Posts Tagged: British Antisemitism
British PM Marks Rosh Hashanah Holiday With Vow to Combat Antisemitism
JNS.org - At a reception held earlier this week to mark the upcoming Rosh Hashanah holiday, British Prime Minister Theresa May reiterated her government’s pledge to...
Poll: 30% of the British Public Holds at Least One Antisemitic View
JNS.org - A new in-depth survey conducted by the UK-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) found that around 30 percent of the British public hold at...
Jewish Identity, Through the Eyes of Benjamin Disraeli
We may think that current political discourse is crude and vicious. But, believe me, beneath a veneer of gentility, politics in the British Empire was...
British Government Adopts Official Definition of Antisemitism
JNS.org - British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that her government will adopt an official definition of antisemitism, while also calling it “disgusting” that antisemitic views are...
Antisemitism Report: Hate Crimes Against British Jews Surge, Prosecutions Drop
JNS.org - A disturbing report shows a continuously rising number of hate crimes committed against British Jews, while the number of hate crime cases being...
Atheist British Author Challenges Liberals to ‘Become Jewish’ to Experience Antisemitism
A British author, journalist and political analyst caused a storm on Saturday, when he penned an op-ed in the ultra-liberal Guardian newspaper railing against the...
Defending Israel to Diaspora Jews at Limmud
I spent the last days of 2015 meeting with British Jews in Birmingham. Along with many presenters from different countries and professional fields, I had...
Local Jewish Patrols Report Two Antisemitic Attacks Against Jewish Property in London Borough
As London police announced a decision to move an "anti-Judaization" rally in the city from the heavily Jewish Golders Green neighborhood to Westminster, local patrols in the London borough of...
British Fascist Group Films Vandalism at Jewish Monument, Uploads Video to YouTube
A fascist group filmed some of its members defacing a Jewish monument at a park in England and uploaded the video to YouTube, British reports said...
Britain’s Archbishop of Canterbury Calls on Christians to Fight ‘Horrendous’ Violence Against Jews
The head of the Church of England called on the Christian community to acknowledge and fight the "horrendous" violence perpetrated against the Jewish community, the...
Jewish Politico Reporter Says he Was Assaulted, Removed From Galloway Respect Party Event
A Jewish journalist said he was throttled, punched and forcefully ejected from a British Respect Party event because of his "ethnicity," British media reported on...
UK Groups Circulate Declaration of Appreciation for Israel as Safe Haven for Christians
JNS.org - British Christian groups are circulating a declaration expressing appreciation for Israel as a safe haven for Middle East Christians, support for bolstering...
UK MP Who Attacked “The Jews” Ordered to Take Language Classes
The Jewish Chronicle - David Ward, a British lawmaker who made negative generalizations about "the Jews," was ordered to take language classes by...
Oxford Boycott Israel Motion to be Rejected
Jerusalem Post - A controversial motion calling for a blanket boycott of Israel by students at Oxford University is expected to be resoundingly rejected...