Category: Jewish
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Two rising stars of human rights activism in Israel honoured at NIF UK awards ceremony
Two rising stars of human rights activism in Israel have been honoured at an awards ceremony in London. The New Israel Fund UK’s Human Rights Awards gave recognition to Rawyah Handaqlu, head of the Emergency Headquarters to Combat… Continue Reading
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Keir Starmer berates pro-Gaza MP over failure to reference Oct 7 massacre at PMQs
Keir Starmer has criticised an MP elected on a pro-Gaza ticket for failing to reference either Hamas or the October 7 terror attack after he quizzed him in the Commons. During PMQs on Wednesday Ayoub Khan, the independent MP for Birmingham… Continue Reading
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Frank Auerbach, British-German painter who fled the Nazis, dies aged 93
Beloved British-German artist Frank Helmut Auerbach died peacefully at his London home on Monday, aged 93. Born in Berlin on 29 April 1931, Auerbach was a Kindertransport refugee from Nazi Germany who arrived in Britain in 1939 aged just 8… Continue Reading
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OPINION: Fatal empathy must not lead to the taking of life
Kim Leadbetter’s private member’s bill is aimed at tackling one of the most troubling questions we face today. Advances in medicine and science can prolong life but cannot remove all suffering. We know more about the genetic origins of… Continue Reading
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Federation’s Golders Green eruv to go ahead
Just over a year after it applied for a new eruv in the Golders Green area, the Federation of Synagogues has been told a highways licence has been granted and installation can begin. There has been a KLBD-supervised eruv in Golders Green… Continue Reading
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Gloucestershire Police officer arrested on suspicion of Hamas support
A serving Gloucestershire Police officer has been arrested by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South West on suspicion of offering support to Hamas. In a statement Gloucestershire Police said the officer, a constable aged in his… Continue Reading
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Trump gives top role to ally of Israel’s settler movement
Donald Trump has announced that long-time ally of the settler movement Mike Huckabee will be the next US ambassador to Israel. Meanwhile Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a newly created… Continue Reading
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Dutch authorities considered postponing Ajax-Maccabi game over violence fears
The Dutch authorities considered postponing last week’s football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv as tensions between pro-Palestine activists and Israeli fans flared ahead of the game, it has been revealed. Femke Halsema, the… Continue Reading
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Demonstrators with Nazi flags target a Michigan production of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’
Demonstrators holding flags with Nazi swastikas targeted two rural Michigan towns over the weekend, including the site of a community theater production of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” They also reportedly chanted a… Continue Reading
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AJR remembers Nazi victims of Kristallnacht in moving service
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) has held its annual Kristallnacht service to mark the anniversary of the 1938 pogrom. The terrifying events across Nazi-occupied Germany and Europe 9 and 10 November 1938 proved to be a pivotal… Continue Reading