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Immanuel pupils in a still from a video to raise support for Israeli hostages in Gaza after October 7

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Israel will not be considered for the top prizes at this years Venice Biennale (Picture: Getty)

Art

Venice Biennale jury says Israel will not be considered for top prizes

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks alongside Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis during a visit Kenton United Synagogue (Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer

EXCLUSIVE: We will move to ban IRGC next parliament, says Starmer

The prime minister spoke to the JC during a visit to Kenton United Synagogue days after it was firebombed

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

US President Trump waves to the media after walking off Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

Lebanon

Lebanon ceasefire extended for three weeks

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Courts

Alleged Iranian spies in court accused of targeting Jewish community

By Emily Pennink

1 min read

Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team in Paris in 2024 (Photo: Olympic Committee of Israel)

Sport

Israel wins gold at rhythmic gymnastics World Cup in Baku

By JC Reporter

1 min read

‘No Zionists allowed’: Investigation reveals ‘blatantly racist’ UK rental ads

Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

Greens put forward candidate previously dropped after he suggested Israel was behind October 7 terror

Ex-Palestine Action hunger striker among ten arrested outside Yom Ha’atzmaut event in London

Aged 108, Julia is a fast walker – and it’s all thanks to broccoli

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Anti-Zionism

Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas claims ‘privileged’ Zionists ‘talk like black people during slavery’

The rocker also compared Hamas’ October 7 attack to a list of ‘rebellions’ throughout history

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

US singer/songwriter Julian Casablancas performs on the Coachella stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump extends Iran ceasefire indefinitely

The US president said the truce would allow Tehran’s ‘fractured’ regime tod evelop a ‘unified proposal’ to end the war

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

US President Trump speaks in the Oval Office after signing an Executive Order April 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Palestinian Authority

PA made ‘pay-for-slay’ payments months after pledging scheme would end, State Department claims

The filing also accused the PA of ‘inciting and glorifying violence’ and ‘supporting terrorism via educational materials and summer camps’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

PA President Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

Lebanon

Second round of Israel-Lebanon talks set for Washington

The two nations’ ambassadors will seek a path to extending the current 10-day ceasefire

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) hosts talks between Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad (R) and Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (L), at the State Department on April 14, 2026 in Washington, DC (Getty Images)

World news

Members of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment carry the coffin of late French Unifil peacekeeper Sergeant-Major Florian Montorio during a tribute ceremony at the military barracks in Montauban, southwestern France, on April 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Lebanon

Hezbollah attack on Unifil peacekeepers leaves two French soldiers dead

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Hungary

Hungary will arrest Netanyahu if he visits, says new PM

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Gaza

Board of Peace confirms Hamas disarmament talks have stalled

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Lebanon

IDF replaces Jesus statue smashed by soldier in Lebanon

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Lebanon

Two IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon despite ceasefire

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Sergeant First Class (res.) Lidor Porat, 31, was killed in southern Lebanon (IDF)

Israel

IDF reservist killed in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah explosive device detonates

By JC Reporter

1 min read

France

Versailles Court of Appeal (Getty Images)

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

The woman, from Algeria, allegedly told police that she ‘never should have worked for a Jewish woman’ because ‘they have money and power’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

‘Godfather of denim’ Adriano Goldschmied dies aged 82 Trump announces Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

UK News

National Holocaust Museum

National Holocaust Museum announces major Google partnership

Its exhibitions will be virtually accessible on the Google Arts & Culture platform worldwide

By Ben Conway

1 min read

The Journey exhibition at the National Holocaust Museum (Photo: Trioto Photography)

Antisemitism

Arrest over alleged assault on Jewish man in Slough

Police said they were treating the incident as a priority

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Crime

Police make two more arrests over suspected antisemitic arson plot

Seven others were detained in relation to the same allegations earlier this week

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Metropolitan police officers patrol the streets in Stamford Hill, north London, on October 2, 2025 (Getty Images)

Social Media

Down the rabbit hole of hate: How antisemitism and misogyny intertwine in the depths of the manosphere

Influencers are peddling Nazi tropes and viral conspiracies to a generation of young men online

By Jane Prinsley

7 min read

Down the rabbit hole of hate: How antisemitism and misogyny intertwine in the depths of the manosphere

Opinion

Zack Polanski is pandering to the antisemitic mob instead of finding the courage to take it on

We are seeing something very dark, the notion that Jew-hatred is a diabolical Jewish conspiracy, a ruse that cunning Jews play on gentiles to generate sympathy and justify the persecution of legitimate critics of Israel

By Nick Cohen

4 min read

Leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski (Image: Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

From medieval blood libels to ‘Israeli baby killers’ – how antisemitism endures in Britain

Shame on the media, the international institutions and activists, whether on social media or in the real world, who have so obsessively given new life to this age-old expression of hatred

2 min read

By Tanya Gold

How to talk to antisemites – or, even better, how to ignore them

She was reading The Librarian of Auschwitz because, she said, she ‘loved’ reading about the Holocaust

4 min read

By Stephen Daisley

Jews are the biggest bad-asses to ever walk the Earth

Flipping an old question on its head: why doesn’t everyone love this awesome tribe of innovators, artists, original Bible scribes, survivors, defiers of pharaohs and revivers of a nation?

