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Opinion Jeremy Corbyn Can’t Fix Labour’s Anti-Semitism Because He Caused It
Louise Withers Green joined the British Labour Party’s Complaints and Disputes Office in February 2017, handling cases of anti-Semitism among the party’s membership. “I wanted to work for the party for the same reason I joined as a member,” she told the Guardian. “I believe and still believe the Labour Party can be the greatest…
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Fast Forward British Politician Liked Post On ‘Zionist Slave Masters,’ Gets Elected Anyway
(JTA) — British Jews protested the election to Parliament of a candidate for the Labour party who “liked”a Facebook post saying Prime Minister Theresa May has a “Zionist Slave Masters agenda.” Lisa Forbes on Thursday won a special election in the eastern English city of Peterborough, defeating a Brexit Party candidate and leaving the Conservative…
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Fast Forward Holocaust History Blogger Accused Of Making Up Family Members Who Died At Auschwitz
An Irish blogger made up various facts about her family’s suffering during the Holocaust, according to a report from the German investigative magazine Der Spiegel. Sophie Marie Hingst began blogging several years ago about her family’s persecution and murders by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. The blog, called “Read on my dear, read on,”…
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Fast Forward British University Fires Lecturer Over Holocaust Denial
(JTA) — A British university has fired a lecturer who condemned the formation of a campus Jewish society and shared Holocaust denial material on social media. Maaruf Ali, a lecturer in computers and electronics at the University of Essex, wrote in February on Facebook that “the Zionists next want to create a society here at…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jews Protest Women-Only Pond Allowing Trans Swimmers
(JTA) — A women’s-only pond in North London will now be open to transgender swimmers, which will prevent Orthodox Jews from using the pond. A group of haredi Orthodox women are planning to fight the decision, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. Under Jewish law, women cannot be dressed immodestly in front of men. Trans women…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Praised Book Claiming Jews Control Banks, Press
(JTA) — British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote a forward to a book that says that banks and the press were controlled by Jews. Corbyn wrote the forward praising the new edition of JA Hobson’s 1902 book “Imperialism: A Study,” for a new edition issued in 2011. He wrote the forward four years before…
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Fast Forward Campus Minority Officer Tells Jewish Student: Be Like Israel And Cease To Exist
(JTA) — A student minority officer at a British university told a Jewish student to “be like Israel and cease to exist.” Omar Chowdhury, the Black and Ethnic Minorities officer at Bristol University, in southwest England, also told Izzy Posen to “f***| off” and that “your comments are like Israeli settlements: always popping up where…
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News Ukraine Elected A Jewish Comedian But Have Ya Heard About The Jews Who Ran Peru
Ukraine has become the first country whose president and prime minister are both Jewish — besides Israel, of course. Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jewish Ukrainian actor, was elected president of the country over the weekend and will soon serve with Volodymyr Groysman, who has been prime minister since 2016. It’s an interesting first that brought up the…
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