Category Archives: The Jewish Chronicles

Letters to the Editor, December 12 2025 – The Jewish Chronicle

Muslim BrotherhoodPresident Trump is right to seek a crackdown on the hated Muslim Brotherhood. (US confronts the Muslim Brotherhood threat, November 28) . Read more » »

Letters to the Editor, November 14 2025 – The Jewish Chronicle

Foul play at VillaJamie Shapiro’s experience outside Villa Park before the game with Maccabi Tel Aviv, is deeply troubling (Had I been wearing my kippah, I would have never made it back from Birmingham, JC online).The pusillanimous response of the police to pro-Palestinian provocation and intimidation shames Birmingham and English football. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith UK member crowned a ‘Heritage Hero’

Valerie Bello runs the organisation’s European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage Read more » »

Mandy Patinkin: the actor and singer who could be Hollywood’s most Jewish performer

How would you describe Mandy Patinkin? The phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” comes to mind. There’s Patinkin the Broadway supremo, the original Che in Evita which won him a Tony Award. Or his seminal performance in Sondheim’s Sunday In The Park With George. Read more » »

Roger Waters’ record label urged to ditch Pink Floyd star amid ‘antisemitism’ row

A US record label is under pressure to ditch Roger Waters after a series of controversial concerts.The Pink Floyd co-founder faced allegations that his recent performance to thousands of people in Berlin, Germany was antisemitic after a donned a Nazi-style SS uniform. Read more » »

United States set to rejoin ‘anti-Israel’ UNESCO

Nearly five years after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) citing anti-Israel bias, America is set to rejoin. The US reportedly informed Unesco of its intention last week and a session to approve its re-entry is expected to be scheduled for July. Read more » »

Why does Joe Biden’s antisemitism strategy barely mention Israel?

If you don’t like our principles, we have others. And remember, it’s not antisemitism so long as it’s anti-Zionism.These are the messages of the Biden administration’s long-delayed National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which came out last Thursday afternoon. It is full of good intentions, but they are one-eyed and partisan. Read more » »