Posts Tagged: UK Jews
A Firsthand Account of Anti-Israel Violence at a UK University
Campus security officers barricaded the doors. The mob swarmed in on us. We were caged in a room at University College London (UCL). Crowds of...
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 --...
UK Baroness Unrepentant on Antisemitism
Baroness Jenny Tonge caused an uproar last week when she gave a speech in the House of Lords, claiming that Israeli policies are a “major cause” of ISIS. Of...
The Labour Party’s Denial of Antisemitism Will Be Its Undoing
Anyone who pays attention to current events in the UK will be aware that the Labour Party has been the center of much controversy. Even...
In Europe, Jew-Hatred Trumps National Security
What is perhaps most conspicuous about the growth of antisemitism on the European Left, as exemplified by the current crisis in the British Labour Party,...
The Guardian and the Telegraph: Creating a ‘Safe Space’ for Anti-Zionists?
British media reports on the ongoing antisemitism scandal plaguing the Labour Party have been largely unproblematic, and quite unsympathetic to those attempting to rationalize or...
UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Denies Antisemitism Crisis Within His Party
JNS.org - Jeremy Corbyn, who heads the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, has denied that his party has an anti-Semitism problem amid a rash of controversial statements...
British Police Seeking Soccer-Fan Suspects Behind Antisemitic Abuse of Orthodox Jew on UK Train
Police in the UK are searching for a suspect in connection to the verbal abuse of a Jewish man by fans of the Chelsea Football Club, the Evening Standard reported...
UK Media Reports on Anti-Muslim Crimes, Ignores Anti-Jewish Ones
Multiple U.K. media outlets have devoted coverage to new statistics from the Metropolitan Police Service about hate crimes in London, which demonstrate that – from July 2014 to July...
Jeremy Corbyn and the Contagion of Conspiracy Theories
British MP Jeremy Corbyn, who is favored to become leader of the Labour Party, has an older brother. Piers Corbyn is a shaggy, mad-scientist version of his better-known sibling. Early...
Anti-Zionism’s Mask Falls
JNS.org - The first Saturday in September will see Israel’s national soccer team travel to Cardiff, the capital of Wales, for a vital qualifying game for...
Viewing UK Anti-Semitism Through the Lens of ‘Civilization’
One of the issues in the recent U.K. general election was excessive immigration. Did this represent a burgeoning xenophobia within British society - an effort to...
British Opposition Leader Ed Miliband Condemns ‘Questioning the Right of Israel to Exist’
Ed Miliband, the Jewish leader of Britain's Labour opposition whose stance on Israel has antagonized many Jewish members of his party, has questioned the legitimacy...
British PM David Cameron Confirms Extra Security for UK Jews, Says ‘100 Percent Protection’ is Impossible
British Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed his backing for extra security measures to protect the Jewish community following last week's Islamist terrorist attacks in...
