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On Jewish issues, new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss looks to continue in Boris Johnson’s footsteps

The conservative politician has pro-Israel credentials and comes from a background similar to that of many London Jews.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 6, 2022 5:45 pm

Azeem Rafiq throws a a ball during a match in Leeds. the UK on April 7, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons/Dave Morton)

UK athlete who exposed racism in cricket revealed to have made antisemitic remarks

“I am incredibly angry at myself and apologize to the Jewish community,” Azeem Rafiq said.

November 19, 2021 9:56 am

A view to a commercial area of the London borough of Hackney. (City of London)

British Supreme Court permits Orthodox housing associations to decline non-Jewish applicants

The decision came in response to a lawsuit brought by a non-Jewish mother who was denied residency in a property owned by the Agudas Israel Housing Association.

October 16, 2020 10:16 am

England’s senior Reform rabbi, Laura Janner-Klausner, is stepping down

By Marcy Oster July 7, 2020 3:29 pm

Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, right, speaking with other community leaders in London, the United Kigdom on June 5, 2017. (Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

Jewish men in UK are twice as likely to die from coronavirus than overall population, study shows

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 19, 2020 11:45 am

WWII singer Vera Lynn, who performed for Jewish refugees in the UK, dies at 103

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 18, 2020 11:28 am

Former journalist and political advisor Robbie Gibb arriving to the residence of the British prime minister in London, UK on May 24, 2019. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Businessmen, spin doctors and journalists make last-ditch bid to save UK Jewish papers

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 22, 2020 3:12 pm

Jacob Gross at the yeshiva and synagogue on Canvey Island, UK on Dec. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Jews in the United Kingdom prepare for distancing as Britain adapts to coronavirus

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 19, 2020 1:56 pm

Britain completes ban of Hezbollah by adding its political arm

By Marcy Oster February 25, 2019 8:26 am

6 unknown Holocaust victims laid to rest in Britain

By Marcy Oster January 20, 2019 12:33 pm

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