Jacob Timothy Wallis Simons (born 1978 or 1979) is a British columnist, broadcaster and foreign correspondent. Born in London, he graduated with a first class degree in English from

St Peter's College, Oxford St Peter's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. Located on New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, United Kingdom, it occupies the site of two of the university's academic halls of the Univers ...

, before completing a PhD in creative writing at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

in 2009. He writes a regular column for ''

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'' and his work also features frequently in the ''Spectator'' and the ''

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''. He also writes regularly for the ''

The Jewish Chronicle ''The Jewish Chronicle'' (''The JC'') is a London-based Jewish weekly newspaper. Founded in 1841, it is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world. Its editor () is Daniel Schwammenthal. The newspaper is published every Fri ...

'', of which he was formerly Editor, and maintains an online newsletter. Previously, he was a freelance features writer for the ''Times'' and a broadcaster for BBC Radio 4, presenting documentaries and appearing on ''From Our Own Correspondent''. He then joined the ''Sunday Telegraph'' before leaving to become Associate Global Editor at the ''Daily Mail''. He has won a number of prizes for his journalism, including a Webby award and a European Newspapers Award for his 2014 long read for the ''Telegraph'' entitled Meet the Settlers. His four novels include ''The English German Girl'', which won the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize in 2011. His book '' Israelophobia'', a work criticising

anti-Zionism Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, and the movement to create a sovereign Jewish state in the Palestine (region) ...

, was published in 2023. He was appointed editor of ''The Jewish Chronicle'' in December 2021, succeeding Stephen Pollard. In January 2025, he stepped down to work on writing books.

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Living people Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford Alumni of the University of East Anglia British newspaper editors 21st-century British Jews 21st-century British novelists Year of birth missing (living people) Jewish British journalists 1970s births Year of birth uncertain 21st-century British journalists {{UK-journalist-stub