'Euro Jewry needs shift in mindset on security'
Jewish groups in Europe are realising that they cannot rely solely on the intelligence services, the police or even their own - often threadbare - security organisations for protection.This was one of...
View ArticleStudents' capital home-from-home
Jewish students often look to Hillels or Jewish halls of residence to provide a home-from-home experience while at university. Yet in London, hub of the UK community, there are none serving the...
View ArticleWizo opens doors
More than 1,000 volunteer collectors are knocking on doors for Wizo UK's annual Jewish Women's Week campaign. The charity hopes to exceed last year's £250,000 raised in support of the vulnerable teens...
View ArticleNorwood celebrates its royal double century of patronage
Two hundred years ago, Norwood's earliest incarnation, the Jews' Hospital, became the first Jewish charity to have a royal patron.It was Queen Victoria's uncle, the Duke of Sussex, who had been...
View ArticleReview: The Audience (starring Kristin Scott Thomas)
Is it me or is the decision by director Stephen Daldry to cast Kristin Scott Thomas as the Queen in this revival of Peter Morgan's play an odd one? Facially, they couldn't be more different. Yet Scott...
View ArticleReview: European Muslim Antisemitism
As Günther Jikeli argues in his compelling new book, there is a "research gap" on Muslim antisemitism in Europe. Although there have been surveys investigating Muslim attitudes to Jews, there is very...
View ArticleKeep calm and carry the motion: Israelis in UK-style debate
British-style debating for teenagers landed in Israel on Tuesday, when the London-based Institute of Ideas took its Debating Matters competition to Tel Aviv.Teams from six high-schools, most of whom...
View ArticleHoney sweetens Women's Week pot
The face of this year's Wizo UK Jewish Women's Week collection campaign is Yossi, who struggled at school because of severe learning difficulties, but was given the opportunity through Wizo to train as...
View ArticleBritain to reopen embassy in Iran after four-year closure
The UK is set to reopen its embassy in Tehran after a four-year closure.Foreign secretary Philip Hammond will reopen the embassy in the Iranian capital this weekend. At the same time, the Iranian...
View ArticleStar-studded opening to UK Jewish Film Festival
The 19th UK Jewish Film Festival got off to a glitzy start on Saturday evening as stars of the gala premiere, Closer To The Moon, joined 300 movie fans for a reception and screening at BFI on the...
View ArticleActing for the good
Yavneh College deserves the highest praise for acting on the school places shortage while others simply talk. It is all very well holding seminars and meetings to discuss the problem and work out what...
View ArticleUN selects anti-Israel Canadian law professor to report on Palestinian...
Michael Lynk - who has compared Israeli settlements to “the transfer by the Nazis of German-speaking peoples into newly conquered lands during the Second World War” - will be appointed the United...
View ArticleInternet troll on trial for Luciana Berger death threats
A man admitted sending antisemitic messages and death threats to Luciana Berger in court today.John Nimmo, 28, of South Shields, pleaded guilty to sending two e-mails to the Jewish MP for Liverpool...
View ArticleLuciana Berger unsuccessful in bid to be Labour's Liverpool mayor candidate
Luciana Berger, the Jewish MP for Liverpool Wavertree, has failed in her attempt to be selected as Labour’s candidate for the upcoming mayoral contest in Liverpool. Ms Berger came third out of the...
View ArticleLeading UK kosher store issues warning after Israeli salmonella fear
One of London’s biggest kosher supermarkets has announced that customers should return certain hummus and tehina products to the store, amid concerns that they may contain salmonella.Kosher Kingdom in...
View Article92 per cent of Jewish Labour Movement back Owen Smith for party leadership
The Jewish Labour Movement has nominated Owen Smith for the Labour leadership by a landslide.Some 92 per cent of the members voted for the Welsh MP who is challenging Jeremy Corbyn. The organisation...
View ArticleTributes paid to trainer Nicki Waterman following her death at 52
Tributes have been paid to Nicki Waterman, fitness trainer to the stars, following her death from a rare form of cancer.Mrs Waterman, a member of Belsize Square Synagogue, was diagnosed with an...
View ArticleTheresa May to remove cap on faith-school admissions
The government is set to remove the 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions to free schools.Prime Minister Theresa May announced the move this morning as part of a wide-ranging package of school...
View ArticleBritish child of German-Jewish refugees wins Nobel Prize for physics
A Jewish scientist is one of the three British academics to win the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics.Michael Kosterlitz, along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane, was honoured by the Nobel committee...
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