April 17, 2019 16:20

We’ll reach for the moon again

Daniel Sugarman has his head in the stars

April 17, 2019 14:56

El Al and Luton airport celebrate one millionth passenger along with tenth anniversary of partnership

The airport is the closest to the Jewish community of North West London, the UK's largest

April 17, 2019 11:24

Julian Assange’s antisemitic past resurfaces after his arrest

A reminder of the Wikileaks founder's past remarks and associations

April 17, 2019 10:23

Merseyside Labour councillor apologises after pictures of him in Hitler costume uncovered

Seve Gomez-Aspron said he and his friends had dressed as characters from 'The Producers' by Mel Brooks for a charity fundraiser

April 17, 2019 09:17

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey too 'ignorant' to have intentionally done Nazi salute, FA rules

Two panel members accepted he was unaware of what he was doing but a third said 'the only plausible explanation' was that he intended to do a Sieg Heil

April 15, 2019 12:38

Labour candidate Jade Doswell apologises for saying Israeli flag made her feel 'sick'

Her tweets from 2014 also called the flag 'offensive' and provocative' - but she said she had since 'educated myself more on the conflict'

April 15, 2019 08:50

Unconfirmed reports: The body of super-spy Eli Cohen has been returned to Israel

The report comes two weeks after the recovery of the body of an Israeli soldier missing for 37 years

April 12, 2019 17:04

US prosecutors charge man for sharing 'hundreds' of racist, antisemitic and Islamophobic messages

One post showed a picture of the 30-year-old American man pointing an assault rifle at a group of Jews praying

April 12, 2019 16:13

Sadiq Khan joins JLM and urges 'decent Labour members' to support Jewish community

The Mayor of London has been an outspoken critic of his party's failure to address its antisemitism crisis

April 11, 2019 11:46

For a British observer like me, Israel's elections have few parallels

Voting here is comparable to the UK like improvisational theatre corresponds to a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, Daniel Sugarman writes from Tel Aviv

April 05, 2019 15:43

'It could pose a real risk to the viability of many minyanim' - Rabbis respond to ruling on Daylight Savings Time

European Parliament votes to abolish time-change, which could affect Britain if Brexit includes a long transition period

April 04, 2019 17:31

Anti-Israel lawyer Simone Burns jailed for six months after drunken racist rant on Air India flight

She spat in the face of a cabin crew member and screamed that she was 'an international criminal lawyer for the f***ing Palestinian people'

April 04, 2019 12:29

For the United Synagogue Burial Society, in death, dignity and care trump the rules of life

Transgender people may find halachah inflexible in life - but compassionate and respectful in death

April 03, 2019 18:46

Body of soldier killed in 1982 battle in Lebanon is returned to Israel

Zechariah Baumel was one of three Israeli soldiers captured by Syrian armed forces during the Lebanon War

April 03, 2019 12:09

Jack Toper, RAF veteran and member of the Guinea Pig club, dies at 97

Mr Toper became a key member of a group founded for fellow servicemen who suffered disfiguring injuries in combat

April 02, 2019 15:06

Uber bars driver after he cancels passengers' journey saying 'I don't take Jews'

The driver simply drove off when he noticed the two men were wearing kippahs, one of them told the JC