Jewish students have increasingly found themselves to be the target of abuse by pro-Palestinian campaigners at British universities. Pro-Israel speakers and events have been cancelled. Hate speakers are invited to universities like Cambridge, SOAS, LSE and Manchester. But is life really bad for J...
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The Knesset may scrap a bill which had the backing of Sir Paul McCartney, to forbid the manufacture, import and export of all kinds of furs. The bill would have exempted the use of fur for making the traditional shtreimels, or fur hats, worn by the strictly Orthodox.
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A Conservative government would ban extremist Islamist groups, refuse visas to hate preachers and insist that universities identify and root out radicals promoting violence, antisemitism and other racial intolerance on campus, David Cameron has told the JC. But do you believe him? And do you trus...
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Is anaesthetic a good idea in circumcision? Or are the complications it can cause just too great? Finnish Jews Moshe and Miriam Levi have been fined by the Helsinki District Court after British rabbi Yossi Simon did not use an anaesthetic when circumcising their son Aviv.
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Gay Jewish couples could soon be allowed to marry in synagogue after religious groups including Liberal Judaism and several Anglican bishops have lent their support to a relaxation of a ban. An amendment to the Equality Bill is expected to be debated in the Lords next month to pave the way for th...
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The killing of a Hamas chief in a Dubai hotel room by alleged Mossad agents travelling on counterfeited British passports of olim has led Gordon Brown to announce an inquiry by the Serious Organised Crime and Fraud Agency (Soca). The Hamas official had been wanted for the capture and murder of tw...
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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has sacked controversial peer Jenny Tonge as the party’s health spokesperson in the Lords over her demands for an investigation into allegations of body parts harvesting by the Israeli Defence force in Haiti.
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Chelsea, Arsenal and West Ham fans have been calling Tottenham ‘Yids’ for decades. But racism and antisemitism persists in the lower leagues too.
A Sunday FA Cup match ended in chaos after a player was sent off for protesting that he had been racially abused.
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Egypt has announced it is to ban all foreign aid convoys to Gaza after activists from the Viva Palestina convoy led by MP George Galloway clashed with police on the Rafah border. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said the country has banned all aid convoys to Gaza, and that any aid for Palest...
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In the wake of attempted arrests of Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni when the Israeli ministers had planned visits to Britain, Foreign Secretary David Milliband has vowed to change the law to prevent campaigners who wish to arrest Israeli leaders for 'war crimes'.
Mr Miliband plans to allow arrest wa...
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Gay Jewish couples could soon be allowed to marry in synagogue after religious groups including Liberal Judaism and several Anglican bishops have lent their support to a relaxation of a ban. An amendment to the Equality Bill is expected to be debated in the Lords next month to pave the way for th...
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Egypt has announced it is to ban all foreign aid convoys to Gaza after activists from the Viva Palestina convoy led by MP George Galloway clashed with police on the Rafah border. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said the country has banned all aid convoys to Gaza, and that any aid for Palest...
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A Swiss referendum has come out in favour of banning the building of minarets on mosques.
The referendum, called by the far-right Swiss People’s Party, has been criticised by the United Nations, the Swiss government, most Swiss newspapers, the Swiss church and the Vatican.
But it was suppor...
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The killing of a Hamas chief in a Dubai hotel room by alleged Mossad agents travelling on counterfeited British passports of olim has led Gordon Brown to announce an inquiry by the Serious Organised Crime and Fraud Agency (Soca). The Hamas official had been wanted for the capture and murder of tw...
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Hamas captured Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, on 25 June 2006 in a cross-border raid. The soldier has been held captive with no access to the Red Cross and no contact with his family.
In recent weeks, media speculation has heightened that a deal could soon be brokered that could see Shalit ...
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Jewish students have increasingly found themselves to be the target of abuse by pro-Palestinian campaigners at British universities. Pro-Israel speakers and events have been cancelled. Hate speakers are invited to universities like Cambridge, SOAS, LSE and Manchester. But is life really bad for J...
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A Conservative government would ban extremist Islamist groups, refuse visas to hate preachers and insist that universities identify and root out radicals promoting violence, antisemitism and other racial intolerance on campus, David Cameron has told the JC. But do you believe him? And do you trus...
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The Knesset may scrap a bill which had the backing of Sir Paul McCartney, to forbid the manufacture, import and export of all kinds of furs. The bill would have exempted the use of fur for making the traditional shtreimels, or fur hats, worn by the strictly Orthodox.
Would this have been a good ...
More...
Is anaesthetic a good idea in circumcision? Or are the complications it can cause just too great? Finnish Jews Moshe and Miriam Levi have been fined by the Helsinki District Court after British rabbi Yossi Simon did not use an anaesthetic when circumcising their son Aviv.
Do you think it should ...
More...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has sacked controversial peer Jenny Tonge as the party’s health spokesperson in the Lords over her demands for an investigation into allegations of body parts harvesting by the Israeli Defence force in Haiti.
