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Fast Forward Nazi Soldier Lived in Britain for 66 Years Until Death
A Nazi soldier who helped murder Jews during the Holocaust lived undetected in London for 66 years until his recent death, a British Nazi hunter said. The man, a former SS soldier in a unit that massacred Poles and Jews during World War II, was identified as Serhij Woronyj by the Daily Mail, which reported…
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Fast Forward Nachman Sudak, Chabad’s Emissary in Britain, Dies at 78
Rabbi Nachman Sudak, the chief emissary for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the United Kingdom, has died. Sudak died Sunday in London; he was 78. Directed personally by the Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, to move to London in 1959, Sudak lived there for the rest of his life, according to Chabad.org, developing and overseeing a…
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Fast Forward Holocaust-Denying Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson Denied Australia Visa
Australia canceled the visa of a British Catholic bishop who has denied that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust. Richard Williamson was scheduled to speak in rural Australia this month but his visa was canceled this week, the Australian Jewish News reported. The Australian Jewish News said it had contacted the Department of Immigration…
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Fast Forward Are Muslim Extremists Taking Over British Schools?
Britain’s top school inspector said on Monday that an investigation into an alleged plot by extremist Muslims to take over the running of some schools in the city of Birmingham had found that a culture of “fear and intimidation” existed. In March, an official investigation was sparked by an anonymous, unverified letter which claimed there…
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Fast Forward London Man Who Gave Nazi Salute on Holocaust Day Is Banned From Jewish Neighborhood
A man who gave a Nazi salute and shouted “Heil Hitler” outside a kosher restaurant in London on Holocaust Remembrance Day was banned from the city district for one year. Miroslav Ondrus, 33, a Slovakian national, was barred by a London magistrate’s court from the NW11 district of London, which includes the highly Jewish populated…
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Fast Forward 250-Year-Old British Torah Scroll Is Returned to Cornwall Community
A Torah scroll that has spent more than 100 years in a British museum was returned to its Jewish community, the Falmouth Packet newpaper reported. The Torah was one of four scrolls that had been kept in the Royal Cornwall Museum since the closing of the Falmouth Synagogue in 1892. The 250-year-old Torah scroll was…
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Fast Forward British Imam Convicted in U.S. Court on Terrorism-Related Charges
A British imam was convicted in a U.S. court on terrorism-related charges linking him to al-Qaida and a fatal kidnapping plot. Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, a former imam at London’s Finsbury Park mosque, was found guilty by a Manhattan jury on all 11 charges following a four-week trial. The jury found that Mustafa had been involved…
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Music Ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone Says Wealth Turns British Jews to Right
British Jews increasingly support the country’s Conservative Party because they are richer than they used to be, the former mayor of London said. Ken Livingstone made the comment Monday on the BBC’s Newsnight program, during a discussion about how ethnic minorities vote. He said that income, not minority status, determined a person’s voting preference. “As…
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