1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1072+ words) Comics Simon Evans and Andrew Doyle on their plans for a benefit gig In the wake of the October 7 attacks, comedy promoter Andy Shaw attended the Whitehall rally in London and was shocked by the miniscule number of non-Jewish people…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (889+ words) HIAS+JCORE started half a century ago in a bedsit in Leeds British Jewry's first social justice charity'is marking its 50th anniversary this year. The Jewish Social Responsibility Council, as originally named, was founded in 1976 by an idealistic Ph D student…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (637+ words) Sir Keir Starmer said he would "always fight for the security, safety, and freedom of British Jews" British Jews are "living in fear" amid a "daily drumbeat of abuse and intimidation", MPs were told at Prime Minister"s Questions (PMQs)....

4+ hour, 49+ min ago  (887+ words) George Deek is the Jewish state's envoy to the Christian world George Deek cannot speak to some members of his family about his senior role in Israel's foreign ministry because it could put them at risk. That is not because…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago  (814+ words) The former mayor of Greater Manchester looks set to appoint James Purnell, the erstwhile chair of Labour Friends of Israel, as his chief of staff Andy Burnham's former special adviser has told the JC that she believes that he is…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (349+ words) We must see past the bigotry of some top authors Yesterday my daughter turned 15 and, after a long period of "young adult" fiction, finished her first adult novel Sally Rooney has been clear on what she thinks of Israel I…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (520+ words) As Keir Starmer visited Golders Green in the wake of the second terrorist attack against British Jews in the last eight months, he was met with boos and heckles. As someone who regularly engages with the government to advocate for…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (780+ words) Veteran Ride Of The Living participant Bernard Offen was one of only three members of extended family in Krakow to live through the war A 97-year-old Auschwitz survivor is cycling from the site of the camp to Krakow this week…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (364+ words) The former prime minister also condemned illegal settlement activity, but backed the construction of communities permitted under Israeli law Former prime minister Naftali Bennett has sparked criticism from Israel's far-right after saying that Areas A and B of the West…...

1+ day, 19+ min ago  (424+ words) It also saw its first movement awards recognising synagogues" communal efforts and social action projects The Movement for Progressive Judaism recognised achievements across the Progressive community at its inaugural conference last weekend. The sold-out Hineinu(meaning "Here we are) gathering…...