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Fast Forward British Ultra-Orthodox School Cited For Lack of Gay Curriculum
An ultra-Orthodox girls school in London failed a government inspection. The reason? The school continues to not teach LGBT awareness. “This restricts pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and does not promote equality of opportunity in ways that take account of differing lifestyles,” inspectors reported. Vishnitz Girls School has 212 pupils aged three to…
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Fast Forward Meet The ‘Pro-Israel’ Northern Irish Party In Britain’s New Coalition
Britain’s Conservative Party has announced a new parliamentary coalition, with the small Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. Prominent British Jews have hailed the prospect of a powerful DUP in the past. President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Jonathan Arkush told The Jerusalem Post that a majority coalition involving the DUP would…
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Fast Forward British Court Says Government Anti-BDS Push Went Too Far
Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully in barring local municipal pension funds from engaging in “ethical divestment” from companies that do business in Israel. BDS activists are hailing the ruling as a victory for their cause, even though a judge said politics had nothing to do with the ruling. Hugh Lanning,…
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Fast Forward British Jews Condemn Van Attack On Muslims
The van ramming attack at a mosque in London is “a painful illustration of why we must never allow hatred to breed hatred,” Britain’s chief rabbi said. Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said his thoughts were with those affected by the early Monday morning attack on the Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, in which a van…
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Fast Forward Fallout For England’s Top Sephardic Rabbi Over Statements About Homosexuality
(JTA) — The United Kingdom’s top Sephardic rabbi has “stepped aside from the day-to-day activity” of the country’s Sephardi rabbinical court amid a furor over his statements about homosexuality. Rabbi Joseph Dweck, who serves as senior rabbi at London’s S&P Sephardi Community, came under fire after saying at a lecture last month that societal acceptance of homosexuality…
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Fast Forward Did London’s ‘Bagel Belt’ Help Stop Jeremy Corbyn’s Surge?
The United Kingdom’s ruling Conservative Party may be able to maintain power — just barely — after disastrous results in the Thursday election cost the Tories their overall majority in the House of Commons. But things could have been much worse for Prime Minister Theresa May had it not been for Jewish voters in key…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Says Police Never Came To Help Daughter Attacked In London Park
(JTA) — A Jewish chaplain in London said his 16-year-old daughter was punched and kicked in a local park in an anti-Semitic attack, and that police did not respond to an emergency call. Alex Goldberg, the Jewish Chaplain at the University of Surrey and Chaplain to Surrey Police, said in a post on Facebook Sunday…
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Fast Forward Arsonists Strike 2 Kosher Restaurants In Terror-Scarred Manchester
(JTA) — Police in Manchester, in northeastern England, say that arson attacks on two kosher restaurants are “anti-Semitic hate crimes.” The attacks, which police say they believe are linked, took place in the north Manchester neighborhood of Prestwich within five days of each other, the latest on Tuesday, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. On Friday…
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