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Craig Yoe (C) during an interview at New York Comic Con in 2010 (YouTube/SilverCheeseTV)

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Forgotten legends: (clockwise from top) winger Leon Sperling, standing fourth from right, with the Poland team before the 1924 Olympics; Hakoah Vienna in 1924, with Austrian defender Max Scheuer on the far left; Arpad Weisz, who became the youngest coach to win the Italian League

Books

The forgotten European football stars who were murdered for being Jewish

By David Bennun

3 min read

Keep calm and carry on: Jack Attar (right) and Gadi Albert at the summit of Ben Nevis

Charity

We completed the Three Peaks challenge, just days after the Princess of Wales

We followed in the royal footsteps of Kate Middleton and climbed Britain’s three highest mountains in 24 hours

By Jack Attar

3 min read

The aftermath of the arson attack on Hatzola Northwest in Golders Green in March (Photo: Getty)

Hatzola ambulance attack

Hatzola Northwest announces new site following arson attack

By Arthur Popivker

1 min read

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi during a plenum session of the Knesset on July 13, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

Israeli government drops plans for free TV app after Charedi objections over Shabbat broadcasting

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan attends a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan at the United Nations headquarters on January 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

ICC

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan loses appeal to lift suspension as barrister amid sexual misconduct allegations

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Editor’s picks

‘¡Goooooool!’: The Jewish voice behind some of football’s most iconic moments

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wins court battle over pianist's anti-Israel comments

Marco Rubio launches campaign to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court

Opinion: The Church of England delegates should hang their heads in shame over the ‘Israel genocide’ motion

BBC errors like Bob Vylan broadcast hurt public trust, admits chair

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Culture

Head of PEN condemns article highlighting discrimination against Jews and Israelis

The president of America’s top body defending freedom of expression resigned in protest over the piece

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Dinaw Mengestu has resigned from a group that defends freedom of speech in the arts and journalism over the piece (Photo: Getty)

FBI

FBI investigating hate crime after ‘arson attack’ on Zionsville home displaying Israeli flag

A blaze at the property in the small Indiana town caused more than $150,000 in damage

By JC Reporter

1 min read

A property in Zionsville, Indiana, damaged in an alleged arson attack on July 10, 2026 (X/MikePence)

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox IDF veteran signs historic pro baseball contract

Zev Moore becomes only the second practising Orthodox Jew to play in the majors

By Josh Hasten

3 min read

Zev Moore of Israel hits an RBI out in the first inning during the Israel v Germany game in the Baseball European Championship at Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on September 26, 2025 (Getty Images)

New York Times

New York Times news chief says he ‘probably wouldn’t have’ published Israel ‘dog rape’ article

Joe Kahn, who has special responsibility for reporting, said the article ‘wasn’t edited by the newsroom’

By JC Reporter

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The New York Times building (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

World news

Iceland

Europe’s smallest Jewish community opens a permanent synagogue

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Gibraltar

Gibraltar to rename international airport after Jewish statesman Sir Joshua Hassan

By Steve Linde

2 min read

US Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol on April 27, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Iran

Regime figures claim Iran murdered Lindsey Graham – and threaten to kill Trump

By Ali Hamedani

4 min read

The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, where pro-Palestine stickers were reportedly placed an elderly Jewish patient in the hours before he died (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Australia

Jewish patients report nurses deliberately botching needle insertions in Australian hospitals

By JC Reporter

4 min read

America

US congressman claims he was ‘detained by settlers’ on ‘my trip to Palestine’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Israel

Hearing loss hope after breakthrough by Israeli scientists

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

France

Police officers by bronze statue of Dreyfus at Court of Cassation, a few hours before today's official unveiling (Gauthier Bedrignans / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty)

Dreyfus statue given permanent new home outside court which cleared him of all charges

New site comes after decades of uncertainty around tribute to army captain wrongly convicted in France’s historic antisemitism scandal

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Israel ally Senator Lindsey Graham dies aged 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’Nova survivors trolled by torrent of online abuse linked to Iran, new report reveals

UK News

Government

Revealed: Senior UK defence adviser’s meetings with ‘terrorist-supporting’ Palestinian politician

Call for investigation over meetings between Vice Admiral Edward Ahlgren and Ramallah Governor Laila Ghannam

By Mark Wood

4 min read

Church of England

Chief Rabbi condemns ‘shameful’ Church of England Israel motion

Archbishop of Canterbury says that to ‘hear’ Palestinian Christian document that accuses Israel of genocide does not mean the Church agrees with everything in it

By Simon Rocker

5 min read

The archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, speaking at the Synod debate on Kairos II (Church of England/Sam Atkin)

Sacha Baron Cohen

Ali G ‘iz BACK’: Sacha Baron Cohen revives beloved character with surprise Wimbledon appearance ahead of ‘new film’

Tennis is like ‘a c*** version of ping pong’, joked Ali G from the stands, where he sat dressed in a ‘Ganja’-themed white tracksuit

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Sacha Baron Cohen attends the screening of HBO's 'Da Ali G Show' on February 24, 2003 (Getty Images)

Durham

John Cleese ridicules ‘Monty Python-like’ pro-Palestine group at trade union march

This Sunday’s Durham Miners’ Gala featured a folk dance performance from the County Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

A delegation from the County Durham Palestinian Solidarity Campaign at the Durham Miners’ Gala, July 11, 2026 (Credit: X)

Opinion

Israel’s true friend Senator Graham leaves a legacy of rare grace and dignity

The gentleman from South Carolina was a man who cared very deeply about his country and believed profoundly in the possibility of practising politics for the common good

By Liel Leibovitz

3 min read

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference on August 28, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel (Image: Getty Image)

