Posts Tagged: Labour Party Jews
Will the UK Election Be a Calamity for British Jews?
Just over 50 years ago in the UK, a general election was held that principally was about one issue -- should the striking coal miners...
In Reporting on Ken Loach Expulsion, UK Paper Ignores His Antisemitism
A Guardian article on the Labour Party’s expulsion of British filmmaker Ken Loach distorted the reason why he was expelled from the party, and omitted...
UK Paper Publishes Letter on Labour Scandal Containing Antisemitic Smears
On October 30, a day after the EHRC report on antisemitism in the Labour Party was released, The Guardian published a series of letters, including...
Labour Slammed for Campaign Ad on Diversity That Omits Jews
JNS.org - The UK Labour Party is once again in hot water after a campaign ad featuring a speech on diversity failed to include Jews,...
The Democrats Don’t Have to Go the Way of Labour
JNS.org - The upcoming general election being held in the UK on December 12 isn’t getting much coverage in the United States. Americans generally don’t...
Jeremy Corbyn’s False Empathy on Holocaust Memorial Day
Last week, people gathered across the United Kingdom to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who joined 200 Holocaust survivors at a service in...
Fall 2018: BDS Returns to Campus and Politics
As the academic year begins, controversy over the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism -- which includes demonization of Israel -- has now spread to...
Why the Rise of Political Antisemitism Is so Dangerous
The stakes have never been higher for the Jewish community in the UK. British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s relentless obsession with Israel has created...
Antisemitism’s Implausible Denial
It was an awkward moment on BBC television. An articulate, well-educated Jewish couple, Mark Lewis and Mandy Blumenthal, told viewers that antisemitism has become so...
Reflecting on the UK Antisemitism Debate
Over the past two and a half years, a major debate has developed about antisemitism in the British Labour party. Jeremy Corbyn, the party leader,...
Corbyn’s Worldview Turns the Truth on Its Head
JNS.org - There is a telling moment in a video clip of a London conference in 2013 on the Palestinian “right of return.” Panelist Jeremy...
The Anti-Israel Effort Intensifies in Politics and on Campus
August’s major BDS issue was the continuation of the British Labour Party’s antisemitism crisis, which began more than two years ago. For instance, it was...
Top Novelist J.K. Rowling Rises in Defense of British Jews in New Criticism of Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Celebrated novelist J. K. Rowling has won plaudits from Jewish Twitter users after her latest online battle with supporters of Jeremy Corbyn -- the far-left leader...
British Jews Say ‘Enough Is Enough’
After it was reported that UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had laid a wreath at the graves of Palestinian terrorists, the chairman of Britain’s Jewish...
