How the pig became a bête noire
Raelations between us and the most unkosher of beasts is the subject of an absorbing new history
Angela Rayner steps in over plan to build skyscraper next to Bevis Marks shul
The deputy PM will assess the planning application ahead of committee meeting next month
Can you help uncover the history of one of the East End’s long forgotten synagogues?
The Spitalfields Trust is calling on JC readers to share their family stories in connection with the 19th century shul
Dealing with Jerusalem: The strange story of millennia of negotiations
The author of the million-copy bestselling biography of the Holy City writes an exclusive essay about the carve-ups of the past
Review: Shylock’s Venice – An unimprovable book
A rigorous trawl through Venetian archives yields a work that begs for a lavish film adaptation
Schama: ‘The Jewish world is in this extraordinary situation of being doubly de-housed’
Historian Sir Simon Schama speaks to the JC after his appearance in Book Week
Einstein ‘E=mc squared’ equation letter goes up for auction
A previous letter written by Einstein featuring the famous equation sold for $1.2 million in 2021
Revealed: Nazi financial fixer who funded Palestinian terror
The untold story of how François Genoud, a Swiss banker, executed a secret plan to eliminate Jews from the Middle East
National Library of Israel to preserve 200,000 recordings of Hamas massacres for posterity
The huge cache of videos, photos and text messages documents the atrocities unfolding in real time
Einstein's secret plan to rescue academic targeted by Nazis revealed in new letter
A letter written by the physicist is up for auction with the proceeds going to Oxfam
Ancient Hebrew prayer book with links to famed German rabbi sells for 14 times it's estimate
The manuscript of Tikune Shabat sold for £71,250 at auction
The J-pop model using TikTok to share stories of unknown people buried in cemeteries
Ex-JFS student Jono Namara has already racked up nearly 100,000 likes on TikTok
Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign
Former MP Eric Martlew noticed the broken pane in the old Carr’s biscuit factory two years ago then set out to raise £2,000 for its refurb
'Inspiring' new evidence shows how Jews thrived in York after antisemitic 1190 massacre
A trove of documents reveals how the city’s Jewish residents lived and worked alongside their Christian neighbours, mostly harmoniously, in the early 1200s
Back to the Borscht Belt! Celebrating the golden era of Jewish vacationland in the Catskills
A new festival will recapture the heady days of Jewish vacationland in the Catskills
Albert Einstein told other Jews that he didn't believe in Torah
A letter written by the physicist is set to go under the hammer in the US
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