Dave Rich
By Dave Rich
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Culture How The Holocaust Swept Away European Jewish Soccer
Imagine the world’s leading soccer league — the English Premier League, say, or Spain’s La Liga — being won by a Jewish club, with a Jewish name, Jewish owners, Jewish fans and Jewish players wearing a kit bearing a large Star of David. Imagine those players and fans regularly receiving anti-Semitic abuse and violence, but…
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Opinion Take It From A British Jew: Anti-Zionism Leads To Anti-Semitism
This week, Nigel Farage, the right wing politician who instigated Brexit, said in an interview that the “Jewish lobby” should worry Americans more than the Russians. But we British Jews are used to getting it from all sides, and left-wing anti-Semitism has recently been much more prominent than the right-wing variety. Two years ago, Jeremy…
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Opinion Have the Jews Lost Europe?
‘At what point,” columnist Jeffrey Goldberg tweeted recently “do the Jews of America and the Jews of Israel tell the Jews of Europe that it might be time to get out?” While Goldberg did not elucidate the reasons for his stark view of the future of European Jewry, it is likely that he had in…
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Opinion London Jews Relieved at Livingstone’s Loss
In April, a new phrase entered the London Jewish lexicon. The phrase is simple: “I’m sorry. I can’t. I’m Jewish.” It is a statement of political assertiveness that comes with a resigned smile, a semi-apologetic shrug of the shoulders and a half turn-up of the palms of both hands. It was said in response to…
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