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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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Fast Forward London Paper Says Miliband ‘Jewish Marxist’ Slam Wasn’t Anti-Semitic
Daily Mail city editor Alex Brummer wrote that it was “deplorable” to accuse the British newspaper of anti-Semitism over an article on the late father of Labor Party leader Ed Miliband titled “The man who hated Britain.” Brummer’s column appeared Saturday, several days after Miliband defended his father against the newspaper’s claim that he was…
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Fast Forward Scotland Yard Vows Arrests Over ‘Yid’ Soccer Chant by Tottenham Spurs Fans
Britain’s Scotland Yard has threatened Tottenham Hotspur soccer team fans with arrests if they use the word “yid” at their next home match. The Spurs, as the team is known, will play their London rivals West Ham United on Sunday. Chief Superintendent Mick Johnson, the match commander for Sunday’s game, told the British daily The…
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Fast Forward English Speakers Grab Bigger Role in Israel Politics — Halting Hebrew and All
In the eight years since Rabbi Avrohom Leventhal moved from Baltimore to this central Israeli city of 80,000, he has trained as a technical writer, taken over a local charity and become president of his synagogue. Now Leventhal is hoping to add city councilman to his resume. Leventhal loves Beit Shemesh, but none of his…
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Fast Forward British Leader Ed Miliband Defends Father Against ‘Jewish Marxist’ Jibe
Britain’s Labor Party leader Ed Miliband defended his late father against a newspaper’s claim that he was an unpatriotic Jewish Marxist who “hated Britain.” The Daily Mail, in an article published Saturday under the headline “The Man Who Hated Britain,” reported that Ralph Miliband, a Jewish refugee from Belgium who fled to Britain before World…
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Fast Forward British Board Backs Prof in Spat With ‘Zionist’ Student Over 62 Grade
An English review board has rejected bias complaints by an Israeli student against the University of Warwick but recommended the university apologize for being “insufficiently flexible.” “The complaint is partly justified,” the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, England’s body for reviewing student complaints, wrote in its recommendation last month on how to handle the 2012…
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Opinion Don’t Ban ‘Y-Word’ From British Soccer
“There is a problem in my country… and this problem is the Jew,” Borat chanted famously. But it may as well be David Baddiel singing. Who is David Baddiel, you ask? He is a mid-table British comedian who has initiated a campaign to expunge what he calls the “Y-word” from British football chants. The Y-word,…
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