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Ashkenazi food

Is this schnitzel a cut above the rest?

By Natalie Blenford

4 min read

Nova

‘I thought, let’s rebuild the festival and show the world what happened’ – the story behind the Nova Exhibition

Creators of the display bearing witness to horrors of October 7 speak to the JC as it nears the end of its stint in London

By Alma Green

7 min read

Theatre

London theatre to be renamed after late playwright Sir Tom Stoppard

By JC Reporter

2 min read

A general view of Birmingham Crown Court on October 17, 2024 (Getty Images)

Courts

Protesters accused over aerospace factory damage to face retrial next year

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart following their meeting in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Photo by SERGEI ILNITSKY / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey

Sa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Editor’s picks

Opinion: Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals

My mum gave me up for adoption. A Llandudno doctor made sure I went to a Jewish home

Opinion: Why the Lancet study suggesting a far higher Gaza death toll is deeply flawed

76 years old, 10,000 feet up in the sky, £18,000 raised for charity

Pro-Palestine parents launch campaign against school antisemitism review

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Ukraine

Interpol hunt female suspect over Monaco bomb attack on Jewish tycoon

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Pictured in 2024, the elusive new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei (Hamed JAFARNEJAD / ISNA / AFP via Getty)

Iran

Will Iran’s Supreme Leader finally come out of hiding for funeral of his father?

By Ali Hamedani

3 min read

The 'anti-Zionist' patrol seen marching through the streets of Thessaloniki (Image: Instagram)

Anti-Israel protests

‘Anti-Zionist patrols’ are sign of ‘new wave of fanaticism’, say Greek Jews

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Outgoing Unrwa Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini leaves after his final press conference at the UN offices in Geneva on March 31, 2026 (Getty Images)

Gaza Board of Peace

‘No place in the new Gaza’ for Unrwa says Board of Peace

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Vincent Van Gogh's Hôpital Saint-Paul à Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, 1889 (Credit: Musée d’Orsay)

Art

Grandson of Jewish art collector fights to reclaim Van Gogh lost during Nazi era

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Bereaved families mark 1,000 days since October 7 at Nahal Oz Observers Memorial Monument near Gaza border on 2 July 2026 (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel

Israel marks 1,000 days since October 7 with minute of silence to remember the fallen

By John Jeffay

2 min read

Iran

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) on the This Past Weekend podcast with Theo Von (YouTube/TheoVon)

US intelligence suggested Iran’s missiles could reach London in future, claims prominent Senator

Louisiana Republican John Kennedy suggested that the threat of attacks on Europe was a motivating factor in President Trump’s decision to go to war

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Will it be the Vance vision or Rubio rules that shapes the future of the Middle East?Boy George brands Roger Waters a ‘sanctimonious t***’ after Pink Floyd founder’s anti-Israel remarks

UK News

Bob Vylan

Anti-Israel punk duo Bob Vylan suing BBC for libel over Glastonbury scandal coverage

The band’s frontman famously led a chant of ‘death to the IDF’ at the festival, which the former BBC director general labelled an ‘antisemitic broadcast’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan crowdsurfs in front of the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton. (Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Pensioner handed life sentence for husband’s murder

Daryl Berman had claimed that David, her husband of almost 30 years, had accidentally fallen on the knife while carrying a lunch tray

By Ian Leonard

4 min read

Wimbledon

Pro-Palestine watermelon symbol does not meet threshold for disruption, says Wimbledon director

Turkish world number 51 Zeynep Sonmez added a vibration dampener in the shape of the symbol to her racket, accusing tournament organisers of enforcing double standards on political expressions by players

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey plays a backhand against Ekaterina Alexandrova during the Ladies' Singles third round match at Wimbledon 2025 (Getty Images)

Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh students stage pro-Palestine walkout during graduation ceremony

An anti-Israel student-led society at the school said it was the third walkout in as many years

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

A group of University of Edinburgh students protest the school's alleged financial links to Israel (Credit: Edinburgh University Justice for Palestine Society/Instagram)

