This is the Forward’s coverage of the United Kingdom and British Jews.
United Kingdom
The Latest
-
Film & TV 100 years later, just how Jewish was Peter Sellers?
The great comedian, who would have turned 100 this year, lived at a time when performers were more discreet about their Jewishness
-
Fast Forward Germany, Britain and France are harshly critical of Israel in Gaza but have its back with Iran. Why?
Alarm over nuclear weapons are Iran’s alliance with Russia play a role
-
Fast Forward Canada, England and France vow ‘concrete actions’ over Israel’s Gaza war expansion and blockade
“This escalation is wholly disproportionate,” said Canada’s Mark Carney, Britain’s Keir Starmer and France’s Emmanuel Macron
-
Fast Forward For the first time since Henry VIII created the role, a Jew will helm Hebrew studies at Cambridge
Yeshiva University’s Aaron Koller will be the first Jewish Regius Professor of Hebrew.
-
Fast Forward Israel critics want Radiohead’s lead guitarist cancelled. He says they’re hypocrites.
Jonny Greenwood features a Palestinian singer on his album. Why do some want his concerts canceled?
-
Fast Forward Dozens of members of UK’s largest Jewish group sign letter condemning war in Gaza
The letter reveals a divide within the Board of Deputies of British Jews
-
Fast Forward In UK and Australia, lawmakers are trying to curb protests outside of synagogues
'I have listened to your calls for change,' the U.K. home secretary told a Jewish group’s gala
-
Fast Forward A Facebook history page noted a massacre of British Jews. Cue the laughing emojis.
A post about a medieval pogrom in York, which recently hired its first rabbi in 800 years, was flooded by antisemitic trolls
Explore
Most Popular
In Case You Missed It
-
Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
-
Books How Saul Rubinek’s best lie helped him get to the truth about his family’s Holocaust history
-
Culture They escaped the Nazi genocide, but these ‘Wanderers’ still went through hell
-
Theater They told Willy Loman he was everything; ’twas a great American lie