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Breaking News Far-Right Wing Group Protests "Jewification of Great Britain"
A far-right nationalist group is planning a rally in a haredi Orthodox neighborhood of London to protest against what it calls the “Jewification of Great Britain.” The rally, set for March 22, is being organized by a group called Liberate Stamford Hill, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. The Stamford Hill neighborhood is said to have…
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News $50M Holocaust Memorial Planned for London
Britain will build a new Holocaust memorial in the center of London with the help of $50 million in government funds. The announcement of the future memorial, which will also be home to an education center, was made on Tuesday, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the former Auschwitz concentration camp. “We stand in…
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Opinion Europe’s Jews Pick Up the Shards After Paris Terrror
After the Paris terror attacks, Jews in Europe are taking stock of where they stand. Here’s 6 voices of hope and fear from a continent on edge. ‘One Common Enemy Unites Them: Us Jews’ By Charlotte Knobloch The attacks in Paris have filled us all with tremendous shock and sadness. In the past few months…
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Breaking News Hate Crimes Against Jews Rise 128% in London
Hate crimes against Jews in London more than doubled last year, according to the Scotland Yard. The police headquarters for metropolitan London reported 299 hate crimes against Jewish people between the start of April and the end of December of 2014. This represented a rise of 128 percent over the corresponding period in 2013, when…
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Breaking News Britain Must Confront Appalling Rise in Anti-Semitism: Minister
Britain needs to address an “appalling” spike in anti-Semitism, interior minister Theresa May said on Sunday in a speech to the Jewish community designed to address their security fears after an Islamist gunman killed four French Jews in Paris. Police officials have been working closely with Jewish organizations to step up security arrangements after the…
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Opinion Are 45% of Brits Really Anti-Semitic? Not So Fast.
British Jewish demand “Zero Tolerance for Anti-Semitism” at a London rally / Getty Images There it was on Wednesday, on the front page of The Independent. “The new anti-Semitism,” the headline read, and beneath it: “Majority of British Jews feel they have no future in the UK.” My interest was immediately piqued, not least because…
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Breaking News 45% of British Public Hold Anti-Semitic Beliefs
A quarter of Jews in Britain have considered leaving the country in the last two years and well over half feel they have no long term future in Europe, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Additionally, anti-Semitic beliefs are widely prevalent among the wider public with 45 percent of Britons agreeing with at least…
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News British Soccer Owner Fined $78K for ‘Jews Chase Money’ Jibe
The English Football Association banned the owner of a British soccer club from all soccer-related activities for six weeks over anti-Semitic and racist slurs. Dave Whelan, who owns the Wigan Athletic Football Club near Manchester, was also fined $78,000 and ordered to participate in an educational program run by the Football Association in the decision…
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