Life

White bean and couscous salad with roasted red pepper dressing

By Katrina Meynink

Cook time: 30 mins

London's calling: V2 rocket arriving at Trafalgar Square, London, in 1945

Books

Stealing Hitler’s Rocket review: ‘The only problem may be that no one will believe it’

The extraordinary story of how the Polish underground sent the world’s first cruise missile to UK scientists is superbly reconstructed by Guy Walters

By Robert Low

3 min read

Recipes

Broad bean and courgette shakshuka

This green twist on the classic egg dish is light, bright and summery

By Honey & Co

Cook time: 20-25 minutes

A fresh take on the classic shakshuka (Photo: Patricia Niven)

Children's books

JC Life’s guide to the best new books for children

From a paen to Zionist pioneers to batmitzvah and friendship worries, we select the best new releases for kids

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

JC Life’s guide to the best new books for children

Travel

All aboard for a great garden party in Somerset

By Elisa Bray

2 min read

All aboard for a great garden party in Somerset

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Designs on your summer décor

By Gina Benjamin

4 min read

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Bringing out the barbecue? Try Sharon Lurie’s best braai

By Sharon Lurie

3 min read

Sponsored

The rise of super prime north London

By Mark Sumray

1 min read

Sponsored

Three’s company for garden entertaining

By Anthea Gerrie

3 min read

Opinion

It was a daring mission, even for the IDF: Entebbe 50 years on

Israel’s unmistakable message was that it would go to any lengths to protect the lives of its citizens and fellow Jews – and that the days of Jewish powerlessness were over

By David Harris

4 min read

Rescued Air France passengers wave to the waiting crowd as they disembark from an IDF Hercules aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport (Image: Government Press Office, Israel)

By Nicholas Lezard

Using the ‘g-word’ about Israel is now a ubiquitous virtue signal

For pro-Palestine activists, the term ‘genocide’ has become a shibboleth: you have to say it or risk ostracism

3 min read

By Jonathan Boyd

We know too little about what reduces Jew-hatred. It’s urgent that we find out

What’s needed is a standing, cross-disciplinary team that brings together expertise in antisemitism and in a range of fields, from public policy and law to intelligence, theology, education and psychology

6 min read

By Evie Robinson

The Nova Exhibition answers the call to document and remember

It draws on many tools of memorialisation that might typically be found in a Holocaust-related museum – such as the tables full of shoes and clothing, seeking to individualise the victims

4 min read

By Sarah Tetteh

The ‘man with the golden ear’ who called me a ‘baby Whitney’

Clive Davis carried himself with the confidence of someone who had helped shape American popular culture. He had an aura about him, something I could not quite put my finger on

4 min read

By Amar Singh Bhandal

Ukraine – the country where soldiers queue to thank a rabbi

Russia’s Nazi slurs against Kyiv collapse on contact with reality. Here, Judaism means resistance and resilience – exactly what scares the Kremlin most

4 min read

By Mark Sewards

Universities have failed Jewish students – now government must broaden fight against campus antisemitism

Ministers must go further, with statutory investigations, stronger sanctions and a joined-up strategy to confront hate and extremism in higher education

3 min read

JC recipes

Light and fresh, this salad pairs particularly well with fish (Photo: Columbus Leth)

Recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

By Trine Hahnemann

Cook time: 30 mins

Shavuot recipe

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

Cook time: 60 minutes

Vegan

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 20 minutes

Bil’eifi: The Taste of My Iraqi Home is on sale now (Photo: Giora Hirsch)

Jewish food

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Community

Photo exhibition spotlights joy, agony and daily life for Israelis and Palestinians

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

(left to right) Cllr Eamonn O'Brien, Cllr Richard Gold, Christian Wakeford MP, Mary-Liz Walker, Peter Walker, Sara and Barry Radivan at Sara and Barry's Friday night dinner (Photo: courtesy)

Jewish Culture Month

‘Dinner at ours this Friday?’

