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Fast Forward Jonathan Sacks Will Teach at Yeshiva U.
The newly retired British chief rabbi Lord Jonathan Saks will teach as a professor at two American universities. Sacks will spend three months a year teaching in New York, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. Sacks has been appointed the Kressel and Efrat Family University Professor of Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University and Ingeborg and Ira…
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The Schmooze English Soccer’s Jewish Moment
English soccer is having a Jewish moment. The conclusion of David Bernstein’s term as chairman of the Football Association (FA) in July in tandem with the publication in paperback in August of Anthony Clavane’s “Does Your Rabbi Know You’re Here?” brought the matter of the contribution of Jews to the beautiful game to the fore….
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Claim Against Anglican Cleric Is Resolved
An anti-Semitism claim against an Anglican vicar by the Board of Deputies of British Jews was resolved through mediation. The board brought the complaint against the Rev. Stephen Sizer to the Church of England a year ago, saying Sizer made anti-Semitic statements and published links to anti-Semitic websites, including links posted on his blog that…
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Fast Forward Britain Royals Hold Tiny Private Christening for Prince George
Just 21 guests were invited to the christening of Britain’s Prince George on Wednesday, a sign of how much his parents intend to guard the privacy of a baby born to be king. Prince William, whose mother Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, hounded by paparazzi, and his wife Kate…
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News Britain’s Chief Rabbi Embraces Limmud, Despite Protest From Ultra-Orthodox
If Jews in America eat out at Chinese restaurants on Christmas, large numbers of British Jews avoid the holiday entirely by heading out to Limmud, the annual learning fest for Jews of all stripes that has spread worldwide since its launch at Oxford University in the 1980s. As the event’s popularity has grown by leaps…
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Opinion Ralph Miliband Smear Hints at Darker Motive
Given that The Daily Mail has never liked anyone whose politics are to the left of General Franco, it is hardly surprising that they would not care for Ralph Miliband or indeed his son, Ed. After all, Ralph Miliband was one of the foremost English socialist thinkers and writers of the 20th century. Miliband favoured…
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Fast Forward Handwritten 18th-Century Haggadah Found in British Garage
A handwritten 18th century Haggadah found at a home being cleared out in England is expected to fetch more than $200,000. The Haggadah, which dates to 1726 and is written on goat skin, was discovered in a cardboard box in a garage in Bury, a town in Greater Manchester, the BBC reported. A Jewish couple…
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Fast Forward British Soccer Fan Arrested for ‘Yid’ Chant
A fan of the British Tottenham soccer club was arrested for chanting “yid” during a home match. On Sunday, defying a police threat of arrest for using the term, supporters of Hotspur reportedly chanted “Yid Army” as well as “We’ll sing what we want” during a Premier League match against their London rivals, West Ham…
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