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Fast Forward British Anti-Semitic Incidents Soar To Record
(JTA) — The Jewish community of the United Kingdom recorded 767 anti-Semitic attacks in the first half of 2017 — the highest figure recorded within six months since monitoring began in 1984. The total number of incidents recorded from Jan. 1 to July 1 by the Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s watchdog on anti-Semitism, constitute…
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Fast Forward London Orthodox Push Boycott Of JW3 Center Over LGBT Programming
(JTA) — A group of Orthodox rabbis in London have called on their members to boycott the city’s JW3 Jewish cultural center because it holds events for LGBT Jews. Signed by seven haredi Orthodox rabbi, the letter released Friday calls on members of their communities to “distance themselves fully from JW3, its activities and services,…
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Fast Forward British Royal Couple Meet Holocaust Survivors On Poland Visit
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate visited a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland on Tuesday where they heard the personal accounts of Holocaust survivors. The royal couple toured Stutthof concentration camp, which was the first camp built in Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939. They visited the on-site museum, viewing exhibits depicting the…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Crime At Highest Recorded Level In British History, Study Finds
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic crime has risen to its highest level in the United Kingdom, according to a new audit released by the Campaign Against Antisemitism. According to the National Antisemitic Crime Audit released on Sunday, anti-Semitic crime in 2016 rose 44 percent from 2014. The audit for 2016 registered a total of 1,078 anti-Semitic crimes…
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Fast Forward French, British Jewish Leaders Make Divergent Statements On Kotel Controversy
(JTA) — Leaders of British and French Jews issued divergent statements about the controversy over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. In London, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, recently condemned the decision of the Israeli government not to implement a plan to expand separate spaces for mixed prayer at the Western Wall. The…
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Fast Forward Radiohead Frontman Releases Statement Condemning BDS
Thom Yorke, frontman of the groundbreaking rock group Radiohead, slammed the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement on Tuesday in a tweet. Yorke’s statement came in response to a tweet from Ken Loach, a British journalist who has repeatedly called for a cultural boycott of Israel. “Playing in a country isn’t the same as endorsing its…
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Fast Forward London’s Muslim Mayor Calls For Complete Ban On Hezbollah
(JTA) — London’s Muslim mayor wants Great Britain to make support for all factions of Hezbollah illegal. Sadiq Khan said in a statement Thursday that he plans to request that the government outlaw support for the political wing of Hezbollah, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Support for the terrorist wing of the the Lebanon-based militia and Iranian…
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Fast Forward London Ultra-Orthodox School Cited For Mixing Boys And Staff Bathrooms
A private ultra-Orthodox boys’ school in north London failed an official inspection last week after inspectors cited the school for putting students “at risk,” The Independent reported. Yesodey Hatorah School, an “independent” school in the largely ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Stamford Hill, is the second private Jewish school in London to receive official citations in recent…
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