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Breaking News Lionel Blue, First Openly Gay British Rabbi, DIes at 86
— Rabbi Lionel Blue, the first openly gay British rabbi and a popular on-air personality, has died. Blue, a broadcaster on BBC Radio 4’s “Thought for the Day” show for 30 years, died Monday at 86. He had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for many years. His funeral was held Tuesday. He formerly served as European director…
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Breaking News British PM Vows in Op-Ed to Protect British Jews
British Prime Minister Theresa May launched a personal appeal to her country’s Jewish community on Thursday, writing in an op-ed that she and her government would fight anti-Semitism through all means at its disposal. “I want to speak very directly to every Jewish family in the UK, to assure you of my personal determination to…
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News BDS Backer Loses Bid to Lead Britain’s Jewish Students — Gets Just 12% of Vote
Eran Cohen, the supporter of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel who wanted to lead Britain’s Union of Jewish Students, was routed in his bid for the presidency of the body, coming in a distant third to two other candidates, according to results announced on Sunday that showed him garnering under 12% of votes. The…
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Breaking News Should British Serial Killer’s Victims Be Moved to Jewish Cemetery — 70 Years Later?
Almost seven decades after his sister and niece were murdered by a notorious serial killer, Peter Mylton-Thorley is requesting their bodies be exhumed and moved to a Jewish cemetery — where he, too, will lie once he dies. “I haven’t got long left. All I want is to be buried with my sister. It would…
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Breaking News Meet the BDS Backer Who Wants to Lead Britain’s Jewish Students
Britain’s Union of Jewish Students could soon have a leader who supports the boycotts, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel (BDS). That’s if Eran Cohen, an activist linked to the Palestinian cause and the country’s Labour Party, wins the body’s presidential election to be held later this week. “I support it because I believe it…
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Breaking News Andrew Sachs, Played Bumbling Spanish Waiter on ‘Fawlty Towers,’ Dies at 86
Andrew Sachs, a British comedy actor best known for his role as the hapless Spanish waiter on the ’70s television sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers, has died at 86. His family told the Jewish Chronicle that Sachs passed away on November 23 and was buried on Thursday. The actor had reportedly been ill with vascular dementia for…
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Breaking News Britain Pledges $17M To Protect Jewish Institutions Amid Rash of Attacks
(JTA) — British Home Secretary Amber Rudd pledged $17 million to protect Jewish schools, colleges, nurseries and synagogues in Britain. Rudd made the pledge Wednesday at a UK-Israel conference in parliament, the London-based Telegraph reported. Rudd said that she decided to fund guards for all Jewish institutions after receiving 924 reports of anti-Semitic incidents, including…
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Breaking News Jewish Students at Cambridge Claim Anti-Semitic Attack
— Three Jewish students at Cambridge University in Britain say they were violently attacked by members of a university drinking club and that the university covered up the results of an investigation into the incident. The incident that occurred late last month was first reported on Saturday by the British daily newspaper The Telegraph. The…
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