Israel’s Manor Solomon is going to play for England’s most Jewish soccer club
Manor Solomon is expected to join Tottenham Hotspur — a club controversially nicknamed the 'Yids'
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Fast Forward Tottenham Hotspur fans have long called themselves ‘Yids.’ This week, the British soccer team asked them to stop.
(JTA) — A British soccer team that had previously defended its fans’ self-designation as “yids” has for the first time asked they stop. Tottenham Hotspur, a prominent London team with a sizable Jewish fanbase and a reputation of being Jewish among fans of rival teams, made the request in a statement on its website Thursday….
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Fast Forward Spanish Newspaper Says London Soccer Club Hated Over ‘Jewish Origin’
(JTA) — British soccer clubs have condemned an article in a Spanish daily newspaper that reported the “Jewish origin” of Tottenham Hotspur has caused the team to be hated by rival clubs’ fans. The Madrid-based daily sports newspaper Marca published the article on Monday ahead of a match between the Spurs and Real Madrid as…
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Fast Forward British Soccer Team Asks Fans To Cease Anti-Semitic Chant
(JTA) — The British soccer team Chelsea called on its own fans to stop singing an anti-Semitic chant in tribute to the signing of a new player. Spanish national Alvaro Morata signed this summer with Chelsea, arriving from the Real Madrid team. Morata scored on Saturday against Leicester City, again prompting the chant: “Alvaro, oh,…
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Breaking News London Soccer Fans Chant Anti-Semitic Slurs on Subway
The British Transport Police is investigating an incident in which soccer fans allegedly chanted anti-Semitic slurs while riding a London subway train. Video filmed by another passenger and circulated on social media shows several men, believed to be supporters of the West Ham United club, chanting “I’ve got foreskin, how about you? F—ing Jew” while…
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News Two Synagogue-Goers Save Family From Burning Car in London
Two men worshipping at a synagogue in London pulled members of a family from a burning car. Moses Kupermann of London and a visitor from Israel, identified as a veteran of the Israeli army, pulled an elderly man and a baby, who was in a car seat, from the vehicle after it burst into flames…
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Breaking News Soccer Fans Charged for Anti-‘Yid Army’ Chant
A British soccer fan was arrested for making anti-Semitic remarks at a game in London. The man, 57, a fan of the Southampton Saints, made the remarks Sunday during a Premier League match against the host Tottenham Hotspurs, which has many Jewish supporters who sometimes call themselves the “Yid army.” However, the term often is…
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Breaking News British Fans of Tottenham Hotspur Soccer Club Charged for Using Y-Word
Three fans of the British Tottenham Hotspurs soccer club have been charged for using the term “Yid” at a team match. The three men were charged on Tuesday for causing ‘‘harassment, alarm or distress’’ by using a ‘‘threatening, abusive or insulting’’ word. Two of the men were arrested in November and one in October, according…
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