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A British politician who has been accused of anti-Semitism for his remarks about the “Jewish lobby” will head to Pennsylvania next month for a private fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Lou Barletta, The Citizens’ Voice, a local newspaper, reported Thursday. Nigel Farage, an ally of Donald Trump who was one of the biggest backers of…
“Fox and Friends Weekend” was forced to apologize on Sunday for its guests’ comments after former UKIP leader Nigel Farage and British media personality Katie Hopkins said that British Muslims should be put in internment camps. Farage, one of the politicians who led the “Leave” campaign prior to Brexit, first suggested that if the British…
For most liberal American Jews, it has been an article of faith that things are gradually, in fits and starts, getting better. “Progress” is not irreversible, and there are inevitably backlashes to every advance. But in general, the combination of American optimism and secularized Jewish messianism has long held sway in our community. What, then,…
It was ever-so-slightly distressing to see an august community institution like London’s Jewish Chronicle granting a platform to Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), on Wednesday evening. As someone who dedicates a good deal of his days to fostering an unwelcome climate for the most vulnerable in society — tarting up…
