The Jewish Chronicle

3 days ago | thejc.com | Stephen Pollard

In a speech to the Royal Institute for International Affairs (RUSI) last week, Lord Hermer said that both Nigel Farage’s Reform and Kemi Badenoch’s Tories had adopted Nazi ideology by asserting that national law supersedes international agreements, in reference to their discussing the idea of withdrawing Britain from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): “The claim that international law is fine as far as it goes, but can be put aside when conditions change, is a claim that was made in...

3 days ago | thejc.com | Sandy Rashty

She recalls: “One day I was in Brent Cross. There were two friends that I hadn’t seen in a long time; they didn’t recognise me. That was a really difficult moment for me because I realised how different I looked since starting the treatment.

3 days ago | thejc.com | Victoria Prever

Slightly crushing the cucumbers allows them to be infused with more flavours. Ensure you allow them to drain first or the salad will be very watery. They will continue to release their juices so are best eaten on the day of making. Method: Wrap each cucumber in plastic wrap or put them in a sealable plastic bag – they can splatter as you crush them. Place on a work surface and pound with a rolling pin or bottom of a saucepan until they cucumbers crack and are slightly flattened.

6 days ago | thejc.com | Nicholas Lezard

Still, we should pay attention to writers because they know about words, and therefore morality, better than anyone. I know this because I am a writer. So, if they say it’s genocide, then genocide it is, and if you look at the UN’s somewhat elastic definition of the term, you just have to accept that common usage means the word has shifted its meaning, just like “disinterested”, “decimate”, and – to pluck an entirely random example from thin air – “Zionist”.

6 days ago | thejc.com | Simon Rocker

A member of the AEC said that the postponement was still subject to a hearing at the Zionist court in Jerusalem, which adjudicates disputes within the WZO’s constituent organisations. Britain has just 19 out of 525 seats at the congress, which is largely composed of Israeli and American delegates. Owing to its stake in the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Fund, WZO representatives help to determine £750 million in annual spending on Zionist activities in Israel and the diaspora.