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Opinion Britain’s Struggle To Engage Young Jews
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner / YouTube “I believe that we are now at one of those critical, pivotal moments in our history,” Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Senior Rabbi to the Movement for Reform Judaism, recently informed the Board of Deputies of British Jews. “It’s sneaking up on us. What is happening is an upheaval that threatens our…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Aiden Burley Quits Over Nazi-Themed Party
A British lawmaker who arranged a Nazi-themed bachelor party in France said he will not seek re-election. “After a difficult time, I have decided to announce I will stand down at the next general election,” Aiden Burley of the Conservative Party announced on Wednesday, The Guardian reported. The announcement came two weeks after an internal…
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Fast Forward British Anti-Semitic Incidents Fall 18% to 6-Year Low
Anti-Semitic incidents recorded in Britain have fallen to the lowest annual level since 2005, a Jewish advisory body reported on Thursday, and said the decline may have been due to a recent lack of “trigger events” in the Middle East. The 529 anti-Semitic incidents recorded in 2013 was down 18 percent from the previous year,…
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Fast Forward ‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne Banned From Britain
Britain said on Monday it had banned a French comedian accused of anti-Semitism, saying he would not be allowed to enter the country for public policy and security reasons. Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala, 46, has been repeatedly fined for “hate speech” in his native France where local authorities in several towns have banned his shows as…
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Opinion Yair Netanyahu Girlfriend Drama Sparks Echoes of British Royal Romance Scandal
(Haaretz) — “Israel is freaking out.” “Yair Netanyahu spits on his grandfather’s grave.” “Bibi’s son is dating a Gentile!” It’s been quite the week for the Netanyahu family, judging by the flurry of hysterical headlines reacting to reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyu’s son is dating – gasp! – a “shiksa.” The reported love affair…
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Fast Forward Helena Bonham Carter, Ephraim Mirvis Named to British Holocaust Commission
Actress Helena Bonham Carter and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis were among those chosen for the new British Holocaust Commission. Members of the commission, which will investigate ways to educate Britons about the Shoah, were announced Monday by Prime Minister David Cameron, the London Jewish Chronicle reported. The commission was set to meet on Monday, International…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker’s Nazi-Themed Bachelor Party ‘Not Anti-Semitic’
A British lawmaker who arranged a Nazi-themed bachelor party in France was not racist or anti-Semitic, his political party determined following an internal investigation. The internal investigation of Aiden Burley by the Tory Party was released on Tuesday, according to British media reports. Burley was dismissed in December 2011 as parliamentary private secretary for Transport…
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Fast Forward British Fans of Tottenham Hotspur Soccer Club Charged for Using Y-Word
Three fans of the British Tottenham Hotspurs soccer club have been charged for using the term “Yid” at a team match. The three men were charged on Tuesday for causing ‘‘harassment, alarm or distress’’ by using a ‘‘threatening, abusive or insulting’’ word. Two of the men were arrested in November and one in October, according…
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