Endorsed by actress Mayim Bialik, Choosing to be Chosen is a page-turning read, written with a light touch. It’s part Hollywood romance, part introduction to Judaism; an Eat, Pray, Love in which all ...

Nathaniel Bor was standing with a friend in public when a man approached and asked if he was Jewish, before assaulting him when he said replied Exterior view of Willesden Magistrates Court (Getty ...

Tim Davie has denied that the BBC has a bias and says he is “very proud” of the corporation, while admitting to feeling “angst” over editorial mistakes that have engulfed it during his tenure. The ...

Allegations of bias made against the BBC's regional Middle East online news editor in an article by journalist Owen Jones were defamatory but constituted a statement of opinion, a High Court judge has ...

The Israeli foreign minister’s comments came as Reuters reported that US intelligence assessments suggested that Tehran ‘retains control of the Iranian public’ ...

The International Energy Agency announced the largest ever release of oil its reserves after the Islamic Republic attacked vital energy infrastructure in the region ...

Historian Simon Schama has been nominated for a Royal Television Society award for his film The Road to Auschwitz, aired in April last year. Described as his “most personal and unflinching film” yet ...

John Nathan meets the Australian star of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s shtetl-set tale which opens at Marylebone Theatre today ...

Howl is the first major British novel to address why so many in this country have been driven mad with hatred for Israel ...

Tehran has vowed to blockade the vital trade route, but the White House has said it will ensure a ‘free flow of energy’ from the region ...

An amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill would give the home secretary power to ban organisations as “extreme criminal protest groups” if they aimed to cause “sabotage, criminal damage, obstruction ...

How fascinating to see the debate about mixed-faith marriages that is taking place in Conservative Judaism in the US at the moment ( Intermarried couples: from disapproval to engagement, JC, March 6) ...