Brexit

Jewish children playing on Canvey Island, UK on Dec. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In a Brexit bastion near London, a growing Orthodox community springs to life

Canvey Island’s Jews say they feel safer in that scruffy Conservative town than in the multicultural British capital.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 31, 2020 3:24 pm

Labour Party opponents arrive at Jeremy Corbyn's final rally in Hoxton, London on December 11, 2019. (Beata Zawrzel/Getty Images)

For some British Jews, elections feel like the walls are closing in

Caught between a party they believe is anti-Semitic and another they fear will spell financial ruin, Britain’s Jews are feeling marginalized and powerless.

December 12, 2019 1:21 pm

Opinion

I’m a proud British Jew troubled by Corbyn’s anti-Semitism problem — but I’m still voting for Labour

Brexit is ultimately a bigger existential threat to my country than the comments of one politician, writes a British Labour voter.

December 5, 2019 10:44 am

Hugh Grant, left, canvassing in Finchley, London, with Liberal Democratic parliament candidate Luciana Berger, right, Dec. 1, 2019. (David Mirzoeff/PA Images via Getty Images)

Hugh Grant campaigns with Luciana Berger in London’s most Jewish borough

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 2, 2019 5:19 pm

Brexit Party's Islington North candidate Yosef David. (Courtesy)

An Orthodox Jew is running for Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliament seat. He’ll need a miracle.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 13, 2019 3:26 pm

Lance Forman showing off the final product of his smoked salmon factory in the East End of London, the United Kingdom on Sept. 4, 2019 (Cnaan Liphshiz)

A Brexit Party politician owns London’s oldest smoked salmon factory

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 10, 2019 4:54 pm

Giant swastika painted on London factory owes to his pro-Brexit stance, Jewish owner says

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 6, 2019 11:22 am

Swastika daubed on London fish factory owned by pro-Brexit Jewish politician

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 8, 2019 5:25 pm

Brexit is pushing Jews to seek passports from countries that persecuted their ancestors

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 15, 2019 2:57 pm

In Britain, Labour Party rebels give Jews hope of a new political home

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 25, 2019 4:31 pm

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