The first of a two-part series based on a new biography of the minister, whose search for a synthesis between liberalism and Orthodoxy contributed towards the community’s greatest-ever schism
By harry freedman
Too many Jews fell for the charisma of Rabbi Kahane — a violent, Arab-hating extremist ultimately shunned by Israel’s leaders
By colin shindler
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the trials, Benjamin Ferencz, 100, tells the JC about how he collected and deployed evidence of the greatest crimes known to humanity
By BY jenni frazer
There is a dark history of antisemitism in European universities going back to the Middle Ages
By BY david aberbach
An increasing number of people are suffering long term symptoms from the coronavirus. Karen Glaser reports.
By Karen Glaser
One hundred years ago the Chief Rabbi set out on a 40,000 mile voyage
By Zaki Cooper
Filmmaker Ivor Montagu, businessman Sir Isidore Salmon, and ex-JC editor Ivan Marion Greenberg are among those named in a Gestapo black book
By BY jennifer lipman
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The annual festival is almost completely online this year, with just four screenings at JW3
By BY keren david
Robert Griesinger’s name doesn’t appear in any histories of the Third Reich, but the lawyer who helped supervise the flow of Czech slave labour to feed Hitler’s war machine was one of the Nazi regime's 'enablers'
By Robert philpot
British universities are churning out students who see Israel as a European colonial project. Jewish Studies Professor Catherine Hezser explains where it has all gone so wrong
By catherine hezser
Podcasts have soared in popularity amid the pandemic. We speak to three content producers riding the sound wave
By BY claire cantor
American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week, deployed her Jewish background to change America for the better
By BY jane Eisner
Joel Danziger, 19, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer — but his family are fighting back and have launched an appeal to help pay for a pioneering treatment
By BY mathilde frot
Colin Shindler reflects on the Jewish New Year a century ago
By BY colin shindler
Beba Epstein’s son found out about his mother’s pre-Shoah life via a newspaper article. A new exhibition tells her heartbreaking story
By BY Jenni frazer
Two years after leaving the party over antisemitism, the young barrister is back because of Keir Starmer's efforts to turn a new leaf
By Alan montague