Posts Tagged: British Jews
New Study Shows Jewish Observance Costs $18,500 Annually in Extra Expenses
Observant Jews in Britain have to spend close to $18,500 a year in extra expenses to maintain their Jewish lifestyles, according to a new study released...
Defending Israel to Diaspora Jews at Limmud
I spent the last days of 2015 meeting with British Jews in Birmingham. Along with many presenters from different countries and professional fields, I had...
UK Survey: Jews Considered Among Best-Behaved, Least Sexually Promiscuous Ethnic Groups
Members of the British public believe Jews to be among the best-behaved and least sexually active ethnic groups, according to a survey released last week...
British Jews Under Pressure
Reviewing the status of Anglo-Jewry can lead to diametrically opposing conclusions. Residing in a northwest London Jewish suburb, one can easily be deluded that life...
British Jewish Group Vows to Confront Jeremy Corbyn on Anti-Israel Views
The Board of Deputies of British Jews (BDBJ) is planning to issue a statement outlining its concerns with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of the U.K....
Report: Britain’s Likely New Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn Sought Release of Convicts in 1994 Israeli London Embassy Bombing
Leading U.K. Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn was instrumental in the campaign to release two people who were sentenced over their involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish NGO...
Report: Nearly 7 of 10 British Jews ‘Concerned’ With Corbyn’s Lead in Labour Race
Nearly 70% of British Jews are concerned with the prospect of Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn becoming the new face of the country's Labour Party, a poll conducted by the U.K. Jewish...
Memorial Held in Honor of British Jewish WWI Soldier Awarded Victoria Cross for ‘Conspicuous Bravery’
A memorial was unveiled on Tuesday commemorating a London-born Jewish soldier who had been awarded the Commonwealth's highest military honor for his service during World War I. Lance Corporal...
Jews in North London Targeted in Drive-By Water Pistol Attacks
Several Jewish people walking in North London were "soaked" by water pistols fired from passing cars late last week, a charity working to protect British Jews revealed on...
Fascist Demonstrators to Burn Talmud at London Rally in Jewish Neighborhood
The extreme right-wing organizers of a Saturday protest in a predominantly Jewish London neighborhood plan to burn Israeli flags and even a copy of the...
UK Election Results: Another Term for Israel-Friendly Conservative Government
JNS.org - U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party defeated its most formidable rival, Ed Miliband's Labour Party, in the May 7 British election. The Conservative Party garnered 331 parliament seats, five more...
Archbishop of Canterbury Vows to Take Rising Antisemitism ‘Seriously’
JNS.org - In an address to leading Jewish figures in the United Kingdom, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby vowed to take rising antisemitism in the...
UK Jewish Voters Lean Toward Conservatives Amid Israel Concerns, Poll Shows
JTA - Concerns over Israel loom large as Jewish voters in Britain intend to cast their ballots overwhelmingly for the Conservative Party in the upcoming parliamentary...
Radical Islamist Group Claims to Influence UK Election
Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), a United Kingdom-based radical Islamist front organization, is openly bragging about its close relationship with both the Tory and Labour...