3 min read

By The JC Leader

Labour is failing to counter Israel-linked antisemitism

The Prime Minister has both the authority and the duty to shape the tone of the national debate to make clear that hatred of the Jewish state and its supporters is unacceptable

3 min read

By Liel Leibovitz

When it comes to Jews, Democrats are ‘kaput’

All but seven of the party’s Senators voted against the sale of bombs and military bulldozers to Israel. Some may gripe about anti-Jewish sentiments being a bipartisan plague. They are not, not by a long shot

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By May Golan

How the UN and international aid groups abandoned Gaza’s women to Hamas

Rape, sexual coercion in exchange for food, underage pregnancies, and abuse of children have all surged since the war began

2 min read

Life

What made Osip Mandelshtam tick?

By David Herman

1 min read

'Two Prosecutors'. (Photo: SBS Productions)

Film

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s new movie is banned in both Russia and Ukraine. He has no regrets

The film-maker behind a documentary about the Babi Yar massacre is stirring tension with his new film about Stalinist Russia

By James Mottram

3 min read

Theatre

Exclusive interview: Henry Goodman on Arthur Miller, mental health and his own ‘Swansong’

The star opens up about his father’s schizophrenia and his personal link to playing Gregory Solomon in The Price

By John Nathan

5 min read

Books

High and Low by Amanda Craig review: ‘A thoroughly moreish state-of-the-nation novel’

If half a century from now you were to be asked what it was like to live in Britain in 2026, this is the book you should hand over in answer

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

In this together: Amanda Craig's new novel, and Londoners sitting cheek by jowl share park space with a pigeon

chicken recipe

Spanish chicken and rice

A one pot wonder that feels special enough for family Shabbats or dinner parties

By Amy Sheppard

Cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Amy Sheppard's Spanish chicken and rice is her go-to dinner party dish (Photo: Dan Jones)

JC recipes

Brunch

Wholemeal toast with hazelnut cocoa butter and baked apples

By Luigi Fontana

Cook time: 20-25 minutes

Coconut and lime are a match made in tropical heaven (Picture: Inbal Bar-Oz and Leyla Freedman)

Passover bakes

Coconut and lime cake

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 70-90 minutes

Tu Bishvat

Spiced nuts, olives and raisins on hummus

By Georgia Freedman

1 min read

Cake

Prize-winning banana and chocolate cake

By Suzy Pelta

Cook time: 45-55 minutes

The Jewish Chronicle

Immanuel College parents spearhead eleventh-hour rescue plan after closure announcement

Venice Biennale jury says Israel will not be considered for top prizes

EXCLUSIVE: We will move to ban IRGC next parliament, says Starmer

Lebanon ceasefire extended for three weeks

Alleged Iranian spies in court accused of targeting Jewish community

Israel wins gold at rhythmic gymnastics World Cup in Baku

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‘No Zionists allowed’: Investigation reveals ‘blatantly racist’ UK rental ads

Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

Greens put forward candidate previously dropped after he suggested Israel was behind October 7 terror

Ex-Palestine Action hunger striker among ten arrested outside Yom Ha’atzmaut event in London

Aged 108, Julia is a fast walker – and it’s all thanks to broccoli

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Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas claims ‘privileged’ Zionists ‘talk like black people during slavery’

Trump extends Iran ceasefire indefinitely

PA made ‘pay-for-slay’ payments months after pledging scheme would end, State Department claims

Second round of Israel-Lebanon talks set for Washington

World news

Hezbollah attack on Unifil peacekeepers leaves two French soldiers dead

Hungary will arrest Netanyahu if he visits, says new PM

Board of Peace confirms Hamas disarmament talks have stalled

IDF replaces Jesus statue smashed by soldier in Lebanon

Two IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon despite ceasefire

IDF reservist killed in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah explosive device detonates

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

UK News

National Holocaust Museum announces major Google partnership

Arrest over alleged assault on Jewish man in Slough

Police make two more arrests over suspected antisemitic arson plot

Down the rabbit hole of hate: How antisemitism and misogyny intertwine in the depths of the manosphere

Opinion

Zack Polanski is pandering to the antisemitic mob instead of finding the courage to take it on

From medieval blood libels to ‘Israeli baby killers’ – how antisemitism endures in Britain

How to talk to antisemites – or, even better, how to ignore them

Jews are the biggest bad-asses to ever walk the Earth

Labour is failing to counter Israel-linked antisemitism

When it comes to Jews, Democrats are ‘kaput’

How the UN and international aid groups abandoned Gaza’s women to Hamas

Life

What made Osip Mandelshtam tick?

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s new movie is banned in both Russia and Ukraine. He has no regrets

Exclusive interview: Henry Goodman on Arthur Miller, mental health and his own ‘Swansong’

High and Low by Amanda Craig review: ‘A thoroughly moreish state-of-the-nation novel’

Spanish chicken and rice

JC recipes

Wholemeal toast with hazelnut cocoa butter and baked apples

Coconut and lime cake

Spiced nuts, olives and raisins on hummus

Prize-winning banana and chocolate cake