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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders’ Brother Crushed in British Parliamentary Election
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders’ elder brother lost badly in his race to be elected to the British parliament. Larry Sanders was running as the Green Party candidate for the vacated House of Commons seat of former prime minister David Cameron in Witney, in the southern English countryside near Oxford. He came fourth out…
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Fast Forward Jewish Member of UK Parliament Frightened By Anti-Semitic Personal Attacks
— Luciana Berger, a well-known Jewish lawmaker in Britain’s Labour Party, said her family was pained and worried over threats and anti-Semitic slurs made at her. Berger, who rarely speaks about her private life in interviews, made the statements in a filmed interview posted online Wednesday by the Liverpool Echo ahead of Britain’s National Hate…
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Community How a Small Group of British Jews Raised a Big Amount of Money for Child Refugees
Over the past seven weeks, the British Jewish community raised £200,000 ($260,000) for the resettlement of 100 unaccompanied children from the Calais refugee camp here in the UK. The campaign was initiated by a group of leaders from Masorti (Conservative) communities in and around London, who came together in the early summer to try and…
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Fast Forward Britain Suspends Aid to Palestinians Over Payments to Terrorists
– The United Kingdom suspended millions of dollars-worth of aid payments to the Palestinian Authority amid claims that taxpayers cash is ending up in the hands of terrorists. Britain’s International Development Secretary Priti Patel has ordered a freeze pending an investigation, The Sun on Friday reported. Earlier this summer lawmakers demanded action after revelations that…
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Fast Forward British Labour Party Activist Questions Holocaust Remembrance Day
— A senior activist in Britain’s Labour Party who is close to controversial party leader Jeremy Corbyn questioned why Holocaust Remembrance Day is only about Jews. Jackie Walker also questioned the need for security at Jewish institutions, suggesting that anti-Semitism is not behind any attacks, during a workshop organized by the Jewish Labour Movement at the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leader Dumps Labour Party After Jeremy Corbyn Is Reelected
— Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected head of the British Labour Party, leading to the resignation of a Jewish official from the party. Corbyn handily defeated challenger Owen Wilson, 313,209 to 193,229, the party announced at the start of its conference on Saturday. Parry Mitchell announced his resignation following the results. He had told the London-based Jewish Chronicle…
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News Wearing Hot Pink as Bad as Eating Pork, British Rabbi Says
Joseph wore a coat of many colors, but his mother Rachel shouldn’t have done the same. That’s according to London’s Rabbi Eliyahu Falk, who sent out a letter to ultra-Orthodox congregants likening women’s wearing of bright colors to downing non-kosher food. “It is truly loathsome to dress in such an inadequate manner… no less forbidden…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Yanks Video Downplaying Anti-Semitism Claims
— A video in support of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s reelection to the post was withdrawn after Jewish leaders complained that it made light of allegations of anti-Semitism within the party. The video, “Five questions Corbyn supporters are tired of hearing,” was removed on Wednesday night from YouTube, but it still remains on…
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