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Opinion Who’s Afraid of Jeremy Corbyn? No, Not All British Jews.
As a British Jew who supports Jeremy Corbyn, I was a little surprised to read Liam Hoare’s piece “.” It is disorientating to hear a group of which you are a member described as being univocal, particularly when the description fails to match your lived experience. Hoare’s tendency to present the British Jewish community to…
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Breaking News Citing Kindertransport, 100 British Rabbis Demand Open Door for Refugees
More than 100 British Jewish clergy signed a letter urging the United Kingdom to take in more Syrian refugees. In a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, the rabbis and cantors referenced the 10,000 Jewish children that the United Kingdom rescued from the Nazis between 1938 and 1940. Two of the people delivering the…
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Breaking News Jeremy Corbyn Claims ‘Element’ of Jewish Roots
The new leader of Britain’s Labor party who has been accused of tolerating anti-Semitism said he has some Jewish ancestry. Jeremy Corbyn told The Church Times that while his immediate family is Christian, he has a “Jewish element” in his background, the United Kingdom’s Jewish News reported. In the interview with the Christian publication, he…
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News Crisis on Continent Opens Britain’s Eyes to Plight of Refugees
On Sunday, September 6, in the sunny yard of a London school, I met Erica, a weary middle-aged woman from Eritrea whom I was trying to help. Over a Styrofoam cup of milky tea, she described her life—an unrelenting limbo of food vouchers, hand-outs and the unpredictable whim of local neighborhood councils. An asylum seeker,…
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Breaking News Jeremy Corbyn Riles Jews With Staunch Criticism of Israel
(JTA) — Jeremy Corbyn, the new head of Britain’s opposition Labor Party, has many of the makings of a hero for British Jews. A Labor lawmaker with over 30 years of experience, Corbyn passionately and eloquently defends blue-collar Britain, multiculturalism and a left-of-center notion of social justice. These are issues that resonate with Britain’s 250,000-strong…
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Breaking News British Jewish Lawmaker Takes Post With Jeremy Corbyn
A Jewish lawmaker in Britain said she joined new Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet after having a “full and frank discussion” with him. Luciana Berger agreed to serve as the shadow mental health secretary for Corbyn, who is regarded as hostile to Israel and has called the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah “friends.”…
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News Why Jeremy Corbyn Scares British Jews So Much
Until he became leader of the British Labour party on September 12, Jeremy Corbyn — a crumpled, bearded 66-year-old socialist — had had an unremarkable political career. He was first elected to Parliament in 1983 and has represented the Labour Party in the safe seat of Islington North in north London ever since. Corbyn has…
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Breaking News Jeremy Corbyn, Pro-Palestinian Leftist, Wins Control of British Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn, a left-wing British politician who reportedly holds anti-Israel views and is a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, was elected the new leader of Britain’s Labor Party. Corbyn won in the first round of voting with 59.5 percent of the vote. Britain’s last Labor leader was Ed Miliband, who is Jewish. He stepped…
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