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Yehuda Fagleman, co-director of State Fayre (Photo: courtesy)

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Nigella Lawson

Nigella wears zip-up jumpsuit in first appearance on Bake Off

By Lucy Pollock

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Antisemitism

Police investigate after man photographed near Stamford Hill wearing t-shirt marking ancient attack on Jews

Police said they had recorded a possible racially aggravated public order offence

By Jamie Shapiro

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Israel

Israeli mafia boss murdered in alleged gang hit amid organised crime wave

By Lucy Pollock

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Drivers queue at a petrol station in Tehran, on August 25, 2026. There are reports some petrol stations have closed and others have shortages due to fears prices will rocket. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Iran

‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

By Ali Hamedani

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Strictly Orthodox Jewish men protest the arrests of draft dodgers, near Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona in central Israel in June 2026 (Photo: AFP/Getty)

Charedi

Financial sanctions against Charedi schools allowing draft dodgers to study expanded

By Melanie Swan

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Opinion

Tamir Morag

The US is winning the battle for the Strait of Hormuz – here’s how

Ashley Perry

Netanyahu’s greatest victory is that Likud cannot agree on who should replace him

Liel Leibovitz

Why do Marvel stars root for a real-life villain?

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Iran

US launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran

The White House intends to sever Iran’s economic lifelines and isolate the regime internationally

By Melanie Swan

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The US treasury has imposed sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities accused of supporting Iranian oil revenues, nuclear and missile procurement and cyber operations (Photo: Getty)

New York

Teacher died after crashing SUV into swimming pool at Long Island home

Allison Rahmani is reportedly believed to have suffered a ‘medical episode’ before the crash

By Lucy Pollock

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Matthew and Allison Rahmani with their children (Facebook/AllyRahmani)

Zionism

Hasan Piker claims pro-Israel Jews are ‘making antisemitism worse’

The far-left streamer, who has campaigned with several Democratic candidates, suggested that Israel ‘will be seen as Jewish Isis’ in the future

By Jacob Jaffa

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Hasan Piker attends a campaign rally for Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong on August 2, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Getty Images)

Paramount +

Paramount says it ‘does not tolerate prejudice’, after Mark Ruffalo drags Israel into business dispute

The pro-Palestinian actor condemns the company’s planned takeover of Warner Bros

By Jamie Shapiro

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World News

A worker places Dominican Republic flags on poles during preparations for President Abinader's inauguration in Santo Domingo on August 15, 2024 (Getty Images)

Latin America

Dominican Republic to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

By Mike Wagenheim

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) is greeted by Montreal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada, at the inauguration of the new line of the Réseau express métropolitain in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

Canada

Montreal council rejects bid to cut city’s ties with Israel

By Lucy Pollock

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Theodor Herzl

‘Death to Zionism’ protest planned in Basel – 129 years to the day after Theodor Herzl ‘founded Jewish State’ in city

By JC Reporter

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McDonald's, Cannon Hill, Brisbane (Image: Google)

Australia

McDonald’s employee suspended after chanting ‘free Palestine’ at Israeli asking for burger

By Jamie Shapiro

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The tractor at the cemetery in Kraków (Image: X/ Undertow)

Poland

Digger ‘smashes through Jewish cemetery, scattering bones’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Holocaust

Holocaust survivor to return to Austrian Kindertransport station where she was saved from Nazis

By Lucy Pollock

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Israel

Israel and Syria hold talks to calm tensions after airbase strike

Mossad chief Roman Gofman had a meeting with the Syrian foreign minister in Jordan after Israel hit the Abu al-Duhur military airport in Idlib

By JC Reporter

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Dutch public broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision Song Contest over ‘participation of countries at war’Israel blocks entry of Swedish MEPs over ‘false accusations’ of ‘genocide’

UK News

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan announces £875,000 fund to tackle antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate in London

Money is going to 17 grassroots groups that will carry out training across the capital

By Jamie Shapiro

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, speaks to attendees of the Jewish Labour Movement conference in 2024 (Image: Getty Images)

Boy George

Maureen Lipman slams ‘sanctimonious’ actors who ‘forced’ Boy George out of West End role over pro-Israel song

The actor defended the Culture Club frontman, who was criticised heavily for his new single, ‘We Will Dance Again’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Maureen Lipman and Boy George (Image: Getty Images)

Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker shares video of ‘notorious’ antizionist comparing Zionism to Nazism

Tony Greenstein was speaking after being acquitted of inviting support for Hamas last week

By Jacob Jaffa

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Former England footballer and TV presenter Gary Lineker (Credit: PA)

Vanessa Feltz

Is the UK safe for Jews? ‘Everyone Jewish that I know is having a conversation’ says Vanessa Feltz

The Jewish broadcaster, who has been the target of several incidents over the last few years, opened up about antisemitism

By Jamie Shapiro

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Is the UK safe for Jews? ‘Everyone Jewish that I know is having a conversation’ says Vanessa Feltz

Opinion

I’m an Israeli doctor volunteering in Venezuela, where small moments of comfort can be as powerful as medicine

Cautioned not to be ‘too public’ with our identity, our disaster-relief team found an unexpectedly warm welcome – and a reminder that medicine is often as much about presence as treatment

By Dvora Werber

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Palliative care doctor Dvora Werber attends patients in Venezuela following the earthquakes (Photo: NATAN)

By Daniel Schatz

The Swedish minister with Palestinian roots who wears a Star of David to stand against antisemitism

Simona Mohamsson says she does so for all the children who do not dare to show their Jewish identity. And the wave of hatred directed at her since has only made that message more powerful

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By Stephen Pollard

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

Ed Miliband’s claim that the E1 settlement project destroys the two-state solution is laughable – and his grandstanding will neither advance peace nor recover sectarian support already lost at the ballot box

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By Adam Levick

The Guardian’s anti-Zionist campaign has reached a new low

An inversion of the 1929 Palestinian pogrom that frames Jewish victims as the culprits effectively endorses a conspiracy theory that continues to fuel jihadist violence against Jews to this day

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By Dr Daniel Allington

Ignoring reality of Islamist hate will lead to disaster

Government must do better or moderate Muslims, Jews and the rest of society will pay the price

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By Charlotte Henry

I thought heavy metal bands were too busy with their own doom worlds to get on to Gaza. I was wrong

Usually apolitical, Fit for an Autopsy totally killed the joy at Bloodstock music festival with the lyric ‘Beasts of Zion, Curse your name’

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By Dominic Green

The Jewish stomach: 3,000 years of indigestion, anxiety – and finally Tums

The story of the chalky reflux treatment invented in 1928 by the gentile pharmacist James Harvey Howe Sr – and which I carry in my tallit bag – is, like many unexamined aspects of American life, an everyday example of interfaith harmony

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