Loyal Marxists today maintain that the ‘true’ version of the ideology is free of antisemitism. A closer look at Russian history after the 1917 Revolution debunks this claim
By David Aberbach
It is 90 years since a dispute over access to the Western Wall triggered a horrific massacre of Jews in a city that is now in the West Bank
By Colin Shindler
Bernard Kessler escaped on the Kindertransport days before the Second World War. Now he has published his memoir
By Daniel Sugarman
When the Nazis invaded 80 years ago, the city was a key target. Five years later, the city's nearby death camp was the last to be freed
In the final part of his account of travelling to say Kaddish for his grandfather, Maurice Glasman realises who he was really looking for all along
By Maurice Glasman
The liberation of Paris in August 1944 involved thousands of Jewish soldiers. Some had fought up from Egypt; others had fled the Holocaust
Rabbi Joseph Polak said that while the work was derived from 'real evil', it is 'used in the service of good'
By Aleks Phillips
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In part four, Maurice Glasman finally gets to say Kaddish in his grandfather's Ukranian shtetl, with the help of the last Jew living there
Group says Jew-hate 'contravenes our fundamental belief that all people are equal and precious' - but has a history of accommodating controversial speakers
By Ben Weich
In part three of Lord Glasman's account of his journey to his Zaida's birthplace, he sets off from Manor House station, not knowing what he will find
Board of Deputies poses questions about what exiting the EU could mean for shechita and imported kosher meat
By Lee Harpin
Lord Glasman went on a journey through Ukraine to find his Zaida's shtetl. An archivist helps him track it down in the second of five instalments of his moving, funny and thought provoking account of what he found
Three months ago, Lord Glasman went on a journey through Ukraine to find his Zaida's shtetl. The JC publishes the first of five instalments of his moving, funny and thought provoking account of what he found
Lori Kaye died in the attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue in April. Her husband tells the JC her death was 'not just a senseless murder'
By Jenni Frazer
A new business incubator is inviting companies to submit innovative ideas in protein and dairy alternatives
By Nathan Jeffay
CP Scott, one the paper’s most revered editors, stood down 90 years ago this month. He was instrumental in securing the Balfour Declation but his paper's position on Israel has changed dramatically
By Robert Philpot