A Facebook history page noted a massacre of British Jews. Cue the laughing emojis. A post about a medieval pogrom in York, which recently hired its first rabbi in 800 years, was flooded by antisemitic trolls.
British city of York, site of a medieval pogrom, gets its first rabbi in 800 years Rabbi Elisheva Salamo arrived in York from California last week after decades of pulpit work in the United States, Switzerland and South Africa.
Manchester’s Jewish community is growing — so why is its oldest kosher certifier in deep financial trouble? The answers lie in the Jewish demographic shifts happening across the United Kingdom — and Europe.
Global England’s one-time capital to honor Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish businesswoman murdered there in 1277
Food Jürgen brings Passover to the ‘Great British Baking Show’ with charoset-and-matzah-topped pavlova
Obituaries Sheila Bromberg, Jewish harpist who was first woman to play on a Beatles album, dies at 92
Culture Roald Dahl’s family apologizes ‘for the lasting and understandable hurt’ caused by his anti-Semitism
Global England is allowing places of worship to reopen for individuals, but synagogues won’t open yet