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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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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg’s Snub Of British Parliament Over Scandal Branded ‘Astonishing’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to answer questions from British lawmakers about a scandal over the firm’s data is “astonishing,” the parliamentary committee chief who invited him to attend said on Tuesday. “Given the extraordinary evidence that we’ve heard so far today… it is absolutely astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg is not prepared to submit…
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Fast Forward Thousands Protest Anti-Semitism In UK Labour Party
(JTA) — Approximately 2,000 people gathered outside the houses of Parliament in London to protest anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party. The protest Monday also criticized Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whom British Jewish leaders have charged with enabling anti-Semitism in the party. Corbyn published a written apology ahead of the protest. Organized by Britain’s Jewish…
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Fast Forward British Jews Rally Against ‘Anti-Semitic’ Jeremy Corbyn
(JTA) — Leaders of British Jewry in an open letter to the country’s Labour Party said “again and again” party leader Jeremy Corbyn “has sided with anti-Semites rather than Jews.” The letter sent on Monday to Member of Parliament John Cryer, chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, said: “Today, leaders of British Jewry tell Jeremy…
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Fast Forward British Opposition Leader Regrets Defending Mural He Now Says Is Anti-Semitic
(JTA) — Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Labour party, said he had been wrong to support an artist who had painted a mural in London that Corbyn is now saying was anti-Semitic. Corbyn, whose critics say has failed to confront the proliferation of anti-Semitism in the party by his supporters since he…
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Fast Forward London Bagel Shop Fights Plan To Replace It With Obesity Clinic
(JTA) — The Jewish owners of a popular bagel shop in London vowed to fight their landlord’s plans to turn their building into an anti-obesity clinic. Shalom Hot Bagels in northeast London told The Jewish Chronicle that they had not been consulted on the move, which the building’s owner filed with municipal planning authorities, the…
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Fast Forward Activist Uses ‘Three Billboards’ To Shame U.K. Labour Party For Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Inspired by an Oscar-nominated American film, activists against anti-Semitism in Britain raised thousands of dollars for erecting three billboards outside the headquarters of the Labour Party. Days after setting up an appeal for donations on an online crowd-funding platform, the Community United against Labour Party Antisemitism, or Culpa, group raised $4,860 out of their…
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