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Breaking News Meet Lord Alf Dubs, Once a Kindertransport Child, Now Fighting for Refugees Like Him
Lord Alf Dubs is not giving up after an amendment he proposed, which would bring 3,000 child refugees from Syria and neighboring countries to the United Kingdom, was rejected by the government. Dubs was a child refugee himself. The House of Lords member arrived in London as a six-year-old, fleeing a Nazi-invaded Czechoslovakia, with the…
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Breaking News Britain’s Labour Party Suspends Columnist Over Anti-Semitism
As part of its crackdown on anti-Semitism, Britain’s Labour Party suspended the party membership of a columnist from Ireland who apparently said Israel was using the Holocaust to receive money. John McAuliffe, an international member of the British party, columnist at Digital Journal and the Cambridge Globalist, was suspended this week after allegedly posting on…
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News Is ‘Jeremy Corbyn Effect’ Driving Jews Away From Britain’s Labour Party?
(JTA) — Even before he was kicked out of Britain’s Labour Party for saying that Israel runs the Islamic State terrorist group, Bob Campbell was a marginal figure within the party. A former forest ranger and first-aid trainer from northern England, Campbell, 49, began his Labour career last year volunteering to help the campaign of…
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Breaking News British Muslims More Anti-Semitic Than General Population
A poll of British Muslims revealed that they are more anti-Semitic than the general population, and also differ from the larger community on numerous social issues. The poll was conducted for a television documentary that will air Wednesday called “What British Muslims Really Think.” According to reports in several British media outlets, the poll found…
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Breaking News British Donor Says Anti-Semitic Scandals Keeps Cash Away From Labour Party
A major Jewish donor to Britain’s Labour Party said no big Jewish donor has given money to the party this year because they are “concerned about the direction the party is taking.” Michael Foster, whose family gave the party more than $570,000 during the 2015 general elections, wrote in an Op-Ed in the Daily Mail…
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Breaking News British Jewish Leader Says Jews Can’t Trust Labor Party
Citing recent allegations of anti-Semitism and Israel hatred against several members of the Labour Party in Britain, the head of a major group representing British Jews said Jews can no longer trust the party. Jonathan Arkush, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, made the statement in an interview published Thursday in…
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Breaking News Britain’s Labour Party Suspends Member for ‘Big Noses’ Jibe at Jews
The Labour Party in Britain has suspended a member for the second time for saying Jews have “big noses” and “slaughter the oppressed.” Vicki Kirby, a former parliamentary candidate, was suspended Monday. Her comments in old tweets resurfaced after she was made a local vice chair of the party last week. Other tweets claimed that…
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News Jonathan Sacks, Former British Chief Rabbi, Wins $1.5M Prize
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, won one of the world’s largest prizes, the $1.5 million Templeton Prize, which recognizes individuals for contributions to life’s spiritual dimensions, announced the John Templeton Foundation today. During his service as chief rabbi from 1991 to 2013, Sacks…
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