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Fast Forward British Labor Leader Ed Miliband Backs ‘Palestine’ Recognition
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labor Party said on Friday he favored recognizing Palestine as a state if such a move would help bring about a broader peace deal in the Middle East. Ed Miliband was asked by a reporter if Britain would recognize Palestine in the first year or two of his premiership, if…
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Fast Forward Will Miliband Family Feud Hurt British Candidate?
(Reuters) — Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives accused opposition Labor Party leader Ed Miliband on Thursday of preparing to stab Britain in the back by scrapping its nuclear deterrent in a deal with Scottish nationalists to win power after a May 7 election. Conservative Defense Secretary Michael Fallon made the allegation, forcefully rejected by Miliband,…
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Fast Forward British Rabbis Launch Online Gay Matchmaking Service
Rabbis from the Reform movement of Great Britain are launching an online matchmaking service with the intent of making it easier for gay and lesbian Jews to find Jewish partners. The proposed website, which will cater to both gay and straight Jews, is the initiative of Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, senior rabbi of England’s Movement for…
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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A Jewish candidate for the British Parliament has withdrawn after suggesting that Israel should “do an Eichmann” on Barack Obama.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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