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Opinion How Ed Miliband Lost Britain’s Jewish Voters
Getty Images With Britain’s general election just one month away, a new poll of Jewish voters makes brutal reading for the Labour Party and their leader, Ed Miliband. The poll, published by the Jewish Chronicle, shows that if British Jews were to vote tomorrow (and if we remove undecided voters from the equation), 69% would…
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The Schmooze Amy Winehouse Said Would ‘Go Mad’ With Fame
A new documentary on the life of late British singer Amy Winehouse shows the six-time Grammy-Award winner in her younger days discussing her misgivings about fame, a preview of the trailer showed on Thursday. Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning nearly four years ago at her London home at the age of 27 after struggling with…
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Fast Forward British Jew Quits Race After Suggesting Israel ‘Do Eichmann’ on President Obama
A Jewish candidate for the British Parliament has withdrawn after suggesting that Israel should “do an Eichmann” on Barack Obama. Jeremy Zeid of the United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP, quit his campaign on Thursday in response to the blowback to a Facebook post in which he suggested that Israel should “[k]idnap the bugger” and…
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The Schmooze Why British TV Handled Race Worse Than Starbucks
As Americans were watching Starbucks unveil its short-lived “Race Together” campaign — a push to talk about race in classic coffee klatch tradition — Brits were watching Trevor Phillips, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Head of the Commission for Racial Equality under Prime Minister Tony Blair, also talking about race,…
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Fast Forward Ex-Teacher at British Jewish Schools to be Retried for Sexual Assault
(JTA) — A teacher at several Jewish schools in England will be retried on sexual assault charges after a jury failed to reach a verdict. The jury in the case of Todros Grynhaus, 50, of Salford, deliberated for three days before being discharged on Monday, the Jewish Chronicle reported. The new trial will begin in…
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Fast Forward World War I British Officer Gets Wish To Be Buried in Israel — 67 Years Later
(JTA) — On a crisp morning in this community near the Mediterranean Sea, the sound of Israel’s flag whipping in the wind likely pleased the soul of John Henry Patterson, whose ashes were buried a few yards away. Patterson was a lieutenant colonel in the British military, and during World War I he commanded the Zion…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Old City Ad Campaign Banned by Britain
Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned an Israeli government tourism ad for showing the Old City of Jerusalem. The ad inserted in British newspapers showed a view of the Old City of Jerusalem’s walls with the words “Israel has it all” on it. The Advertising Standards Authority on Wednesday ruled that the ad is misleading since…
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Fast Forward British Lawmakers Debate Ban on Kosher Slaughter
British lawmakers spent three hours debating a possible ban on religious slaughter. The debate on Tuesday came after an on-line petition from the British Veterinary Association calling for a ban on slaughter without stunning generated 115,000 signatures in nine months. It is the second parliamentary debate on religious slaughter in the last three months. A…
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