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Fast Forward British Actor Stephen Fry Reveals Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
The noted British stage, screen and voice actor and writer Stephen Fry revealed Friday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Jewish Chronicle reported. In a 12-minute YouTube video, Fry announced the diagnosis and said that he learned about the diagnosis after a general check-up prompted by a routine flu shot. He said…
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Fast Forward Liverpool Premier League Match Leads To Accusations Of Anti-Semitism
British police are investigating claims that fans of the Liverpool FC soccer team used anti-Semitic insults in run-ins with fans of the Tottenham Hotspurs at a recent match between the two teams, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Video footage appeared to show Liverpool fans yelling “Jewish c**ts” during a Tottenham penalty kick, and a journalist heard…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Incidents In Britain At All-Time High For 2nd Year Straight
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic attacks recorded in the United Kingdom rose slightly in 2017 to 1,382 cases, marking a new all-time record. The 3-percent increase in 2017 over the previous year was recorded in the annual report of the Community Security Trust, or CST, which is British Jewry’s largest watchdog on anti-Semitism. In…
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Fast Forward De Facto ‘Ban’ On Kosher And Halal Meat In British Parliament
British politicians have been made aware of a “longstanding” de facto “ban” on kosher and halal meat being served in cafeterias and cafes in the British Parliament, the Jewish Chronicle reported. The ban was made by Parliament’s catering staff in consultation with animal rights activists. It was uncovered after Jay Stoll, a legislative assistant, asked…
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Fast Forward Community Leaders Want London Coroner Removed Over Delayed Jewish Burials
(JTA) — Jewish leaders called for the removal of a London coroner over delayed Jewish burials, following a private meeting with her. The Board of Deputies of British Jews met with Mary Hassell, the senior coroner at the St. Pancras coroner’s office in central London, after she told Jewish leaders in a letter that “no death will be…
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Fast Forward British Labour Party Failing To Deal With Anti-Semitism: Jewish Leader
(JTA) — The head of the Jewish Labour Movement in Britain accused the Labour Party leadership of failing to deal with “a vast backlog” of complaints about anti-Semitism in the party ranks. Jeremy Newmark, the national chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, on Saturday night also accused the party of letting a second investigation into…
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Fast Forward British Government To Fund Trips To Auschwitz To Combat Campus Anti-Semitism
The British government has allocated £144,000, or $200,000, to send university faculty and students on trips to Auschwitz as part of an initiative to help fight campus anti-Semitism, the Jewish Chronicle reported. “We all have a duty to speak out in the memory of those who were murdered during the Holocaust and all those, today,…
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Fast Forward Queen Elizabeth’s Official Bra-Fitter Fired After Writing Tell-All Book
The official lingerie suppliers to the British royal family have lost their exclusive, 57-year-long royal warrant after its owner wrote a tell-all book about her fittings for Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana, among others. June Kenton, who calls herself “the UK’s leading boobologist” and has run the Rigby & Peller lingerie company since 1982,…
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