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Books

JK Rowling’s agent Neil Blair leads fightback against the boycotters with new imprint to promote Jewish and Israeli books

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Sweeney in the Novig advert (Screenshot: X)

celebrities

Sydney Sweeney’s naked sports advert samples the Hatikvah

By Ella Bloom

1 min read

Rosh Hashanah

Opinion: As we usher in a New Year, know that millennia of Jewish history show we will rebuild to thrive again

Heaton Park attack victim Yoni Finlay now helps lead prayers – a powerful example of how we respond to adversity

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

3 min read

Lior Raz as Doron Kavillio in Fauda (Photo: Fauda)

Netflix

Fauda hits No.1 on Netflix in Lebanon and reaches top ten in several Arab countries

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

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

Leeds

Leeds Minster’s Gaza tapestry ‘likely’ to include Palestinian terrorists

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Chief Rabbi speaking at the 9/11 commemoration in London today

September 11

‘Islamist extremism has continued to stain our world’, says Chief Rabbi at event to remember 9/11

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Opinion

Boy George

Friends I helped and supported turned on me because I stood by Jews

Melanie Phillips

Dana Nessel is really arguing that Jewish survival is an obstacle to the perfection of the world

Christian Cantor

I hope Britain alters its path with Israel in the New Year

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Gaza

Huckabee: UK government’s ‘Jew hate’ knows no bounds

The US ambassador to Israel was responding to comments about Gaza made by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who is Jewish

By JC Reporter

2 min read

The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee referred to the West Bank as 'Judea and Samaria' (Photo: Getty)

Athletics

Paralympian Ezra Frech announced for Dancing with the Stars season 35

Frech, who was born without a large part of his left leg, has been paired with season 30 winner Daniella Karagach

By Phoebe Black

2 min read

Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach in promo images for 'Dancing with the Stars' season 35 (ABC)

IRGC

US to target BVI banks in bid to ‘asphyxiate’ secretive IRGC financing

The British Overseas Territory has long been a haven for illicit business dealings due to its loose financial declaration requirements

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters as he arrives for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 31, 2026 (Getty Images)

FBI

FBI seizes £560k in breakup of Hamas crypto funding and recruitment ring

The group’s supporters were financing its terrorist activities through encrypted group chats on the social media app Telegram

By Phoebe Black

1 min read

(Illustrative) A cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong on July 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

World News

Eyal Shani

Exclusive: To share food is to spread joy, says ‘godfather of Israeli cuisine’ Eyal Shani

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Letter from Jerusalem

Dayan who was a Hasmonean old boy and is now helping rabbis to serve even the remotest communities

By Natalie Lisbona

6 min read

Yair Mazor as Boaz in Tell Me Everything (Picture credit: Ziv Berkovich)

Israel

Israeli 80s-set drama Tell Me Everything sweeps awards at nation’s Oscars

By Ella Bloom

1 min read

Foreign secretary Ed Miliband in Westminster (Credit: PA)

Iran

Iran greets Ed Miliband’s settlement sanctions as step towards ‘the end of Israel’

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

Kurds

An independent Kurdistan would ‘sign Abraham Accords within ten minutes,’ says Kurdish political leader

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

IAEA Director General Rafael during a Board of Governors' Meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on September 07, 2026 (Getty Images)

Syria

Secret Syrian nuclear reactor on brink of creating atomic bomb materials when Israel destroyed it, UN admits

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

isis

Three arrested in France over alleged plan to join ISIS and commit ‘violent action’ against Jews

Investigators claim the men had been communication on a WhatsApp groupchat called ‘Soliders of Allah’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

UK News

Courts

Churchill statue ‘vandal’ tells court he is proud of pro-Palestine protest

Olax Outis told court: ‘I don’t really care about the financials involved’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Graffiti reading 'Free Palestine' is pictured on a statue of Britain's former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, in central London on February 27, 2026. (Photo by Brook Mitchell / AFP via Getty Images)

Green Party

Zack Polanski named Green candidate for Starmer’s London seat

Green Party leader will take on Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali in the October 8 contest

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Green Party Leader Zack Polanski makes a speech at People's History Museum in Manchester on May 01, 2026 (Getty Images)

Police

Man, 19, charged after allegedly giving Nazi salute outside synagogue

Kamil Mach is accused of making the gesture as worshippers were leaving a shul in Borehamwood on May 9

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Sanctions

Miliband’s sanctions will embolden the mob and we are afraid for our children, say British Jews at rally

Jewish protesters and allies spoke to the JC as they gathered outside Downing Street on Wednesday

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

The Downing Street protest was organised by Campaign Group Stop The Hate

Opinion

My very Jewish anniversary gift for my health-neurotic New York husband? Shingles jabs!

Most people I know in the community are preoccupied with their bodily functions – especially compared with my gentile friends, who spend as much time trying to avoid the doctor as we do collecting second opinions

By Miranda Levy

4 min read

A scene from Hannah and Her Sisters, in which Woody Allen plays a hypochondriac (Image: YouTube/Orion Pictures)

By Ashley Hirst

In the Temple, they blew the shofar on Shabbat – come see and hear it

Scroll & Stone, the site I created to tell the story of the Jewish people through 750 pieces, from the Merneptah Stele to Bevis Marks, has a new room: a reconstruction of the Beit Hamikdash in 50 CE

4 min read

By President Isaac Herzog

The sound of the shofar brings us together in reflection, pride, and renewed commitment to each other

President Herzog’s Rosh Hashanah message to the Jewish people

2 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Twenty-five years on, we have learnt nothing from 9/11 – we still allow Islamist hate to flourish

The attacks of 2001 changed everything, yet extremists continue to radicalise on campuses and preach in mosques, while terrorist supporters march through our streets

