burglary of Paris synagogue

By JC Reporter

1 min read

US troops wading ashore at Omaha Beach in France during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 (US National Archives/Getty Images)

Second World War

Unesco adds D-Day beaches to list of world heritage sites

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Boy George

‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases new pro-Israel single

‘We Will Dance Again’ calls out fellow musicians for accusing the Jewish state of ‘genocide’ and ‘mouthing like sheep’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Irish frisbee team demand Israel is banned from world championships Syrian security pact could pave way for peace deal with Israel, says al-Sharaa

UK News

Golders Green

‘MP calling for Golders Green Union Jacks to be pulled down does not speak for me’

Local shopkeeper who put up flags insists Sarah Sackman is wrong to say they are ‘intimidating’

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Raising the Union Jack in Golders Green (Image: Jack Miller)

Amy Winehouse

‘I wish she could be here to meet them’: Amy Winehouse rehab centre saving lives ten years on from singer’s death

Amy’s Place has helped nearly 100 women on the road to overcoming their addictions

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Church of England

Chief Rabbi tells Archbishop of Canterbury that Kairos ‘genocide’ document has caused ‘deep pain’

Sir Ephraim Mirvis urges the Church of England to ‘repair the damage’ done to Christian-Jewish relations

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis meets with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, July 24, 2026 (Credit: X)

Universities

Royal Holloway suspends Friends of Palestine society over funding ‘sent to Hezbollah-linked charity’

The Students’ Union has widened an initial inquiry into alleged wrongdoing, which was sparked by a student’s complaints

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Exterior view of Royal Holloway, University of London (Getty Images)

Opinion

Western politics may be fixated on Palestine, but it will scarcely feature in Israel’s general election

In the aftermath of October 7, many Israelis believe Palestinians remain more committed to ending the Jewish nation than building a state alongside it

By Ashley Perry

4 min read

Protesters wave Palestinian flags and chant slogans outside the Palace of Westminster (Image: Getty Images)

By Dave Rich

Sadiq Khan and Zohran Mamdani should do more to protect Jews instead of posturing about Israel

In calling for Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested, the mayors of New York and London may encourage, even unwittingly, violent extremists and antisemites

6 min read

By Zaki Shalom and Kobi Michael

Israel must retain the right to strike Iran first in this battle for survival

When hostile regimes declare their intention to destroy the Jewish state, the country has the right and duty to take preventive action

6 min read

By Mardo Soghom

Does Trump want only to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – or will he seek regime defeat this time?

Even a successful air campaign could end in another temporary deal – leaving the IRGC weakened but able to rebuild, threaten commercial shipping and crush its opponents at home

4 min read

By Fiyaz Mughal

If Hackney’s Greens cared about peace, they wouldn’t cut ties with Haifa – Israel’s city of coexistence

Shunning even a model of Jewish-Arab cooperation as morally tainted raises an uncomfortable question: has political activism crossed into antisemitic exclusion?

4 min read

By Jonathan Harounoff

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

Watching the party steadily distance itself from that legacy should concern not only supporters of the Jewish state, but anyone who believes US foreign policy is strongest when its closest alliances enjoy support across the political spectrum

4 min read

By Andrew Fox

I served in Afghanistan: Wes Streeting’s claim that the IDF fell short of British Army standards is slander

Israeli soldiers had to fight house by house through a defensive system running through walls, floors and deep underground while protecting civilians at home from rocket fire. We faced nothing comparable and I see no evidence that we would have performed better

4 min read

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By Gina Benjamin

4 min read

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By Sharon Lurie

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By Mark Sumray

1 min read

Life

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: ‘Schoenbrun’s most assured film yet’ ★★★★

By John Nathan

2 min read

Piaf-like intensity: Ben Platt (Credit: Johan Persson)

Theatre

Midnight at The Never Get review: ‘the tender power of Benn Platt’ ★★★★

The potency of the show’s 90 uninterrupted minutes is derived from being up close in an intimate space with the Broadway star

By John Nathan

2 min read

Music

‘I’m a barrister, my wife’s an accountant – and in our spare time, we run a music festival in the Alps’

It is the third year in a row that north-west London couple David and Denise Joseph are organising Chamonix Vallée Classics, attracting world-class classical musicians

By Gaby Wine

5 min read

Denise and David Joseph in Chamonix (Photo: courtesy)

Berlin

Germany or the UK? Where is it better to be a gay Jew in 2026?

