British Jews

BBC debate on whether Jews are an ethnic minority group sparks outrage

The panel featuring four non-Jews suggests to critics that Jews are privileged and shouldn’t count as a proper ethnic minority.

A Jewish man who identified himself as Andrew protests the oppression of China's Uyghurs outside the Chinese embassy in London, UK on Jan. 5, 2020. (David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

In Britain, Jews are leading the fight against the oppression of China’s Uighur Muslims

The Jewish community’s chief rabbi has urged the government to punish China for what many consider a genocide as the pope and other Christian leaders remain mum on the issue.

George Blake, a former MI6 officer, enters a car in Moscow, Russia on June 28, 2001.(Yuri Martianov/Kommersant Photo/AFP via Getty Images)

George Blake, British spy for Soviet Union, dies in Moscow at 98

Blake did not identify as a Jew, but his Jewish background played a major role in his life.

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Zoom prayers and Jewish kids: UK Labour leader Keir Starmer opens up about his Jewish family

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Prince Charles calls Rabbi Jonathan Sacks ‘a light unto this nation’ at ceremony marking 30 days since chief rabbi’s death

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The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.

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

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

The time capsule extracted from a wall during renovations at what used to be a synagogue in Manchester, U.K. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Manchester)

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150-year-old time capsule found in a wall of oldest synagogue in British city

Tony Murray and Baronne Von Brandstetter attending the 57th Red Cross Ball on August 5, 2005 in Monaco. (Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images)

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100-year-old Jewish war hero is first centenarian to make UK billionaire list

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Rabbi Osher Yaakov Westheim, renowned British authority on kosher laws, dies of coronavirus

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