Her remarks followed an article making the accusatio...
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The killing of a Hamas chief in a Dubai hotel room by alleged Mossad agents travelling on counterfeited British passports of olim has led Gordon Brown to announce an inquiry by the Serious Organised Crime and Fraud Agency (Soca). The Hamas official had been wanted for the capture and murder of tw...
More...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has sacked controversial peer Jenny Tonge as the party’s health spokesperson in the Lords over her demands for an investigation into allegations of body parts harvesting by the Israeli Defence force in Haiti.
Her remarks followed an article making the accusatio...
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A Swiss referendum has come out in favour of banning the building of minarets on mosques.
The referendum, called by the far-right Swiss People’s Party, has been criticised by the United Nations, the Swiss government, most Swiss newspapers, the Swiss church and the Vatican.
But it was suppor...
More...
Gay Jewish couples could soon be allowed to marry in synagogue after religious groups including Liberal Judaism and several Anglican bishops have lent their support to a relaxation of a ban. An amendment to the Equality Bill is expected to be debated in the Lords next month to pave the way for th...
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The BNP's Nick Griffin appeared on Question Time for the first time in the programme's history. Will his support have won the party more support from voters who previously had not heard the party's policies?
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Hamas captured Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, on 25 June 2006 in a cross-border raid. The soldier has been held captive with no access to the Red Cross and no contact with his family.
In recent weeks, media speculation has heightened that a deal could soon be brokered that could see Shalit ...
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Sadly, Stacey Solomon won’t have a number one hit this Christmas. But, despite her 11th hour exit, she’s still our number one. And she’s surely destined for stardom. Just what does the future hold for the Dagenham diva? We predict great things. We haven't heard the last of this delightful young l...
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JFS have lost their final appeal in the Supreme Court, where judges ruled JFS had directly discriminated by refusing a place to a boy (Child M) whose mother had converted under a non-Orthodox synagogue and was therefore not recognised by the United Synagogue.
This has massive implications for...
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Jewish students have increasingly found themselves to be the target of abuse by pro-Palestinian campaigners at British universities. Pro-Israel speakers and events have been cancelled. Hate speakers are invited to universities like Cambridge, SOAS, LSE and Manchester. But is life really bad for J...
More...
Egypt has announced it is to ban all foreign aid convoys to Gaza after activists from the Viva Palestina convoy led by MP George Galloway clashed with police on the Rafah border. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said the country has banned all aid convoys to Gaza, and that any aid for Palest...
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Sadly, Stacey Solomon won’t have a number one hit this Christmas. But, despite her 11th hour exit, she’s still our number one. And she’s surely destined for stardom. Just what does the future hold for the Dagenham diva? We predict great things. We haven't heard the last of this delightful young l...
More...
Hamas captured Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, on 25 June 2006 in a cross-border raid. The soldier has been held captive with no access to the Red Cross and no contact with his family.
In recent weeks, media speculation has heightened that a deal could soon be brokered that could see Shalit ...
More...
Egypt has announced it is to ban all foreign aid convoys to Gaza after activists from the Viva Palestina convoy led by MP George Galloway clashed with police on the Rafah border. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said the country has banned all aid convoys to Gaza, and that any aid for Palest...
More...
The Knesset may scrap a bill which had the backing of Sir Paul McCartney, to forbid the manufacture, import and export of all kinds of furs. The bill would have exempted the use of fur for making the traditional shtreimels, or fur hats, worn by the strictly Orthodox.
Would this have been a good ...
More...
A Swiss referendum has come out in favour of banning the building of minarets on mosques.
The referendum, called by the far-right Swiss People’s Party, has been criticised by the United Nations, the Swiss government, most Swiss newspapers, the Swiss church and the Vatican.
But it was suppor...
More...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has sacked controversial peer Jenny Tonge as the party’s health spokesperson in the Lords over her demands for an investigation into allegations of body parts harvesting by the Israeli Defence force in Haiti.
Her remarks followed an article making the accusatio...
More...
In the wake of attempted arrests of Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni when the Israeli ministers had planned visits to Britain, Foreign Secretary David Milliband has vowed to change the law to prevent campaigners who wish to arrest Israeli leaders for 'war crimes'.
Mr Miliband plans to allow arrest wa...
More...
Gay Jewish couples could soon be allowed to marry in synagogue after religious groups including Liberal Judaism and several Anglican bishops have lent their support to a relaxation of a ban. An amendment to the Equality Bill is expected to be debated in the Lords next month to pave the way for th...
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A Conservative government would ban extremist Islamist groups, refuse visas to hate preachers and insist that universities identify and root out radicals promoting violence, antisemitism and other racial intolerance on campus, David Cameron has told the JC. But do you believe him? And do you trus...
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Assisting suicide has been a criminal offence in the UK for nearly 50 years. Keir Starmer, who leads the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) wants the Jewish community to air their views about his interim policy on assisted suicide. Yet the Jewish view is of the importance of the sanctity of life and...
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