Ahead of Berlin Pride this weekend, Leon Craig explains why she moved to the German capital, one of the only European cities with a growing Jewish population

By Leon Craig

6 min read

Ich bin ein Berliner: Leon Craig in her adoptive city (Photo: Sasha Ongley)

Books

Summer 2026 reading: the hottest books

Take your imagination far away with our best holiday reads. From a middle-aged woman cruise with the idols of her youth to the story behind the Brooklyn Bridge, here are our best picks

By Jennifer Lipman

4 min read

JC recipes

Light and fresh, this salad pairs particularly well with fish (Photo: Columbus Leth)

Recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

By Trine Hahnemann

Cook time: 30 mins

Shavuot recipe

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

By Jake Cohen

Cook time: 60 minutes

Vegan

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 20 minutes

Bil’eifi: The Taste of My Iraqi Home is on sale now (Photo: Giora Hirsch)

Jewish food

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

The Jewish Chronicle

Opinion: Our flag is not an obstacle to a multicultural society – it is the precondition for one

Opinion: Burnham has decided to throw British Jews under the bus

NHS doctors call in lawyers to oppose IHRA definition of antisemitism

Petition to bar Mamdani from 9/11 commemoration hits 25,000 signatures

Trump brushes off Israeli concerns over F-35 sales to Turkey

Exclusive: ‘We are being being persecuted by regime’, Iranian Jews tell the JC

Editor’s picks

Pro-Palestine activist who climbed Big Ben barefoot in 17-hour protest is spared jail

Sagui’s concert from Kibbutz Nir Oz is a must-see

Israeli airstrike kills Hamas internal security chief in central Gaza

New German ambassador to Israel starts term with Yad Vashem visit

‘People often think of Jerusalem as an idea, but it’s a city full of people’

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Netanyahu heads to Washington ahead of White House meeting with Trump

Reverend Jesse Jackson’s daughter reveals she has converted to Judaism

Man ‘shouting Allahu Akbar’ stabs Jew leaving New York synagogue on Tisha B’Av

Trump says Saudi nuclear deal conditional on normalisation with Israel

World news

Board of Deputies president honours legacy of his predecessor Montefiore

Israel’s hospitals saved lives on October 7 thanks to years of crisis planning, says report’s author

‘Netanyahu to brief Trump on Iran’s secret underground nuclear base inside Pickaxe Mountain’

Bennett: Israel will label Qatar an ‘enemy state’ if I win elections

Torah scrolls stolen in ‘antisemitic’ burglary of Paris synagogue

Unesco adds D-Day beaches to list of world heritage sites

‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases new pro-Israel single

UK News

‘MP calling for Golders Green Union Jacks to be pulled down does not speak for me’

‘I wish she could be here to meet them’: Amy Winehouse rehab centre saving lives ten years on from singer’s death

Chief Rabbi tells Archbishop of Canterbury that Kairos ‘genocide’ document has caused ‘deep pain’

Royal Holloway suspends Friends of Palestine society over funding ‘sent to Hezbollah-linked charity’

Opinion

Western politics may be fixated on Palestine, but it will scarcely feature in Israel’s general election

Sadiq Khan and Zohran Mamdani should do more to protect Jews instead of posturing about Israel

Israel must retain the right to strike Iran first in this battle for survival

Does Trump want only to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – or will he seek regime defeat this time?

If Hackney’s Greens cared about peace, they wouldn’t cut ties with Haifa – Israel’s city of coexistence

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

I served in Afghanistan: Wes Streeting’s claim that the IDF fell short of British Army standards is slander

Sponsored

As Hearing Care Changes, Independent Expert Advice Matters More Than Ever

Designs on your summer décor

Bringing out the barbecue? Try Sharon Lurie’s best braai

The rise of super prime north London

Life

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: ‘Schoenbrun’s most assured film yet’ ★★★★

Midnight at The Never Get review: ‘the tender power of Benn Platt’ ★★★★

‘I’m a barrister, my wife’s an accountant – and in our spare time, we run a music festival in the Alps’

Germany or the UK? Where is it better to be a gay Jew in 2026?

Summer 2026 reading: the hottest books

JC recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food