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Anti-fascist battle in Britain marked
Londoners recently got a reminder that the power of ordinary people to halt racist behavior can never be overstated. Read more »
Study: Anti-Semitism up in Britain
Anti-Semitism is rising in Britain, a new study found, partly as a result of the situation in the Middle East. Read more »
British Jews mark 350 years
Concerns about safety in the wake of the Israel-Hezbollah war, as well as the recently foiled terror plot in London, are creating a cloud over upcoming celebrations of the 350th anniversary of Jews in Britain. Read more »
British boycott vote blasted
British Jewish leaders are not the only ones blasting a decision by a teachers union to recommend a boycott of Israeli academics because of Israeli "apartheid" policies, including the building of a security barrier. Read more »
Young London Jews get rhythm
London youngsters are picking up where Two Live Jews left off a decade ago, intent on questioning tradition and making provocative art around what it means to be a Jew. Read more »
London Jews waver on mayor
With London Mayor Ken Livingstone's sentence suspended amid questions about the system that convicted him, the Jewish community's united front about his remarks to a Jewish journalist is beginning to crack. Read more »
Orthodox school takes non-halachic Jews
Falling enrollment has prompted an Orthodox day school in the London area to admit students with only a Jewish father, provoking outrage in parts of the community. Read more »
Israeli nail in Blair political coffin
Tony Blair’s future as British prime minister looks increasingly doomed — and it may have been the Middle East that sealed his fate. Read more »
British Jews mourn Rabbi Louis Jacobs
Controversial during his lifetime, Rabbi Louis Jacobs, a scholar and founder of the British Conservative movement, is being remembered in death as a towering figure in modern British Jewish history. Read more »
U.K. Jews stress security 1 year after bombings
As Britain marked the one-year anniversary of terrorist attacks that killed 52 people in London, officials with British Jewry's main defense organization talked with JTA about how they help protect the community. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 02/09/12 @ 05:54PM EST
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- A truck driving calves from Eilat to the Golan Heights was hijacked into the West Bank.
- U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
- Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis
- Holy cow! Calves hijacked into Palestinian territory
- Report: Israeli journalist also works for prime minister
- Larry Greenfield tapped to lead JINSA
