British Jewry

UK Jews angered after Islington Hanukkah candle lighting protested by anti-Israel activists

The incident comes at a time of increasingly vocal criticism of British law enforcement by UK Jews about their response to anti-Israel protests.

'Zero tolerance': UK Health Secretary calls to strike off antisemitic, extremist doctors

Regulators will be urged to bring disciplinary action against doctors or nurses who express "racist or extremist views."

'Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered': Antisemitic flyers spread in London Jewish neighborhood

The incident, which saw antisemitic leaflets dispersed in a London Jewish neighborhood, was reported to Stand With Us.

28/11/2024

Pro-Palestine mob protests 'Haaretz'-run event in London Jewish community center

Protesters opposed the event despite it featuring many speakers who are critical of Israel.

  A man is seen constructing a sukkah for the Sukkot holiday.

UK group urges families to ‘save seat in sukkah’ for Gaza hostages, in new take on Jewish tradition

As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate the fall festival of Sukkot, the leading British Jewish organization is asking them to remember the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
16/10/2024

UK tribunal rules anti-Zionist views are 'worthy of respect'

The tribunal ruled that the belief that Israel is committing apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide are “worthy of respect in a democratic society”,

Jordan Peterson’s blind spot: His own rhetoric undercuts his message

His portrayal of Jews as the archetypal successful minority feeds into the very antisemitic tropes he claims to combat.

Israel expels British Jewish activist who tried to immigrate under Law of Return

Franks said he sees his politics as compatible with the Israeli identity he hopes to achieve. 

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
21/09/2024

'Great disgrace': High-profile British-Jewish journalists resign JC over scandal

Editor Jake Wallis Simons said he understood "why some columnists have decided to step back from the paper" and hoped that one day they would return."

 ‘THE EVACUATION Scheme in Britain, 1940’: London schoolchildren off to England’s West Country.

My war years: A British Jew remembers living during World War II

No one had the slightest premonition that within less than a year, Hitler’s forces would have conquered three-quarters of Europe, including France, and that Britain faced the risk of invasion.

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