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Fast Forward British TV Station Uses Gaza Backdrop in Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Interview on Holocaust
The British broadcaster Sky News apologized for showing images of the Gaza conflict during an interview about the Holocaust with British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. The apology over the Jan. 27 broadcast came in a letter sent by Peter Lowe, Sky News’ managing editor, to a viewer who sent Sky News a letter of complaint…
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Fast Forward British Anti-Semitic Incidents Double to All-Time High
(JTA) — A Jewish security watchdog group in Britain recorded 1,168 anti-Semitic incidents for 2014, the highest annual total ever recorded. The 2014 incidents recorded by the Community Security Trust are more than double the 535 anti-Semitic incidents recorded in 2013, and the first time that the group has recorded more than 1,000 anti-Semitic incidents…
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Fast Forward Martin Gilbert, British Historian Who Wrote Biography of Winston Churchill, Dies at 78
British historian Sir Martin Gilbert, who studied the Holocaust and was the official biographer of Winston Churchill, has died. Gilbert died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 78. Gilbert, the author of 80 books, wrote on the subjects of the Holocaust, World War I and World War II, and Jewish history. Among his books…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing British Party Calls for Kosher Slaughter Ban
Britain’s right-wing UKIP party has come out in support of passing legislation that would ban the production of ritually slaughtered meat. The move by UKIP, or the United Kingdom Independence Party, came Tuesday in a statement sent to media, which made UKIP the first major political party in the country to call for a ban…
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Fast Forward Far-Right Wing Group Protests "Jewification of Great Britain"
A far-right nationalist group is planning a rally in a haredi Orthodox neighborhood of London to protest against what it calls the “Jewification of Great Britain.” The rally, set for March 22, is being organized by a group called Liberate Stamford Hill, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. The Stamford Hill neighborhood is said to have…
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News $50M Holocaust Memorial Planned for London
Britain will build a new Holocaust memorial in the center of London with the help of $50 million in government funds. The announcement of the future memorial, which will also be home to an education center, was made on Tuesday, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the former Auschwitz concentration camp. “We stand in…
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Opinion Europe’s Jews Pick Up the Shards After Paris Terrror
After the Paris terror attacks, Jews in Europe are taking stock of where they stand. Here’s 6 voices of hope and fear from a continent on edge. ‘One Common Enemy Unites Them: Us Jews’ By Charlotte Knobloch The attacks in Paris have filled us all with tremendous shock and sadness. In the past few months…
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Fast Forward Hate Crimes Against Jews Rise 128% in London
Hate crimes against Jews in London more than doubled last year, according to the Scotland Yard. The police headquarters for metropolitan London reported 299 hate crimes against Jewish people between the start of April and the end of December of 2014. This represented a rise of 128 percent over the corresponding period in 2013, when…
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