The Jewish community is being urged to share their Friday night dinner with non-Jewish friends and colleagues

By Alma Green

1 min read

Mitzvah Day

JW3 to take over the running of Mitzvah Day

This year marks 21 years of the national day of giving, inspired by Jewish values

By Alma Green

1 min read

Laura Marks CBE and Raymond Simonson (Photo: Mitzvah Day/JW3)

Paperweight

Jewish students invited to take a crash course in ‘real life’

Paperweight is launching a new initiative for people aged 18 to 25

By Alma Green

1 min read

Paperweight's NextGen initiative will equip participants with essential life skills, including budgeting and tenancy rights (Photo: Getty)

Peace

The Israeli and the Palestinian turning their pain into peacemaking

Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah speak to the JC as they launch their book, The Future is Peace, in the UK

By Simon Rocker

5 min read

Maoz Inon (left) and Aziz Abu Sarah carrying the torch at the Winter Olympic Games in February, 2026, in Italy (Photo: courtesy)

The Jewish Chronicle

Now under-fire UK channel airs matzah blood libel - but Ofcom still insist ‘We can’t do anything’

Is this schnitzel a cut above the rest?

‘I thought, let’s rebuild the festival and show the world what happened’ – the story behind the Nova Exhibition

London theatre to be renamed after late playwright Sir Tom Stoppard

Protesters accused over aerospace factory damage to face retrial next year

Sa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’

Editor’s picks

Opinion: Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals

My mum gave me up for adoption. A Llandudno doctor made sure I went to a Jewish home

Opinion: Why the Lancet study suggesting a far higher Gaza death toll is deeply flawed

76 years old, 10,000 feet up in the sky, £18,000 raised for charity

Pro-Palestine parents launch campaign against school antisemitism review

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World news

Interpol hunt female suspect over Monaco bomb attack on Jewish tycoon

Will Iran’s Supreme Leader finally come out of hiding for funeral of his father?

‘Anti-Zionist patrols’ are sign of ‘new wave of fanaticism’, say Greek Jews

‘No place in the new Gaza’ for Unrwa says Board of Peace

Grandson of Jewish art collector fights to reclaim Van Gogh lost during Nazi era

Israel marks 1,000 days since October 7 with minute of silence to remember the fallen

US intelligence suggested Iran’s missiles could reach London in future, claims prominent Senator

UK News

Anti-Israel punk duo Bob Vylan suing BBC for libel over Glastonbury scandal coverage

Pensioner handed life sentence for husband’s murder

Pro-Palestine watermelon symbol does not meet threshold for disruption, says Wimbledon director

University of Edinburgh students stage pro-Palestine walkout during graduation ceremony

Life

White bean and couscous salad with roasted red pepper dressing

Stealing Hitler’s Rocket review: ‘The only problem may be that no one will believe it’

Broad bean and courgette shakshuka

JC Life’s guide to the best new books for children

All aboard for a great garden party in Somerset

Sponsored

Designs on your summer décor

Bringing out the barbecue? Try Sharon Lurie’s best braai

The rise of super prime north London

Three’s company for garden entertaining

Opinion

It was a daring mission, even for the IDF: Entebbe 50 years on

Using the ‘g-word’ about Israel is now a ubiquitous virtue signal

We know too little about what reduces Jew-hatred. It’s urgent that we find out

The Nova Exhibition answers the call to document and remember

The ‘man with the golden ear’ who called me a ‘baby Whitney’

Ukraine – the country where soldiers queue to thank a rabbi

Universities have failed Jewish students – now government must broaden fight against campus antisemitism

JC recipes

Kartoffelsalat – Danish potato salad

Raspberry goat’s cheese bars

Herby lemon bean salad with asparagus and pumpkin seeds

Bil’eifi cookbook: a love letter to Iraqi-Jewish food

Community

Photo exhibition spotlights joy, agony and daily life for Israelis and Palestinians

‘Dinner at ours this Friday?’

JW3 to take over the running of Mitzvah Day

Jewish students invited to take a crash course in ‘real life’

The Israeli and the Palestinian turning their pain into peacemaking