Jack Sommers

Jack Sommers is a former Head of News at the Jewish Chronicle

Latest from Jack Sommers

Synagogue spent £138,000 dealing with bullying allegations against rabbi

Shul criticised over large sum spent on ‘professional advisers’

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Synagogue spent £138,000 dealing with bullying allegations against rabbi

Inquiry into West London Synagogue bullying claims a ‘total mess’

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Linda Grant wins 2020 Wingate Literary Prize

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Jewish Labour Movement nominates Nandy for party leader

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George Steiner, essayist, dies at 90

Polymath's work showed a huge breadth of study and knowledge

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February 4, 2020 09:11

How the JC reported on The Windermere Children

The new BBC drama tells the story of what happened to young Jews brought to the Lake District after the war. The JC was there.

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January 28, 2020 15:36

How the JC reported on The Windermere Children

Journalist reacts to Corbyn's attack on his early warning about Labour antisemitism

He speaks out for first time about the Labour leader accusing him of 'utterly disgusting, subliminal nastiness' in 2016

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January 17, 2020 15:11

Journalist reacts to Corbyn's attack on his early warning about Labour antisemitism

Kinder Hermann Hirschberger dies at 93

He made headlines after successfully lobbying the Government over a law that penalised those who had worked after arriving in Britain

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January 2, 2020 14:16

Berger vows she would never 'in good conscience' help Corbyn become PM

Lib Dem candidate said it 'continues to be the case that my position is being misrepresented'

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December 4, 2019 17:34

Berger vows she would never 'in good conscience' help Corbyn become PM

Mick Davis quits as Conservative Party chief executive

He says he is resigning because Boris Johnson 'should be free to choose a team at CCHQ'

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July 24, 2019 10:14

Mick Davis quits as Conservative Party chief executive

'I hoped Steve Bannon would underestimate me'

The filmmaker spent more than a year with Steve Bannon for her new documentary The Brink. Does she think the right winger is evil, asked Jack Sommers

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July 18, 2019 09:56

'I hoped Steve Bannon would underestimate me'

Labour confirms three candidates for the same council are suspended

Exclusive: Three of Labour's 16 candidates for Torbay Council are now under investigation

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April 11, 2019 11:33

Labour confirms three candidates for the same council are suspended

BBC presenter admits he 'should have phrased antisemitism question better'

Today programme interviewer suggested Jew-hate was 'not as important as some other forms of racism'

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March 13, 2019 16:28

BBC presenter admits he 'should have phrased antisemitism question better'

Electronic Intifada blogger suspended by Labour

Mr Winstanley, who is prominent on Twitter, was suspended after it emerged he was a member

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March 8, 2019 09:04

Electronic Intifada blogger suspended by Labour

Book review: To Kill the Truth

History is a burning issue in the latest book from Sam Bourne

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February 25, 2019 15:32

HMD commemoration told that ignorance creates 'vacuum for denial and distortion'

Nearly two-thirds of Britons either do not know or hugely underestimate how many Jews died in the Shoah

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January 27, 2019 14:56

HMD commemoration told that ignorance creates 'vacuum for denial and distortion'

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Jack Sommers

Latest from Jack Sommers

Synagogue spent £138,000 dealing with bullying allegations against rabbi

Inquiry into West London Synagogue bullying claims a ‘total mess’

Linda Grant wins 2020 Wingate Literary Prize

Jewish Labour Movement nominates Nandy for party leader

More from Jack Sommers

George Steiner, essayist, dies at 90

How the JC reported on The Windermere Children

Journalist reacts to Corbyn's attack on his early warning about Labour antisemitism

Kinder Hermann Hirschberger dies at 93

Berger vows she would never 'in good conscience' help Corbyn become PM

Mick Davis quits as Conservative Party chief executive

'I hoped Steve Bannon would underestimate me'

Labour confirms three candidates for the same council are suspended

BBC presenter admits he 'should have phrased antisemitism question better'

Electronic Intifada blogger suspended by Labour

Book review: To Kill the Truth

HMD commemoration told that ignorance creates 'vacuum for denial and distortion'