Posts Tagged: UK Jewish community
UK Memorial to Oct. 7 Victims Vandalized Again Amid Surge in Antisemitism
A Jewish memorial in Brighton, southeastern England, dedicated to the victims of the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023,...
Backlash Grows in UK as Hamas Mounts Legal Challenge Against Terrorist Designation
A growing wave of condemnation is mounting in the UK after lawyers representing the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas sought to challenge the organization's terrorist designation,...
British Sewage Worker Fired for Condemning Hamas’s Oct. 7 Massacre
A sewage worker in Britain was fired for causing "significant offense" after calling Hamas "disgusting terrorists" and condemning the Palestinian Islamist group's Oct. 7, 2023,...
Israel’s President Herzog Meets UK Jewish Community Leaders
i24 News - Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog met with leaders of Britain’s Jewish community on Tuesday during a visit to...
New UK Labour Leader Outlines Concrete Steps to Fight Antisemitism in Party’s Ranks
The UK Labour party’s new leader pledged on Tuesday to step up efforts to fight antisemitism in its ranks and outlined several clear steps he...
Synagogues Were Among Planned Targets of Convicted UK Teenage Neo-Nazi
A 16-year-old self-declared neo-Nazi has been found guilty of plotting multiple terror attacks on targets in the UK between October 2017 and March of this...
Amnesty International Withdraws From Event With UK Jewish Community, Citing Support for BDS
JNS.org - Amnesty International sparked outrage among the UK Jewish community after citing support for the anti-Israel BDS movement in its withdrawal from an event it had...
British Security Group: Jewish Community Should Remain ‘Calm, Vigilant’ in Wake of Westminster Attack
The Community Security Trust has advised the Jewish community to remain “calm and vigilant” following the terror attack in Westminster. A spokesman said CST had been in...
Remembering My Friend, Jack Lunzer
Jack Lunzer, who died this past December, was famous for his collection of Jewish books, texts and incunabula. It was the largest collection of Judaica...
Report Shows Record Number of Antisemitic Incidents in UK in 2016
CST’s new Antisemitic Incidents Report shows that there were a record number of antisemitic incidents in the UK in 2016. According to CST, there were 1,309 antisemitic...
Orthodox British Jew Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in Damaged Vehicle — to Reach Destination Before Shabbat
An Orthodox British Jew pleaded guilty in court to reckless driving, after getting into an accident and continuing on his way, with parts of his car breaking off --...
In Rosh Hashanah Greeting, Muslim Mayor Calls London’s Jews ‘Shining Example’ of UK Capital ‘at Its Best’
London’s first-ever Muslim mayor issued a Rosh Hashanah greeting on Sunday, and called the British capital’s Jewish community a “shining example of London at its...
Antisemitic Incidents in UK Spike in First Half of 2016
Antisemitic hate incidents jumped in the first half of this year as the Jewish community was targeted three times every day, figures have revealed. The Community...
Owners of UK Kosher Restaurant Hit by Arson Attack Say They Will Prevail as Police Investigate Crime (VIDEO)
The owners of a kosher restaurant in Manchester said on Tuesday that they will not be discouraged by the recent arson attack against their eatery,...
