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The "Stitch The Names Together" tapestry (Image: Stitch The Names Together)

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UJIA

Dan Senor: ‘proposed sanctions against West Bank settlements are unworkable’

By Daniel Ben-David

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 19: Ed Sheeran fan Daria Smith holds a sign reading "We Know Your Heart" before a concert on September 19, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ed Sheeran is facing a backlash after rapper Macklemore was removed from the US tour after making a pro-Palestine comment on-stage. (Photo by Joe Lamberti/Getty Images)

Music

Ed Sheeran admits mistakes at first concert after Macklemore row

The singer said October 7 was ‘horrific’ but condemned the situation in Gaza as ‘catastrophic’

By JC Reporter

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Pro-Palestine

Ms Rachel pledges $1m to Palestinian children’s charity and calls on ‘wealthy white celebrities’ to do the same

By Daniel Ben-David

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Austria

Austrian far-right leader apologises for Holocaust as Israel backs ‘trust-building’

By Jacob Jaffa

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Mousa Abu Marzouk, the former chairman and deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau (Credit: MEMRITV/X)

Israel-Hamas War 2023

Senior Hamas official admitted tunnels were to protect fighters, while Gaza civilians were not their ‘responsibility’

By Daniel Ben-David

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Opinion

Stephen Pollard

Why did the archbishop honour a cleric who called bin Laden ‘mujahid’? She worships at the shrine of Palestine

Maureen Lipman

Read on for the best-laid plans of mice, men and Maureen

Harry Saul Markham

The campaign to ban kosher and halal slaughter hides a very dangerous agenda

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New York Times

New York Times deletes claim Israelis ‘view themselves as the victims of October 7’

The paper also rejected allegations of bias in its coverage of Israel, claiming that a peer-reviewed study of the topic had ‘cherry picked’ data

By Jamie Shapiro

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Front view of the New York Times Building on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City (Image: Getty Images)

Mahmoud Abbas

Trump administration bars Palestinian Authority President from entering US ahead of UN General Assembly

US authorities reportedly accused the Palestinian leader of ‘glorifying terrorism’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Image: Getty Images)

JD Vance

US Middle East policy must not be ‘subservient to Israel,’ says JD Vance

Vance also praised President Trump for his ‘willingness to actually part ways with Bibi Netanyahu’

By Hayley Cregor

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JD Vance during a campaign rally at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 6, 2024 (Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine

Ed Sheeran support acts boycott tour after Macklemore dropped due to pressure from ‘Zionist lobby’

One of the acts said he could not ‘stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide’

By Jamie Shapiro

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World News

Nina atop the podium in Banyoles in July (photo: courtesy)

Athletics

World Championships beckon for busy triathlete and Board deputy

By Ben Conway

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Paloma Faith attends an event in Paris, France, September 17, 2026 (Getty Images)

Music

Paloma Faith reveals she says ‘free Palestine’ to her children every night

By Daniel Ben-David

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Pope Leo

Pope Leo says Middle East conflicts ‘weigh heavily’ on Jewish-Christian relations

By Hayley Cregor

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Lena Dunham at the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios, New York, on June 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

Jewish surrogacy

Lena Dunham welcomes first baby via surrogacy

By Ella Bloom

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Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland drops out of Eurovision 2027 over Israeli involvement

By JC Reporter

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Israel

Israel and Morocco agree to upgrade diplomatic ties

By Melanie Swan

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Great female leader: former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir with general Moshe Dayan in 1969 (Image: Getty)

Letter from Jerusalem

Just why has Israel not had a woman leader since PM Golda Meir more than half a century ago?

A nation with female fighter pilots, Supreme Court judges and heads of prestigious universities paradoxically has few women vying for power in the October 27 general election

By Natalie Lisbona

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UK News

Heaton park synagogue attack

Chief Rabbi issues memorial prayer for Heaton Park victims

Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz will be remembered on the first anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack

By JC Reporter

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Congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation comfort each other in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

Court and Crime

Student cleared of supporting Hamas in speech outside college

Sarah Cotte publicly offered her ‘unconditional solidarity’ with the ‘Palestinian armed resistance’ just two days after October 7

By JC Reporter

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The 'Lady of Justice', the 12-foot high statue on top of the dome of the Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

East End

Plan to convert East End’s last purpose-built synagogue into a mosque paused

Muslim group buying century-old East End shul considers legal action after building was granted Grade II listed status

By Jane Prinsley

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Nelson Street synagogue's interior (Photo: Amy Schreibman Walter)

September 11

Archbishop of Canterbury retracts award for Muslim cleric who suggested honouring Osama bin Laden

Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi was given an award on the anniversary of 9/11 by Dame Sarah Mullally for interfaith co-operation

By JC Reporter

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Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi and his wife being presented with The Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation by Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury (Image: Neil Turner/Lambeth Palace/PA Wire)

Opinion

A Yom Kippur unlike any in living memory

Heaton Park showed British Jewry at its best: courage, solidarity and defiance. The attacker sought to terrorise Jews out of public life – he failed

By The JC Leader

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By Alex Hearn

A year after Heaton Park, I’m not so sure this government has the back of British Jews

They may be building us higher walls but there is no electoral motivation for any politician to deal with what our community has to face

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By David Bennun

We need to stand up for one another – because no one else will

It is both a moral imperative and a practical necessity. As the Charedi family temporarily living next door reminded me, they won’t stop with the obvious Jews

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