The Jewish Chronicle

11/09/2026

🎬 Why are Jews defending Mark Ruffalo?

"At the end of the Jewish progressive thought process is the conviction that there is something noble, even beautiful, about putting actual Jewish lives at risk if by our martyrdom we may affirm our ultimate commitment to ephemeral and abstract leftist virtues," writes Liel Leibovitz.

🔗 Full opinion piece linked in comments

11/09/2026

Recipe of the day

Need a last minute dessert that totally shouts Rosh Hashanah?

You’ve found it with Fabienne Viner-Luzzato’s fig and apple crumble - simple to make and suitably festive.

Seasonal figs make this simple dessert perfect for festive meals

11/09/2026

✡️ As we usher in a New Year, know that millennia of Jewish history show we will rebuild to thrive again.

"Nothing can erase what happened on Yom Kippur last year, but neither will the community allow it to diminish them," writes Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis.

🔗 Read the Chief Rabbi's piece in full via the link in comments

11/09/2026

Chunky hi-fis, video shops and big identity issues for this Sephardi family

This story about growing up in a Sephardi family in the suburbs of Paris during the 1980s will speak to Jews everywhere

11/09/2026

🐾 An early Rosh Hashanah service for pet dogs delighted congregants at Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue.

🔗 Full story linked in comments

11/09/2026

🇺🇸 Twenty-five years on, we have learnt nothing from 9/11, we still allow Islamist hate to flourish

Stephen Pollard says in our pages on this sad day:

“In mosques we allow hate preachers free rein – we even let them post their sermons online so their ideas can be more widely disseminated among Muslims. We allow hate marches – not just against Jews but against the West more generally – to do their worst, and if anyone suggests that it might not be a good idea to allow terrorist supporters to march through cities seeking to demonstrate their strength, the response is that they have a human right to protest. [...] We have still, even after 25 years, not learnt even the most basic lessons.”

🔗 His piece is up online now

10/09/2026

🇺🇸 Remembering 9/11: "I had just returned from Saudi Arabia as a US diplomat when al-Qaeda struck. We must remember who did it."

Marc Sievers, former US Ambassador to Oman and a senior American diplomat with over three decades of experience in Middle East affairs, says in our pages today:

"I’m shocked that politicians and commentators in today’s America are willing to dismiss the threat of Islamism or even seek the support of radical influencers such as Hasan Piker who claimed that ‘America deserved 9/11’"

🔗 Read his piece below

10/09/2026

Labour and the Greens are engaged in an anti-Israel "race to the bottom," argues Richard Tice in our pages today.

In response to the sanctions, Israel has responded with counter sanctions on Britain. These could harm the UK Tice says:

“The UK’s own Embassy in Israel warned the government that the enforcement of trade restrictions would not be possible [...] It didn’t take a political genius to predict that Israel – in the midst of a bruising election campaign – would be compelled to act and stand up for itself.”

🔗 Full story below

10/09/2026

A moving personal reflection for Rosh Hashanah from Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

A rabbi reflects on his greatest regret – and greatest gift

10/09/2026

Etgar's back for a new year

Our Jewish knowledge challenge is back for a new school year