By Stephen Pollard

Surely England can beat Argentina – and if not, proper football that really matters starts soon

I don’t claim to be an expert – I support Spurs, after all – but if you ask me, this team are ripe for the taking. They struggled against Cape Verde and Egypt and were outplayed by Switzerland for most of their quarter-final

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By Ashley Hirst

We waited for Shabbat to end – then roared for England’s victory as one nation

As an Orthodox Jew I had to wait 18 minutes into the match before turning on the TV – but after that I was cheering just as loud as any other fan

4 min read

By David Bennun

The far-right crocodile that will eat you last is still going to eat you

Some of my fellow Jews, terrified by what is being levelled at us from the left, fall into the ‘my enemy's enemy trap’. Aligning oneself with such people is not just immoral, it is also a grievous strategic error

3 min read

By The JC Leader

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

The UK’s largest education union cannot credibly claim to be anti-racist while tolerating within its own structures activists who campaign against measures designed to protect Jewish children and staff

2 min read

By Moumen al-Natour

Gaza’s dissidents: crushed by Hamas at home, dismissed by activists abroad

Western campaigners who say they support Palestine quickly turn away when they encounter Palestinians who want to be free from the terrorists running their lives

5 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Burnham’s pandering to antizionists will unleash a torrent of antisemitism

The prime minister-in-waiting has apologised for Labour’s stance on Gaza. But when you give a bigot what he wants you don’t sate his hunger; you create an even bigger appetite for bigotry

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By Pindrop Hearing Clinics

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Designs on your summer décor

By Gina Benjamin

4 min read

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

By Sharon Lurie

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The rise of super prime north London

By Mark Sumray

1 min read

Life

Israeli paralympian retains Wimbledon quad doubles crown

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Izhak Zak atop the podium with two of his gold medals (TheJC)

Maccabiah Games

Golden oldie: 93-year-old swimmer reveals how he stays fit after Maccabiah Games triple victory

Izhak Zak is still making a splash at the ‘Jewish Olympics’, 76 years on from his first appearance in the competition

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Arts

Why are troubled young Israelis so desperate to attend this school? What’s its secret?

Despite their severe mental health problems, two in three students at The Garage school in Tel Aviv go on to study at Israel’s leading art and music academies

By John Jeffay

7 min read

Believe in yourself: Patches, 37, and (right) Aiat Batshavar, 29

poetry

Jacob Bronowski: the polymath poet behind The Ascent of Man

This book is a fine tribute to one of the great Jewish immigrants of the 20th century

By David Herman

1 min read

Jacob Bronowski: the polymath poet behind The Ascent of Man

Jewish poetry

Paul Celan: the great but deeply flawed poet

This biography is an important contribution to the large corpus of work on the Romanian poet who wrote all his verse in German

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

I want truth: Paul Celan, and Anna Arno's new biography

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

‘My Holocaust book was cancelled after I refused editor’s demand to slur Israel’

The forgotten European football stars who were murdered for being Jewish

We completed the Three Peaks challenge, just days after the Princess of Wales

Hatzola Northwest announces new site following arson attack

Israeli government drops plans for free TV app after Charedi objections over Shabbat broadcasting

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan loses appeal to lift suspension as barrister amid sexual misconduct allegations

Editor’s picks

‘¡Goooooool!’: The Jewish voice behind some of football’s most iconic moments

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wins court battle over pianist's anti-Israel comments

Marco Rubio launches campaign to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court

Opinion: The Church of England delegates should hang their heads in shame over the ‘Israel genocide’ motion

BBC errors like Bob Vylan broadcast hurt public trust, admits chair

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Head of PEN condemns article highlighting discrimination against Jews and Israelis

FBI investigating hate crime after ‘arson attack’ on Zionsville home displaying Israeli flag

Orthodox IDF veteran signs historic pro baseball contract

New York Times news chief says he ‘probably wouldn’t have’ published Israel ‘dog rape’ article

World news

Europe’s smallest Jewish community opens a permanent synagogue

Gibraltar to rename international airport after Jewish statesman Sir Joshua Hassan

Regime figures claim Iran murdered Lindsey Graham – and threaten to kill Trump

Jewish patients report nurses deliberately botching needle insertions in Australian hospitals

US congressman claims he was ‘detained by settlers’ on ‘my trip to Palestine’

Hearing loss hope after breakthrough by Israeli scientists

Dreyfus statue given permanent new home outside court which cleared him of all charges

UK News

Revealed: Senior UK defence adviser’s meetings with ‘terrorist-supporting’ Palestinian politician

Chief Rabbi condemns ‘shameful’ Church of England Israel motion

Ali G ‘iz BACK’: Sacha Baron Cohen revives beloved character with surprise Wimbledon appearance ahead of ‘new film’

John Cleese ridicules ‘Monty Python-like’ pro-Palestine group at trade union march

Opinion

Israel’s true friend Senator Graham leaves a legacy of rare grace and dignity

Surely England can beat Argentina – and if not, proper football that really matters starts soon

We waited for Shabbat to end – then roared for England’s victory as one nation

The far-right crocodile that will eat you last is still going to eat you

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

Gaza’s dissidents: crushed by Hamas at home, dismissed by activists abroad

Burnham’s pandering to antizionists will unleash a torrent of antisemitism

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

Israeli paralympian retains Wimbledon quad doubles crown

Golden oldie: 93-year-old swimmer reveals how he stays fit after Maccabiah Games triple victory

Why are troubled young Israelis so desperate to attend this school? What’s its secret?

Jacob Bronowski: the polymath poet behind The Ascent of Man

Paul Celan: the great but deeply flawed poet

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