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Fast Forward Mosque Plan Sparks Backlash In London’s Jewiest Neighborhood
An Islamic group’s plan to build a mosque in a major center of London’s Jewish community has sparked outrage among Jewish residents — and outrage over the outrage — the Jewish Chronicle reported. The backlash began after a former concert venue in the Golders Green neighborhood was bought by the Center for Islamic Enlightening. A…
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Fast Forward British Students Spark Outrage With Swastika Reflective Vests
A group of British students went on a pub crawl wearing reflective vests covered in swastikas and offensive language, the Independent reported. The students, from the University of Exeter, had scribbled messages such as “I love rape,” and “I love Las Vegas concerts,” a derogatory reference to the recent shooting in Las Vegas that killed…
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Fast Forward London Jewish School Principal Ordained — As Anglican Priest
(JTA) — The principal of a Jewish school in London has been ordained as a Church of England priest. Patrick Moriarty, 51, who is not Jewish, has been headmaster of the Jewish Community Secondary School in north London, or JCoSS, since 2012, The Times of London reported Saturday. The school has 1,300 students and 100…
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Fast Forward The Gritty Town That’s England’s Fastest Growing Jewish Community
It’s lunchtime, and as they wait for their sandwiches at a kosher deli, five young haredi Orthodox men have a lively discussion in Yiddish about Jewish texts. Such a scene may be mundane in Jerusalem or New York, or even Antwerp or London. But it’s not a sight that many outside Britain would associate with…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Nursery School Fires Teacher For Living With Boyfriend
(JTA) — A teacher at a Jewish nursery school in London claims she was fired for living with her boyfriend. Zelda de Groen, 24, is suing the Gan Menachem Nursery in Hendon, North London, for more than $26,000 charging religious and sexual discrimination, according to British media. The nursery for children under the age of…
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Fast Forward British University Censors Holocaust Survivor’s Talk Comparing Israel To Nazis
(JTA) — A Holocaust survivor’s speech that compared Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to Nazis treatment of Jews was censored by a British university. Manchester University censored the title of a talk in March by Holocaust survivor Marika Sherwood, The Guardian reported on Friday. The original talk was titled: “A Holocaust survivor’s story and the…
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Fast Forward British Labour Party Vows To Expel Anti-Semites, But Leaves Definition Vague
(JTA) — Following allegations that Labour is whitewashing its anti-Semitism problem, the British party adopted rules designed to facilitate the expulsion of members caught using hateful rhetoric against Jews. The rules, which the Labour Party Conference adopted Tuesday, “finally make it easier to expel antisemites,” the Campaign Against Antisemitism watchdog wrote in a statement about…
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Fast Forward British Jews Resolute After Subway Terror Attack
British Jews said that their nation’s determination to “defeat extremists” is only strengthened by an apparent terrorist attack aboard an underground train in London. The statement by the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, followed reports of an explosion at the Parsons Green Station in southern London on Friday morning….
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