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Fast Forward Britain Bars Local Governments From Boycotting Israel
Publicly funded authorities in Britain will be prevented from boycotting Israeli goods under new government procurement guidelines. The new regulations will be announced by Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock during an upcoming visit to Israel, the Guardian reported Monday. According to the guidelines, such boycotts are considered by the government ministers to be “inappropriate, outside…
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Fast Forward British Jewish Schools Targeted by Bomb Threats
Jewish schools were among those targeted by bomb threats in the United Kingdom. Bomb threats were called in to seven schools shortly after 8 a.m. Monday. No explosive devices were found in the schools, and none were evacuated, according to reports. The Community Security Trust, Britain’s Jewish community security umbrella, in a tweet advised the…
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Fast Forward Commemorative Stamp Will Honor ‘British Schindler’ Nicholas Winton
Britain’s Royal Mail announced it will issue a commemorative stamp featuring Sir Nicholas Winton, known as the “British Schindler,” in March. It will be part of a set of six stamps honoring British humanitarians, the Jewish News website reported. Winton, who helped rescue 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, died July 1 at 106. An online…
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Fast Forward Top British Muslim Education Official Calls for Teaching of Judaism
The head of Muslim faith schools in Britain has called for the teaching of Judaism in those schools, echoing a call by Britain’s chief rabbi to teach Islam in Jewish schools. Ashfaque Chowdhury, chairman of Britain’s Association of Muslim Schools, said he will encourage member schools to teach its students about Judaism, the JewishNews.co.uk website…
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Opinion How Do We Memorialize Lord Janner, Jewish Leader Accused of Child Abuse?
Lord Greville Janner of Braunstone, the British Labour Member of Parliament and peer in the House of Lords who passed away on December 19 at the age of 87, dedicated a good deal of his political life to championing Jewish causes. Yet despite being a diligent parliamentarian and prominent Jewish community leader, his legacy will…
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Fast Forward British Chief Rabbi Backs Teaching Islam in Jewish Schools
British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis recommended that Jewish schools teach Islam. In an interview with the London-based Jewish Chronicle published Wednesday, Mirvis’s spokesperson said that teaching Islam will give children the opportunity to learn about a “poorly understood” religion. “It is more important than ever that our children have a better understanding of Islam and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Reservist Held by Britain on War Crimes Allegations
An Israeli reserve military officer was detained in the United Kingdom over accusations of war crimes. The officer, who fought in the 2014 Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, was detained several weeks ago after landing in Britain on a business trip, Ynet reported over the weekend. He was released several hours later with the assistance…
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Fast Forward Pro-BDS British Professor Refuses To Answer 13-Year-Old Israeli Girl’s Question
A British-American Jewish academic told a 13-year-old Israeli girl seeking information for a school project that she would not help her “until there is peace and justice for Palestinians in Palestine.” Shachar Rabinovitch of Zichron Yaakov, sent an email to Marsha Levine, a former academic at the University of Cambridge, to learn about the early…
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