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Breaking News David Cesarani, British Historian of Holocaust and Anglo Jewry, Dies at 58
David Cesarani, the great British historian of the Holocaust and Anglo Jewry, has died at the age of 58, London’s Jewish Chronicle reports. The London Times columnist David Aaronovitch described him as “a man of luminous intelligence and splendid academic achievement.” Cesarani — as a research professor in History at Royal Holloway, University of London…
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The Schmooze J.K. Rowling Just Signed a Letter Against BDS
J.K. Rowling wants to Expelliarmus your cultural boycott! The “Harry Potter” author signed a letter in the Guardian today in support of cultural relations with Israel. She and her cosigners also announced the launch of “Culture for Coexistence – an independent UK network representing a cross-section from the cultural world.” The letter comes in response…
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Breaking News Ultra-Orthodox Will Be Majority of British Community in 15 Years
Haredi Orthodox Jews will soon account for half of the British Jewish population, according to a study of the United Kingdom’s Jewish community. Accelerating birth rates among the strictly observant religious Jewish communities mean they are expected “to constitute a majority of the British Jewish population before the 21st century is over,” a report from…
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Breaking News Why Jonathan Sacks Says Jews Must Stop ‘Navel-Gazing’
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a philosopher and member of the U.K. House of Lords who served as Britain’s chief Orthodox rabbi from 1991 to 2013, is in America lecturing and promoting his latest book, “Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence.” JTA’s Uriel Heilman caught up with Sacks in New York for a conversation about his…
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Breaking News Danny Cohen Steps Down From Top Post at BBC
The BBC’s director of television, Danny Cohen, is leaving the corporation. Cohen, 40, who spent eight years at the British Broadcasting Corp. and had been director of television since 2013, said he is considering new positions in the United States and the United Kingdom. “In the last few weeks I’ve been approached about a number…
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Breaking News London Orthodox School Ordered To Stop Asking Parents About Sex Lives
An Orthodox Jewish public school in London must stop asking parents about their sex lives in order for their children to gain admission, a school watchdog ordered. The Hasmonean High School in Barnet in north London asks parents on its admission form whether they observe the laws of family purity, under which women abstain from…
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Breaking News Jeremy Corbyn Heckled at British Pro-Israel Event
Jeremy Corbyn, the newly elected leader of Britain’s Labor Party who has been accused of being anti-Israel, was heckled at a pro-Israel event. Corbyn spoke Tuesday night at a reception of the Labor Friends of Israel organization held at the party conference in Brighton. During his 10-minute speech he did not mention Israel, the London-based…
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Breaking News Jeremy Corbyn Will Address British Pro-Israel Event
Jeremy Corbyn, the newly elected leader of Britain’s Labor Party who has been accused of being anti-Israel, will address a pro-Israel event. Corbyn will speak next week at the Labor Friends of Israel dinner, his office confirmed Thursday to The Jerusalem Post. Some 400 people, including about 30 members of Parliament, are scheduled to attend…
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