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The Dutch chess team on Monday, September 21, 2026, at the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan, sitting opposite empty seats on Yom Kippur (photo-The Israeli Chess Federation)

Sport

Israeli chess team forced to forfeit Olympiad matches after the Netherlands and Bulgaria refuse to reschedule for Yom Kippur

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

New York

Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Succot

You can be both joyful and vulnerable: that is the meaning of Succot

The festival of Tabernacles, which begins tonight, is designed to strip away the illusion of safety – and show that life still goes on

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

3 min read

Labour

Holborn and St Pancras Labour candidate declines to say if she’s a Zionist but backs two-state solution

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Aliyah

UK Jewish emigration to Israel jumps by one third

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Zack Polanski

Zack Polanski refuses to back Israel’s right to exist at by-election hustings

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

How Israel and the US have crippled Hezbollah’s financial backbone

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White Jewish pro-Gaza activist ‘with settler family’ admits pretending to be black and Palestinian

Hannah Gann confessed to lying about her identity ‘for years’ before revealing she is, in fact, a ‘white woman of significant privilege and wealth’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

New York Times

New York Times sued by shareholders over ‘anti-Israel coverage’

A Jewish whistleblower, cited by the suit, alleged that she repeatedly raised concerns internally but was largely dismissed

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

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

Yom Kippur

Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil calls on God to ‘hold Israel accountable’ during left-wing Yom Kippur event

During the same event, Jewish congressional candidate Brad Lander suggested that the ‘wanton destruction of Gaza’ was ‘at the centre of our shared transgressions’

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Mahmoud Khalil attends a vigil and protest for Palestine outside Columbia University in New York City on October 7, 2025 (Getty Images)

Iran

Iran and US trade threats as ‘spy’ hanged in Islamic Republic

Hossein Pedaran was convicted of spying for Israel during the 12-day Israel-Iran war

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Hossein Pedaran seen during his televised confession

World News

Ukraine

Two Israelis reportedly detained in Ukraine for conscription

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

West Bank

Dutch ban on Israeli settlement goods comes into force with six-year jail term for violations

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Dutch singer Claude Kiambe, representing the Netherlands with the song 'C'est La Vie', parades during the flag ceremony prior to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland, on May 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Eurovision

Netherlands to return to Eurovision in reversal of Israel boycott

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Music

Macklemore announces ‘Free Palestine’ tour after being dropped as Ed Sheeran support act

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

The Rákospalota synagogue in Budapest (YouTube/Jonatan Megyeri)

Hungary

Historic Budapest synagogue shuttered by Nazis opens for first time since the Holocaust

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Canada

Canada’s promise of stability and safety has been broken, Jewish leaders say after Yom Kippur attack

By Bill Gladstone

2 min read

Tony Blair

Tony Blair says Gaza needs to ‘live in peace with its neighbours’ to be ‘free’

The former prime minister was speaking after the Board of Peace unveiled a £2.45 billion reconstruction plan for the Strip

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

UK News

Heaton park synagogue attack

Alleged ‘close associate’ of Heaton Park knifeman denies failing to disclose information about terror attack

Hekmat Ali Hakim allegedly failed to contact authorities which could have ‘materially assisted’ in preventing the tragedy

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Lady Justice on top of Old Bailey the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales in London (Getty Images)

Golders Green stabbing

Alleged Golders Green knife attacker denies attempted murder

Essa Suleiman is accused of stabbing three men, two Orthodox Jews and one Muslim, during a knife rampage in April

By JC Reporter

1 min read

People stand by a police cordon in Golders Green on April 29, 2026, after two people were stabbed and a suspect arrested (Getty Images)

Scotland

‘No proceedings’ against Iranian man arrested over alleged attempt to enter British nuclear submarine base

A 31-year-old Romanian woman was also arrested during the incident, whom prosecutors had already declined to bring proceedings against

By JC Reporter

1 min read

HMS Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine, is manoeuvred at HMNB Clyde on March 04, 2025 in Faslane, Scotland (Getty Images)

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan accused of ‘extraordinary’ failure to adequately engage Jewish leaders amid attacks on community

Mayor has not had a one-to-one meeting with key Jewish communal organisations and stakeholders in past year

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

London Mayor Sadiq Khan in Downing Street on July 20, 2026 (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion

What Frederick Forsyth grasped about antisemitism and Israel

Re-reading The Odessa File, I was struck by his deep hatred of Nazism and support for the Jewish state

By Nicholas Lezard

3 min read

The cover of Frederick Forsyth's 'The Odessa File' (Courtesy)

By Liel Leibovitz

Sorry, Ed Sheeran had every reason to know about Macklemore’s anti-Israel vitriol

The red-headed crooner must have assumed that all that nice talk of unity no longer extended to Jews – which is precisely the message coming from so much of our toxic culture industries these days

3 min read

By The JC Leader

The Church of England’s lapse of judgment

The problem was not the pursuit of laudable goals such as interfaith engagement or concern for those who suffer, but the failure to pursue them with sufficient scrutiny and moral clarity

2 min read

By Keren David

Terror won’t scare us away from Jewish life – we’re too stubborn, resilient and contrary for that

The latest plot in Manchester won’t be the last and no doubt this will happen again and again. And yet, like so many others in the community, I have rediscovered the joy that can come from going to shul

3 min read

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A dream wedding on the French Riviera: Fairmont Monte Carlo

By Fairmont Monte Carlo

2 min read

Thw Western Wall, photo by iTravel Dana Freidlander

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Why would we holiday anywhere else?

