WATCH: Maccabiah Games Yield ‘Positive Connections’ to Israel for Athletes...
Some 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries prepared to head back to their home countries this week following the 20th Maccabiah Games, a two-week event that is being praised for helping create...
View ArticleBREAKING: Charlie Gard, UK Baby At Center of Dispute Over Treatment Has Died
Charlie Gard, the UK baby at the center of dispute over hospital treatment, has died. Eleven-month-old Charlie Gard has died after suffering from a rare genetic disease which has kept him in hospital...
View Article1 in 3 British Jews Have Considered Leaving UK Over Anti-Semitism, Poll Says
One in three British Jews have considered leaving the U.K. over safety concerns related to anti-Semitism, a new poll says. Further, four out of 10 U.K. Jews hide their faith due to fear of getting...
View ArticleWATCH: British PM Marks Rosh Hashanah Holiday With Vow to Combat Anti-Semitism
At a reception at 10 Downing Street with leaders of the Jewish community to mark the upcoming Rosh Hashanah holiday, British Prime Minister Theresa May reiterated her government’s pledge to combat...
View ArticleIsrael Expresses Solidarity With London After Train Terror Attack
Israeli officials expressed solidarity with the people of London following a terror attack on the London Underground Friday morning. A crude explosive device went off, injuring at least 22 people....
View Article‘Be Patient, Jews Come Last,’ Shopkeeper Tells Jewish Schoolgirl
A Jewish schoolgirl was told by a shopkeeper to “be patient, Jews come last.” The incident last week in Stamford Hill, in Northeast London, was reported by the Stamford Hill Shomrim, a neighborhood...
View ArticleJewish Woman, 70, Attacked in London by Assailant Shouting ‘Jew’ in Polish
A 70-year-old Jewish woman was hospitalized with a concussion after being attacked by an assailant who called her “Zyd,” Polish for “Jew.” The male attacker smashed her head into a brick wall while...
View ArticlePrince Charles blames ‘foreign’ Jews for Mideast unrest in 1986 letter
In a newly revealed letter from 1986, Prince Charles suggested the “influx of foreign, European Jews” was a cause of turmoil in the Middle East. After a visit to the Gulf with Princess Diana, Charles...
View ArticleJewish Teenager Stabbed 12 Times in London park
A Jewish teenager was seriously wounded in a stabbing at a London park. The 16-year-old, a student at London’s Jewish Community Secondary School, was stabbed 12 times in the legs by a group of men....
View ArticleIs Prince Harry’s Fiance, Meghan Markle Jewish? The internet is confused.
On Monday, the British royal family announced that American actress Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are engaged and will marry in the spring. Earlier this year, multiple media outlets reported that...
View ArticleLondon Orthodox Teacher Fired for Living with Her Boyfriend Wins...
A teacher at a Jewish nursery school in suburban London who said she was fired for living with her boyfriend won her case of religious and sexual discrimination. Zelda de Groen, 24, sued the Gan...
View ArticleRingo Starr to Perform in Israel 50 Years After the Beatles Were Banned from...
Sir Ringo Starr will perform this summer in Israel more than 50 years after the Israel’s government stopped the Beatles from performing there. Photograph of The Beatles as on tour in 1964 (Library of...
View ArticlePrince Harry and Meghan Markle Surprise Jewish Woman Who Wished Them ‘Mazel Tov’
When Edna Levi looked through her mail on Sunday, she was shocked to find an envelope delivered from Buckingham Palace. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the soon-to-be-married British royal couple, had...
View ArticleWATCH: British Blogger Sings Along As Prosecutors Play Her Holocaust Denial...
A British blogger who posted songs on YouTube denying the Holocaust and mocking survivors is on trial. British media reported Wednesday that Alison Chabloz has been charged with “sending obscene...
View ArticleAmericans More Likely Than Europeans to Stand up Against Anti-Semitism,...
It’s better here: That was the message of a panel of experts considering the rise of the extreme right and of anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe. That was the good news at the forum Monday...
View ArticleAnti-Semitic Incidents & Violent Assaults in Britain Hit Record High for...
The number of anti-Semitic attacks recorded in the United Kingdom rose in 2017, marking a new record for the second straight year and a significant gain in violent assaults. There were 1,382 cases...
View ArticlePrince William to Travel to Israel in Historic Royal Family Visit
In a break with what many believe is a decades-long unofficial boycott of Israel, the British Royal House announced what appears to be a state visit to the Jewish homeland by one of its most senior...
View ArticleCorbyn Regrets Defending London Mural He Now Says Is Anti-Semitic
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Labour party, said he was wrong to support in 2012 an artist who had painted a mural in London that Corbyn is now calling anti-Semitic. Corbyn, whose...
View ArticleStudent at British Private School Tried to Force-Feed Ham Pizza to Jewish...
A teenage student at a prestigious British private school was suspended for trying to force-feed a slice of ham pizza to a Jewish student while others watched. The incident at Clifton College in...
View ArticleThis British Jewish School Has Mostly Muslim Students
Like hundreds of Jewish institutions in the Diaspora, the King David School celebrated Israel’s 70th Independence Day with blue-and-white flags and group singing of the “Hatikvah” national anthem. But...
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