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News After antisemitism scandals, the U.K.’s Labour party regained the Jewish vote. What’s next?
Journalist Jonathan Freedland weighs in on what a remarkable landslide victory might mean for British Jews
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News UK’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, observes Shabbat, supports Israel and vows to fight antisemitism
Starmer’s wife is Jewish, they’re raising their kids as Jews, and Friday night dinner is sacrosanct
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Fast Forward Keir Starmer, who prioritized fighting antisemitism in Labour Party, set to lead Britain after landslide win
Starmer, whose wife, Victoria, is Jewish, worked to pull the party more to the center
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News From Labour to the Day of Rest, here are the Jewish storylines in this week’s UK election
Labour is expected to win big, and Jews are expected to vote largely for the party after years of breaking with it
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Film & TV Did Labour suspend a candidate for liking a Jon Stewart joke?
The 10-year-old joke about Israel continues to be relevant
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Fast Forward First Jewish sheriff of Nottingham, office of Robin Hood fame, is sworn in at his synagogue
The role of high sheriff is Britain’s oldest secular office under the Crown, although today it is largely ceremonial
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Fast Forward UK authorities investigating alleged mistreatment of Israeli Oct. 7 survivors by airport security
They said one security guard told them, “I don’t want you to do here what you do in Gaza"
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Culture The internet’s Kate Middleton obsession may have revealed an unsavory Jewish secret
Internet sleuths are speculating that valuable antiques owned by Prince William’s alleged girlfriend, Rose Hanbury, may have been looted by her husband’s Jewish ancestors
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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News This Jewish activist was arrested and deported for her book ‘Lesbian Love.’ 100 years later, will NYC apologize?
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Culture Ever the restless spirit, Tel Aviv-born architect and designer Ron Arad is still reinventing himself and his art
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News New Jewish-Arab political party debuts in Israel, aiming to topple Netanyahu
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Fast Forward Trump says Syria would do a ‘better job’ of fighting Hezbollah than Israel