Karen Glaser
Karen Glaser is the editor of JC2, the paper's features pull-out
You can reach her at: kglaser@thejc.com
The JC blind date: ‘I would say yes if he was game’
For this month’s blind date, our two hopeful singletons tucked into Italian deliciousness at the Kensington High Street branch of Spaghetti House
The Israeli flag is more popular than you’d think
Two encounters have restored my optimism that people grasp the reality of what Israel faces
The 2025 Wingate Prize longlist is announced
The shortlist will be announced next month and the winner in February
Following in the paw prints of Paddington in Peru
This month the marmalade-loving bear whose story was inspired by the Kindertransport hits the big screen in Peru. I make the same journey
The JC blind date: ‘I think she thought I was a show-off’
For the first of a new monthly column, our two hopeful singletons had dinner at Israeli chef Eyal Shani’s swanky restaurant Lilienblum in Shoreditch
This Yom Kippur will be my dad’s first ever in shul
Despite being entirely secular, October 7 has made him more at ease in the company of Jews
Nobody Wants This: well, ain’t that the truth
The Netflix hit does a disastrous disservice to Jewish and non-Jewish women alike. It is nothing short of the Madonna-whore complex updated for our age
A nation’s art in a time of war: How Israel’s artists responded to October 7
This past year has seen an outpouring of creativity from Israeli artists who have used their talents as an outlet for trauma and to battle Jew-hate
Why is the National Theatre staging a play with antisemitic tropes on October 7?
Putting on the Lehman Trilogy while the rest of us are marking Oct 7 shows the National Threatre doesn't care about Jews
This Father’s Day, let’s hear it for patrilineal Jews
Forget the idea that you’re only a Jew if your mother is Jewish. Let’s go back to the Bible
JC columnist Naomi Greenaway on press award shortlist
‘I am grateful to have been in the unique position to have connected with Jewish women at the toughest of times’, she says
Amy’s friends: ‘She was humble’
Why are the Jews overlooking their natural allies?
While our interfaith efforts focus on Muslims, we neglect more friendly communities
What fuels antisemitism? A lot is sheer envy
The Irish basketball players’ snub to their Israeli opponents smacks of jealousy
Fiction review of the year
Our critics’ favourite novels, from a sweetly satirical rom-com to a study in middle-class complicity in the Third Reich
I’ve been rejected by a Gen Z friend thanks to TikTok and my editor
Young people are being turned into antisemites by the hate pumped out on social media
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