5 min read

Sponsored

‘Queen of the gavel’ swaps sea swimming for a buoyant Shoreditch sale room

By Martin Benjamin

3 min read

Resin Pomegranate Honey Dish and Spoon in Red by Waterdale Collection

Sponsored

Celebrating tradition, beauty and togetherness

By Danya Kay

1 min read

Sponsored

Global antisemitism continues to transform online Jewish dating

By JWed

1 min read

Sponsored

Nick Knowles fronts new campaign helping drivers understand their car finance complaint options

By Rhys Hughes

2 min read

Life

Nailing the new year

By Viola Levy

3 min read

Family in Paris: Simon Boublil, Louis Garrel, Alexi Rosenstiehl and Camille Cottin as the Dayans in Just an Illusion

Film

Just an Illusion review: ‘Are we French, Jewish or African?’★★★★

This story about growing up in a Sephardi family in the suburbs of Paris during the 1980s will speak to Jews everywhere

By John Nathan

2 min read

Environment

Nine practical (and not preachy) eco resolutions for Rosh Hashanah

From watching your water to greening your money, Siam Goorwich on how to be kinder to the planet in 5787

By Siam Goorwich

2 min read

Jewish food

The new cookbook celebrating the joy of Jewish desserts

After 20 years of writing about Yiddishe food, Leah Koenig has focused her attention on sweets. She tells Siam Goorwich about the recipes that bring flavour to her table

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Leah Koenig's new book is a celebration of Jewish desserts (Photto: copyright ©2026 by Nico Schinco)

Israel

‘I was shot in the chest by an Arab sniper – then I vowed: I’m going to get Israel fit’

Adam Ezekial on how being hit by a bullet inspired him to set up a fitness programme

By John Jeffay

5 min read

Bouncing back: Adam Ezekial working out in the gym. Inset: the X-ray showing the bullet in his chest (Photo: John Jeffay)

JC recipes

Challah

Rosh Hashanah apple, honey and cardamom challah

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 30 minutes

Turkey recipe

Honey glazed stuffed turkey thigh with apple cider jus for Rosh Hashanah

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

Cook time: 1 hour 45 minutes approx

Victoria Prever's salted honey and date ice cream pie (Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz)

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Rosh Hashanah salted honey and date ice cream pie

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 10 mins + 5+ hours freezing time

Meat recipe

Rosh Hashanah roast beef with pomegranate and red wine

By Silvia Nacamulli

Cook time: 45 minutes (medium); 1 hour (well done) plus 1 hour resting time

The Jewish Chronicle

JK Rowling’s agent Neil Blair leads fightback against the boycotters with new imprint to promote Jewish and Israeli books

Sydney Sweeney’s naked sports advert samples the Hatikvah

Opinion: As we usher in a New Year, know that millennia of Jewish history show we will rebuild to thrive again

Fauda hits No.1 on Netflix in Lebanon and reaches top ten in several Arab countries

Leeds Minster’s Gaza tapestry ‘likely’ to include Palestinian terrorists

‘Islamist extremism has continued to stain our world’, says Chief Rabbi at event to remember 9/11

Opinion

Friends I helped and supported turned on me because I stood by Jews

Dana Nessel is really arguing that Jewish survival is an obstacle to the perfection of the world

I hope Britain alters its path with Israel in the New Year

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Huckabee: UK government’s ‘Jew hate’ knows no bounds

Paralympian Ezra Frech announced for Dancing with the Stars season 35

US to target BVI banks in bid to ‘asphyxiate’ secretive IRGC financing

FBI seizes £560k in breakup of Hamas crypto funding and recruitment ring

World News

Exclusive: To share food is to spread joy, says ‘godfather of Israeli cuisine’ Eyal Shani

Dayan who was a Hasmonean old boy and is now helping rabbis to serve even the remotest communities

Israeli 80s-set drama Tell Me Everything sweeps awards at nation’s Oscars

Iran greets Ed Miliband’s settlement sanctions as step towards ‘the end of Israel’

An independent Kurdistan would ‘sign Abraham Accords within ten minutes,’ says Kurdish political leader

Secret Syrian nuclear reactor on brink of creating atomic bomb materials when Israel destroyed it, UN admits

Three arrested in France over alleged plan to join ISIS and commit ‘violent action’ against Jews

UK News

Churchill statue ‘vandal’ tells court he is proud of pro-Palestine protest

Zack Polanski named Green candidate for Starmer’s London seat

Man, 19, charged after allegedly giving Nazi salute outside synagogue

Miliband’s sanctions will embolden the mob and we are afraid for our children, say British Jews at rally

Opinion

My very Jewish anniversary gift for my health-neurotic New York husband? Shingles jabs!

In the Temple, they blew the shofar on Shabbat – come see and hear it

The sound of the shofar brings us together in reflection, pride, and renewed commitment to each other

Twenty-five years on, we have learnt nothing from 9/11 – we still allow Islamist hate to flourish

Sponsored

‘Queen of the gavel’ swaps sea swimming for a buoyant Shoreditch sale room

Celebrating tradition, beauty and togetherness

Global antisemitism continues to transform online Jewish dating

Nick Knowles fronts new campaign helping drivers understand their car finance complaint options

Life

Nailing the new year

Just an Illusion review: ‘Are we French, Jewish or African?’★★★★

Nine practical (and not preachy) eco resolutions for Rosh Hashanah

The new cookbook celebrating the joy of Jewish desserts

‘I was shot in the chest by an Arab sniper – then I vowed: I’m going to get Israel fit’

JC recipes

Rosh Hashanah apple, honey and cardamom challah

Honey glazed stuffed turkey thigh with apple cider jus for Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah salted honey and date ice cream pie

Rosh Hashanah roast beef with pomegranate and red wine