Rabbi Daniel Walker of Heaton Park Synagogue (Image: Getty Images)

British Jews in a ‘harder position’ than immediately after Heaton Park attack, says Rabbi Daniel Walker

Almost a year later, rising antisemitism and a failure to tackle its causes have left the community feeling increasingly vulnerable, the congregation’s leader warns

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Heaton park synagogue attack

Manchester synagogue attack survivor says son has received death threats

‘I don’t think things feel safer. I think we certainly live behind ever-increasing gates, more security than we’ve ever had,’ says Yoni Finlay, who was wounded during the assault

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Board of Deputies

British Jewish leaders warn trade sanctions against Israel could harm community and bilateral ties

Board of Deputies, JLC and Chief Rabbi say Labour’s planned measures risk fuelling antisemitism, emboldening extremists and encouraging a wider boycott movement

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Emily Damari

Joy as former hostage Emily Damari marries Danielle Amit in glittering ceremony

Damari’s mother said the emotional event, attended by several other ex-Hamas captives, was a ‘celebration of life’

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Difficult watch: (left to right) Lior Raz, Hakim Djaziri as Saaed el-Hatib and Avi Issacharoff

Television

Lior Raz: ‘Fauda’s new series is shaped by our October 7 trauma’

Most assumed the show’s writers would swerve the pogrom on season 5, but they’ve done the opposite

By Elaine Penn

8 min read

HoudiniBio CEO Jonathan Cohen-Gold (Courtesy)

High Tech

Houdini-inspired British-Jewish start-up uses AI to fix genes linked to fatal diseases

The cutting-edge tech applies a ‘camouflage’ to edited genes, preventing the body from rejecting attempted cures

By John Jeffay

3 min read

Opinion

Tamir Morag

For Iran, Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ poses a greater existential threat than military action

Tina Ghazimorad

Israel’s post-October 7 diplomatic revolution: new allies, new audiences

Jonathan Harounoff

Could America ever have a Chief Rabbi?

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teachers

Nearly three-quarters of Jewish teachers’ union members self-censor over antisemtic or antizionist hostility

Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League said the finding revealed a ‘structural and cultural failure’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

(Illustrative) A teacher sets up her classroom at Freedom Preparatory Academy in in Provo, Utah, on August 13, 2020 (Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Exclusive: ‘Khaybar’ T-shirt under police investigation sold on American site offering hateful clothing

US retailer Now Best T-Shirts also lists an ‘antisemite club’ hoodie and ‘free America from Israel’ shirt among its stock

By Jamie Shapiro and Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

One of the offensive products available on Now Best T-Shirts (nowbesttshirt.com)

Palestine Action

US government announces sanctions against Palestine Action

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the measures would put ‘far-left extremists on notice’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a press conference in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department on August 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu’s son ‘flees US’ after ‘Iranian assassination plot’

Yair Netanyahu reportedly left Florida without packing his belongings after intelligence services identified a terror cell tracking his movements

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Yair Netanyahu (R), son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing on his request for a restraining order against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026 (Flash90)

World News

Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Iran

US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

Washington says it struck missile launchers before they could fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Turkey

Turkish president condemned for calling Zionism ‘genocidal’ and invoking Holocaust against Israel

Israeli foreign ministry criticises Erdogan for ‘wild incitement’ targeting Jewish state

By JC Reporter

1 min read

US Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan Abdul El-Sayed (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty)

America

Democrat candidate apologises for saying ‘hurt people hurt people’ after attack on American synagogue by Lebanese man

Michigan hopeful Abdul El-Sayed says sorry for remarks following truck ramming and shooting at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield in March

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Then ambassador Matthew Gould visits the site where a rocket from the Gaza Strip landed in Be'er Sheva, Israel, March 2011 (Uriel Sinai/Getty)

Settlements

Former UK ambassador to Israel warns sanctions against settlements may backfire

Matthew Gould writes in Sunday Times to say measures may fuel sense of Israel being under siege and will alienate Knesset leaders across political mainstream

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Israel

Hamas terrorist who took part in October 7 killed in targeted airstrike by Israel

Abd al-Fattah Abu al-Eish was a commander in terror group’s ‘special forces’ unit

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Israel

Netanyahu condemns settler violence and warns of damage to Israel’s standing in the world

Prime minister speaks out after attacks by Jewish extremists on West Bank villages in the latest flashpoint in recent weeks

By JC Reporter

2 min read

BBC Arabic

Author who urged Palestinians to ‘kill the Jews’ appears on BBC Arabic

Broadcaster's report on impact of war on cultural life in Gaza also features second contributor who once called on God to ‘deal with the Jews’

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Czech Jews to sit down for a Shabbat dinner amid ruins of Brno’s once-great synagogue Female Palestinian activists in West Bank face growing Islamist extremist threat

UK News

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi says UK sanctions plan risks ‘inflicting real harm’ and seems driven by ‘domestic politics’

Strongly worded statement by Sir Ephraim Mirvis follows meeting on Friday with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who has warned of “measures” to come in reaction to Israeli settlement plans

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband

Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas among stars calling for law to protect against AI being used to steal voices

Comedy star joins Hugh Bonneville and Nicola Coughlan in backing a campaign for safeguards to protect performers and the public

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

British Museum

Claudia Winkleman takes on the Normans in trailer for Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

The Traitors host and museum trustee plays a security guard in a clip bringing to life figures from historic wall hanging going on show next month

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Claudia Winkleman stars in a trailer promoting the next batch of tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum (Credit: British Museum)

NHS

NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan denies expressing support for Hamas on social media

Aladwan, 32, pleaded not guilty to four counts of expressing support for a proscribed organisation at the Old Bailey

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Dr Rahmeh Aladwan (Campaign Against Antisemitism)

Opinion

Guterres condemns part of the UN as ‘out of control’ over Israel – after years of feeding the same bias

It is all well and good for the secretary general to point in the direction of Francesca Albanese et al. The real problem, however, is not a few individuals but institutional hostility to the Jewish state

By Stephen Pollard

8 min read

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Damascus on July 26, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Daisley

The Jewish heroes who fought for Britain – and why their courage matters today

Passing on stories of those who fought and bled and died under the Union Jack can be a powerful rejoinder to the calumnies of the antisemites. This is what our people have done for this country – how about yours?

4 min read

By Emily Cohen

My friend Emily Damari’s wedding is a light emerging from darkness

What an incredible journey: from the terror tunnels of Hamas to the miracle of the chupah, from captivity to freedom – a story of love triumphing over hate

3 min read

By Maureen Lipman

I still feel like Paula Radcliffe at the wobbly end of a marathon

The Allegra tour, as you may have read, was beset by attempts to boycott my presence in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Bath. And yet, I can play Allegra, Jane Lucas or Evelyn Plummer because we are all English – I love being English

5 min read

By Tanya Gold

Please look after this bear – save him from critical race theory

A new book argues that Paddington is an idealised refugee created by white people to soothe themselves while British people of colour are lost. What’s certainly been lost is a proper appreciation of the character’s Jewish roots

4 min read

By The JC Leader

How the Green Party is embracing the politics of Palestinian extremism

When even a Jewish-Arab peace group that speaks of ‘apartheid’ and ‘genocide’ is deemed beyond the pale, the argument is no longer about Israel’s policy, but its very legitimacy

2 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

The UN leader lit a candle for a Hamas commander – the organisation is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres was mourning Imad Yousif El Samhouri, who was filmed climbing out of the terror tunnels beneath Gaza and identified as a top terrorist. The institution’s collapse is now a realistic option

10 min read