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Opinion Watching America in crisis, and dreading Trumpism’s global spread
Watching the scenes of violence unfold in the United States Capitol on Wednesday from the United Kingdom was a surreal experience — but not an entirely shocking one. It was clear, four years ago, when Donald Trump became the President of the United States, that he had been elected on a ticket of hyper-polarization, white…
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Fast Forward ‘Don’t vote for a Jew’: London mayoral hopeful suspended
(JTA) — The United Kingdom’s fourth largest party suspended a candidate for mayor of London who was filmed in 1997 telling voters not to support a Jew. The Liberal Democrats suspended Geeta Sidhu-Robb, who was vying to become their candidate in London’s 2021 mayoral elections, the Jewish News of London reported. Over the weekend, a…
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Fast Forward UK union expels member after Jewish applicant rejected for ‘zionism’
(JTA) — A renters’ union in England has expelled a member of the organization after a Jewish applicant was rejected with an Instagram message that said “sorry, no time for Zionists.” A second message told the rejected renter that “we are a pro-Palestine organization.” The Acorn union opened an internal investigation after learning of the…
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Fast Forward British rapper Wiley repeats tropes about Jewish power and money in new interview
(JTA) — The British rapper Wiley in a new interview repeated tropes about Jewish power and money that saw him removed from social media platforms. Wiley doubled down on many of his remarks, including that Jews “run the Earth,” are very rich and “stick together,” in an interview with the “1 Po Show” on the…
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Fast Forward U.K. renters’ union rejects Jewish applicant saying ‘sorry, no time for Zionists’
(JTA) — A renters’ union in England apologized after rejecting a membership request from a Jewish person in a message that said “sorry, no time for Zionists.” The renter also was told in a message sent through the Instagram account of the Acorn Union in Manchester that “we are a pro-Palestine organization.” On Monday, the…
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Fast Forward English pub patron to Jewish student: ‘We should have f***ing gassed the lot of you’
(JTA) — An argument at a British pub over social distancing sparked an altercation in which one patron told a Jewish student that “we should have f ***|ing gassed the lot of you.” Danielle Greyman, a 21-year-old sociology student, filmed the incident Thursday at the Hedley Verity pub in Leeds, in northern England. The patron…
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Fast Forward British pop stars condemn anti-Semitism after rapper Wiley’s tweets
(JTA) — Hundreds of British musicians and music industry leaders have signed an open letter condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hate in the wake of the scandal involving English rapper Wiley, who was banned from Twitter for posting anti-Semitic tweets. Among the letter’s signers are former One Direction member Niall Horan, pop rockers The…
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Fast Forward Rapper Wiley apologizes for comments about Jews — then offers more
(JTA) — The British rapper Wiley apologized for “generalizing” about Jews in tweets directed at his manager and others in the music industry that were widely panned as anti-Semitic — and then proceeded to make additional assertions about Jews and Jewish control of the music industry. Wiley made the apology in an interview with Sky…
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