By Michael Ben-Baruch

4 min read

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Negotiating the way through new homes sales and lettings

By Nick Staton

2 min read

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Sitting comfortably? A Natuzzi surprise

By Martin Benjamin

2 min read

Life

Meet the warriors fighting antisemitism in Britain’s universities

By Nicole Lampert

8 min read

Rewriting the script: (left to right) George Deek, Israel's global ambassador to Christians; Dr Jürgen Bühler; Dr Jules Gomes

Christian Zionism

The Christians reclaiming the Jewish foundations of their faith and making the case for Zionism

A creed that led to 17 centuries of Jew-hate has been amended at a Jerusalem conference

By Jules Gomes

7 min read

Land of Israel

So we meet again – the new Israel...and the new me

The day before my flight to the Jewish state was the three-year anniversary of my mastectomy

By Karen EH Skinazi

3 min read

Changing futures: Karen Skinazi on her latest trip to the Jewish state

Film

Being Heumann review: A triumph of a film about the mother of the disability rights movement ★★★★

While the movie does a fantastic job bringing Judy Heumann to life, curiously absent is any mention of her Judaism

By Barry Levitt

1 min read

Ruth Madeley as Jewish activist Judy Heumann in Being Heumann (Photo: TIFF)

Film

The Liberation review: An astonishing portrait of a troubled Holocaust survivor drawn into a cult ★★★★

Set in 1980s New Jersey, the film is based on the story of Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s own grandmother

By Barry Levitt

2 min read

The Liberation review: An astonishing portrait of a troubled Holocaust survivor drawn into a cult ★★★★

JC recipes

Sukkot recipe

Apple and date crumble bars

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 50 mins

Cake

Ricotta, walnut and berry olive oil cake

By Sue Quinn

Cook time: 1¼ hrs

Dessert recipe

Honey and thyme-roasted apricot knafeh

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 1 hr – 1 hr 20 mins

Sophia Baruch's Iraqi red rice with chicken (Photo: Giora Hirsch)

Break Fast meal

Timmen ahmar plao b’gig: Iraqi red rice with chicken

By Sophia Baruch

Cook time: 25 mins

The Jewish Chronicle

Israeli chess team forced to forfeit Olympiad matches after the Netherlands and Bulgaria refuse to reschedule for Yom Kippur

Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York

You can be both joyful and vulnerable: that is the meaning of Succot

Holborn and St Pancras Labour candidate declines to say if she’s a Zionist but backs two-state solution

UK Jewish emigration to Israel jumps by one third

Zack Polanski refuses to back Israel’s right to exist at by-election hustings

Opinion

The West joins the UN’s anti-Israel hate fest

The anti-Israel far-left takes Berlin – with Hamas sympathisers in tow

How Israel and the US have crippled Hezbollah’s financial backbone

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White Jewish pro-Gaza activist ‘with settler family’ admits pretending to be black and Palestinian

New York Times sued by shareholders over ‘anti-Israel coverage’

Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil calls on God to ‘hold Israel accountable’ during left-wing Yom Kippur event

Iran and US trade threats as ‘spy’ hanged in Islamic Republic

World News

Two Israelis reportedly detained in Ukraine for conscription

Dutch ban on Israeli settlement goods comes into force with six-year jail term for violations

Netherlands to return to Eurovision in reversal of Israel boycott

Macklemore announces ‘Free Palestine’ tour after being dropped as Ed Sheeran support act

Historic Budapest synagogue shuttered by Nazis opens for first time since the Holocaust

Canada’s promise of stability and safety has been broken, Jewish leaders say after Yom Kippur attack

Tony Blair says Gaza needs to ‘live in peace with its neighbours’ to be ‘free’

UK News

Alleged ‘close associate’ of Heaton Park knifeman denies failing to disclose information about terror attack

Alleged Golders Green knife attacker denies attempted murder

‘No proceedings’ against Iranian man arrested over alleged attempt to enter British nuclear submarine base

Sadiq Khan accused of ‘extraordinary’ failure to adequately engage Jewish leaders amid attacks on community

Opinion

What Frederick Forsyth grasped about antisemitism and Israel

Sorry, Ed Sheeran had every reason to know about Macklemore’s anti-Israel vitriol

The Church of England’s lapse of judgment

Terror won’t scare us away from Jewish life – we’re too stubborn, resilient and contrary for that

Sponsored

A dream wedding on the French Riviera: Fairmont Monte Carlo

Why would we holiday anywhere else?

Negotiating the way through new homes sales and lettings

Sitting comfortably? A Natuzzi surprise

Life

Meet the warriors fighting antisemitism in Britain’s universities

The Christians reclaiming the Jewish foundations of their faith and making the case for Zionism

So we meet again – the new Israel...and the new me

Being Heumann review: A triumph of a film about the mother of the disability rights movement ★★★★

The Liberation review: An astonishing portrait of a troubled Holocaust survivor drawn into a cult ★★★★

JC recipes

Apple and date crumble bars

Ricotta, walnut and berry olive oil cake

Honey and thyme-roasted apricot knafeh

Timmen ahmar plao b’gig: Iraqi red rice with chicken