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The Schmooze David Schwimmer Thanked By UK Police After Capture Of Beer Thief
“Friends” actor David Schwimmer will be there for you when the rain starts to pour, even if you are a foreign police department looking for a beer bandit. Yes, in a brief departure from the ‘round the clock horror show that is the news cycle, we bring you a friendly collaboration between a beloved Jewish…
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Fast Forward British Couple Who Named Son After Hitler Were Members Of A Terrorist Group
(JTA) — A neo-Nazi couple in Britain who named their baby after Hitler were found guilty of being members of a banned terrorist group. Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, were convicted on Monday in Birmingham Crown Court in Britain’s West Midlands region for being members of the extreme right-wing organization, National Action. The…
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Culture Roald Dahl Denied Commemorative British Coin Over Anti-Semitism
Roald Dahl, who passed away in 1990, would have turned 100 in 2016. But the Royal Mint, which has a tradition of issuing commemorative coins for notable British figures’ significant anniversaries — recent among them Jane Austen and Mary Shelley — never introduced the author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and…
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Fast Forward Labour Party Chapter Votes Against Condemning Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack
Update 1:30 p.m. A local chapter of the British Labour Party voted against a resolution condemning last week’s massacre at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, with leaders reportedly saying that there was too much focus on “anti-Semitism this, anti-Semitism that.” Steve Cooke, the secretary of the Norton West party group in England’s County Durham, wrote on…
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Fast Forward British Police Probe Alleged Anti-Semitic Hate Speech Within Labour Party
(JTA) — Police in the London area initiated a criminal investigation into allegations of anti-Semitic hate speech within the Labour Party. The probe is a significant development because until now, hate speech within Labour had been handled mostly internally or, in rare occasions, by broader ethics panels. Cressida Dick, a senior police officer, told the…
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Fast Forward British Fashion Mogul Accused Of Sexual Harassment
(JTA) — Philip Green, a British fashion mogul, is accused of sexually harassing and at times abusing in a racist manner at least five of his employees and then buying their silence, a lawmaker said. The accusations surfaced Thursday in the British House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British parliament. A member of…
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Letters I Tried To Explain Anti-Semitism – And Was Accused Of Comparing Zionists To Nazis
A few weeks ago I was contacted via a friend by the chair of Dulwich and West Norwood Constituency Labour Party, which represents the London Borough adjacent to the one in which I live. The individual asked me if I would run a training session for them on anti-Semitism. Aside from my extensive involvement in…
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Fast Forward Germany Sees Dramatic Increase In British Jews Applying For Citizenship
(JTA) — The number of Britons who requested Germany for the citizenship that was robbed from their families by the Nazis had risen from 43 in 2015 to 1,667 last year. The applications, which increased following the 2016 referendum in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, use a German legal provision that aims…
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