This is the Forward’s coverage of the United Kingdom and British Jews.
United Kingdom
The Latest
-
Food Washington State Upholds Kosher Slaughter Law
Last month, The Dutch Animal Rights Party pushed a bill through the lower house of the Dutch Parliament that would outlaw the slaughter of animals without stunning. The law, if ratified by the upper house of parliament, will in essence make locally raised and slaughtered kosher (and halal) meat illegal. A similar law was passed…
-
Opinion Is Murdoch’s Mess Bad for the Jews?
It was only a matter of time before someone would ask whether the international scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s empire was good for the Jews. And if you feel compelled to ask, the answer is almost always “no.” JTA’s Ron Kampeas essentially posed the question in a story contending that some supporters of Israel are worried…
-
Food Dutch Bill Puts Kosher Meat in Jeopardy
Local kosher and halal meat may not be available for long in the Netherlands. Dutch lawmakers voted today to approve a law proposed by the Dutch Animal Rights Party that would ban kosher and halal slaughter, CNN’s Belief Blog reports. The bill requires that animals in the country be stunned or anesthetized before being slaughtered….
-
The Schmooze Israel Celebrates the Royal Wedding
Welcome to Modi’in, the Israeli city that is so British that people drink tea at four o’clock, stand in orderly lines at the bus stop (unheard of in this part of the world) and play cricket. Well today, it became even more so. One street in the city is today covered in red white and…
-
Books Why Are the Brits So Into Nazi-Themed Books?
In 1975, UK author Alan Coren published a humorous collection of essays called “Golfing for Cats” — and emblazoned the cover with a huge swastika. He had noticed the most popular titles in Britain were about cats, golf and Nazis. Thirty-six years later, notes the BBC this week, “Nazi books are going stronger than ever….
-
Food Kosher Meat Under Fire in Europe
It’s been a busy few months for Shimon Cohen, who heads the lobbying organization Shechita UK. It is his task to advocate for consumers of kosher meat in Great Britain and battle against what he calls “an assault” on kosher slaughter by animal welfare organizations and their allies in the British media. It all began…
-
The Schmooze Meet the Jewish Designer Favored To Design Kate Middleton’s Royal Wedding Gown
Will a Jewish thread run through the wedding of Prince William and fiancée Kate Middleton, who announced their engagement this week? One of Britain’s biggest bookmakers thinks so, according to the UK Jewish Chronicle. Paddy Power, which operates betting parlors, telephone gambling, and online gaming in the UK and Ireland, has tipped London-based designer Elizabeth…
-
The Schmooze Hitler Paintings Could Pull in Big Money at Auction
The historical significance of paintings by Adolf Hitler is obvious. And a new cache of watercolors by der führer — discovered by an Austrian lawyer on an estate he recently bought — is expected to fetch nearly a quarter of a million dollars at an auction on September 30. What’s more interesting about the tableaux,…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
- 2
Opinion I spoke out against Mamdani. Then he won. Here’s how we walk forward together.
- 3
Opinion Why a concert hall should be the last place for a protest — particularly an antisemitic one like this
- 4
Culture Did crypto-Jews invent the modern tarot deck?
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Settlers torched a West Bank mosque — and the milquetoast Israeli mainstream response won’t suffice
-
Culture This Jesus horror movie could have used more heresy
-
Film & TV Her parents fled Mexico and Mandatory Palestine, taking their traumas with them
-
Looking Forward So, there was a swastika at my Airbnb
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
