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Fast Forward Could Gorgeous Mystery Woman Shed Light on Cold War Sex Scandal?
She has dark eyes, full lips and short hair in one of the favourite styles of London in the “swinging 60s” but who is she? And could she help shed light on the infamous Profumo scandal, the heady tale of espionage, sex and politics that held Britain spellbound in the early 1960s and helped bring…
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Fast Forward Dying British Synagogue Gives Away Torah Scrolls as Closing Nears
A synagogue in the northern English city of Bradford has given away its Torah scrolls as it prepares to shutter due to dwindling numbers. One of the five scrolls that used to belong to the Orthodox synagogue on Springhurst Road was given to the Jewish Community Centre in Krakow, Poland, according to a report Friday…
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Opinion Miliband vs. Miliband Feud Ends as One British Jewish Brother Comes to New York
It was perhaps the most consequential Jewish brother vs. brother feud since the biblical Joseph was packed off to Egypt. It ended, appropriately, during Passover. That’s when former British foreign minister David Miliband announced, two and a half years after losing a bitter Labour Party leadership battle to his little brother Ed, that he was…
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News David Miliband, British Jewish Leader, Quits Politics, Clearing Path for Brother
Former British foreign secretary David Miliband, once tipped as a potential prime minister, said on Wednesday he was leaving politics to boost his brother’s chances of leading the opposition Labour party to victory in an election in 2015. His departure ends speculation he might replace brother Ed Miliband as Labour leader between now and 2015…
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Fast Forward Mystery of Tycoon Boris Berezovsky’s Death Deepens as British Plan Autopsy
British police removed the body of exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky from his mansion near London on Monday before conducting an autopsy that could shed some light on his sudden unexplained death. Once known as the grey cardinal of Kremlin politics, the former billionaire power broker helped Vladimir Putin come to power before fleeing in…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Blames Deadly Car Crash on ‘Jewish Conspiracy’
A British lawmaker has blamed a Jewish conspiracy for his conviction in connection with a fatal car crash. Lord Nazir Ahmed of the Labor party claimed that his legal problems following the 2007 crash resulted from pressure placed on the courts by Jews “who own newspapers and TV channels,” The Times reported on Thursday. The…
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Fast Forward London Enclave Objects to Zoning Changes Proposed by Orthodox Jews
Non-Jewish residents of the heavily haredi Orthodox-populated London neighborhood of Hackney have launched a campaign to prevent Orthodox Jews from changing city planning regulations. A group named Hackney Planning Watch recently produced a flyer warning: “Your neighborhood is in danger! Want your neighbor to extend their home to cover the whole of their back garden?…
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Fast Forward British Labour Leader Ed Miliband Vows To Back Israel and Protect Jewish Rites
Ed Miliband, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, has pledged to oppose boycotts of Israel and to protect Jewish customs, including circumcision and ritual slaughter. Speaking Thursday before a crowd of 300 at an event organized by Britain’s main Jewish umbrella group, the leader of the British opposition, who is Jewish, warned of the need…
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