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Alex Brummer

Alex Brummer

Alex Brummer is a Jewish News columnist and the City Editor, Daily Mail
LEO I, developed by J. Lyons & Co, became the world’s first computer used for business applications in 1951. Credit: LEO Computers Society
June 18, 2026, 10:05 am
The Jewish family behind Britain’s first computer
How the Lyons dynasty helped pioneer British computing and left a lasting mark on commerce and innovation
By Alex Brummer
Blue plaque commemorating Sir Jack Cohen (Credit: Spudgun67, Wikimedia Commons)
May 6, 2026, 4:15 pm
Thank you, Next. And M&S, Tesco and Burberry. Imagine Britain without Jewish enterprise
Yet Jews know, perhaps more than most, what happens when hatred escalates and there is nowhere left to go
By Alex Brummer
The Telegraph papers have been unwavering in their support of Israel since the horrors of 7 October, 2023. The titles also have been unstinting in their reporting of antisemitism
April 7, 2026, 12:32 pm
Telegraph’s German rescue deserves applause – and scrutiny
£575m Axel Springer deal welcomed after Abu Dhabi bid collapse, but regulatory hurdles and ownership concerns persist
By Alex Brummer
Benjamin Netanyahu (Twitter/@IsraeliPM)
March 11, 2026, 11:11 am
Trump and Netanyahu vs Iran: a fait accompli
Like him or loathe him, Israel's Prime Minister's determination to rid the world of Iran's Islamic regime has never been a secret
By Alex Brummer
Sheindy (Sara) Perez
December 31, 2025, 11:07 am
OBITUARY: Sheindy Perez, Auschwitz and Belsen survivor, who built a new life in Brighton
Born and raised in Hungary, Sheindy (Sara) survived the Holocaust and managed to reunite with some of her extended family in Britain after the war
By Alex Brummer
New Broadcasting House, home of the BBC
December 21, 2025, 6:28 pm
Does the BBC realise the hatred it fomented by its anti-Israel misreporting?
The BBC brand is global in its reach - and its Middle East coverage has an impact on wider public discourse
By Alex Brummer
Attackers target Chanukah party on Bondi Beach
December 15, 2025, 12:30 pm
When a beach paradise became a Jewish crime scene
As families lit candles from Sydney to London, terror struck a Jewish celebration on Australia’s most iconic beach
By Alex Brummer
Food aid is delivered to displaced people in Zamzam camp in North Darfur. Photo Credit: WFP/Mohamed Galal
November 3, 2025, 12:55 pm
Why is Israel condemned while far greater horrors go unseen?
UN hyperbole over Gaza contrasts starkly with near silence on Darfur and Syria’s mass atrocities
By Alex Brummer
Aid airdrops descend over northern Gaza as buildings lie in ruins below. Screenshot/X
July 29, 2025, 2:11 pm
OPINION: Ghosted for Gaza – British Jews left in the cold
Labour’s reassurances ring hollow as backbench pressure fuels hostility towards Israel
By Alex Brummer
Boris Johnson opens trading at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange during a trade visit to Israel while foreign secretary (PA)
June 18, 2025, 9:37 pm
OPINION: Short term economic damage but Israel will emerge stronger
The long and the short of it - a view of the financial impact of war in the Middle East
By Alex Brummer
Holland Road synagogue (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
June 4, 2025, 11:19 am
OPINION: How a Torah from Hove found new life in Richmond and preserved my family’s legacy
Alex Brummer on the rededication of a Sefer Torah from his childhood shul and the heritage it carries forward
By Alex Brummer
Students walk by the Harvard Yard gate in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sep. 16, 2021. (David L. Ryan)
May 8, 2025, 2:23 pm
OPINION: Trump may not be the ideal ally but universities are all at sea on antisemitism
Antisemitic rhetoric is alive an dwell in Trumpland, writes Alex Brummer
By Alex Brummer
Artist's impression issued by the UK Holocaust Memorial showing the aerial view of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small triangular Grade II-listed park next to Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. Issue date: Tuesday February 22, 2022.
March 11, 2025, 1:11 pm
OPINION: A barmitzvah, two survivors and the unbreakable chain of memory
As personal recall fades, physical memorials will become ever more important
By Alex Brummer
February 4, 2025, 1:10 pm
OPINION: The economic reality of Israel’s war with Hamas
Billions: counting the cost for Israel of a prolonged multi-front war
By Alex Brummer
Shipping freight vessels in the Red Sea have come under attack from Houthi rebels (Indian Navy via AP)
December 30, 2024, 3:39 pm
OPINION: Israel’s war on the high seas is a test for western resolve
As Houthi rebels escalate threats to Red Sea shipping, echoes of past maritime tensions reveal the strategic stakes for global trade and energy stability
By Alex Brummer
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