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Culture 8 Jewish Members Of Parliament Announce Opposition To Holocaust Memorial
A 50-million-pound Holocaust memorial planned for the Victoria Garden Towers, a public park outside the United Kingdom’s Parliament, has drawn new criticism from an unexpected group: Jewish Members of Parliament. The memorial was devised by the Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye and English-Israeli sculptor Ron Arad, who won a contest with their design last October….
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Fast Forward Parents Warned After Rowdy Congregant Kids Trashed Shul During Rosh Hashanah
Parents who belong to an Orthodox synagogue in London have been warned to ensure their children’s good behavior during Yom Kippur after many kids damaged congregational property during Rosh Hashanah services last week, The Jewish Chronicle reported Tuesday. “The wonderful atmosphere on both days of Rosh Hashanah and the hard work that was put into…
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Community Jeremy Corbyn Envisions A Britain For The Many — Not The Jew
Over the past several months, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has made international headlines over its anti-Semitism crisis. In July, Britain’s three leading Jewish newspapers, The Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish News and the Jewish Telegraph, in an unprecedented display of unity, published identical front-page editorials warning of the “existential threat” Jeremy Corbyn poses to the Jewish…
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Community Britain’s Labour Party Should Serve As A Warning For U.S. Democrats
In light of anti-Semitism scandals plaguing the Labour Party in Britain, and increasing incidents of far-left anti-Semitism on North American college campuses, contemporary anti-Semitism and its overlap with anti-Zionism have been subjects of significant discussion and disagreement. Anti-Zionism is not inherently anti-Semitic — but it very often is, and the separation of the two is…
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Breaking News Bodyguards Needed For Jewish Delegates At British Labour Party Conference
(JTA) — Jewish delegates to the upcoming British Labour Party conference will be given bodyguards over fears for their safety from supporters of party leader Jeremy Corbyn. The protection also will be offered to Jewish Labour Party lawmakers, the Daily Mail reported late Saturday. The newspaper reported that the Jewish Labour Movement has held talks…
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Fast Forward Did British Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Honor Munich Massacre Terrorists?
(JTA) — A newspaper published photos of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn holding a wreath in a Tunisian cemetery, saying it was near the graves of Black September terrorists who in 1972 killed 11 Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics. The pictures published in the Daily Mail on Friday were reported to be taken…
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Community Jeremy Corbyn Is Gaslighting The Jews
Last Friday, upon the start of Shabbat, Britain’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn published an op-ed in The Guardian confronting accusations of anti-Semitism under his watch as leader of the party. What starts off as a welcoming letter of understanding quickly devolves into an exercise in distortion and excuses. Instead of acknowledging the trauma he and…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Says He Respects Jewish Affection For Israel
(JTA) — Jeremy Corbyn said he respects the affinity many Jewish feel for Israel and appealed to critics to resolve differences over his Labour Party’s policy on anti-Semitism that has drawn fire. Critics of the policy say it downplays hostility to Jews expressed as criticism of Israel. “I fully understand and respect the strong affection…
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