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Fast Forward Royal Baby Spurs Plenty Of Mazel Tovs
(JTA) — Although the British royal family presumably does not speak a word of Hebrew, there were plenty of mazel tovs to go around after the announcement that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aka Prince William and Kate Middleton, welcomed the arrival of a baby boy. The baby born Monday is the third child…
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Fast Forward Israel Labour Party Cuts Ties With Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn
Israel’s Labour party said on Tuesday it had suspended relations with British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, accusing him of sanctioning anti-Semitism and showing hatred towards Israeli policies. “It is my responsibility to acknowledge the hostility you have shown to the Jewish community and the anti-Semitic statements and actions you have allowed as leader of…
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Fast Forward British Jewish Leaders Agree To Meet With Labour Party Head Jeremy Corbyn
(JTA) — British Jewish community leaders agreed to meet with embattled Labour Party head Jeremy Corbyn to discuss anti-Semitism in the party ranks. In a letter sent Wednesday to Corbyn, Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Jonathan Goldstein, chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, thanked Corbyn “for the commitment…
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Fast Forward What Is Jewdas, The Radical Group That Hosted Jeremy Corbyn For Seder?
The radical Jewish group Jewdas has been thrust into the spotlight after it was revealed that British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has been harshly criticized by the organized Jewish community for what they see as his inadequate responses to anti-Semitism, attended their Passover Seder. The group, which represents what they describe as “radical…
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Fast Forward Jewish $2M Donor To Britain’s Labour Party Quits Over ‘Anti-Semitism’
(JTA) — One of the British Labour Party’s major donors left the party over its failure to deal with “the most blatant acts of anti-Semitism.” Sir David Garrard, who is Jewish, has donated about $2.1 million to Labour since 2003. “As one of the former leading political and financial supporters of the Labour party, of which I…
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Fast Forward British Labour Official Quits Over Backing For Holocaust Denier
(JTA) — A British Labour Party leader has resigned after she called for the reinstatement of a City Council candidate accused of Holocaust denial. Christine Shawcroft, the chairwoman of the party’s disputes panel, said in a statement announcing her resignation that she was “wrong and misguided” when she sent an email calling for Peterborough City…
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Community What Will It Take For People To Understand That Anti-Semitism Is Racism?
Following the conversation on social media about anti-Semitism, Jeremy Corbyn and the U.K. Labour Party, I wondered why it was that some people continue to have trouble seeing antisemitism as racism. Here are some of my thoughts as to why that might be so. Jews are perceived by some as powerful. Racism systematically oppresses the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Burial Society Sues London Coroner For Refusing To Release Corpses
(JTA) — A London-area Jewish burial society has taken the local coroner to the country’s High Court over her burial policy. The Adath Yisrael Burial Society took Mary Hassell, the senior coroner at the St. Pancras Coroner’s Office in central London, to the court for a judicial review over her policy that of not prioritizing…
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