Posts Tagged: England Jews
England Was the First European Country to Expel Jews; Here’s the Full Story
A small number of Jews had lived in England since Roman and Anglo-Saxon times, but they only became an organized community under William the Conqueror...
British Sewage Worker Fired for Condemning Hamas’s Oct. 7 Massacre
A sewage worker in Britain was fired for causing "significant offense" after calling Hamas "disgusting terrorists" and condemning the Palestinian Islamist group's Oct. 7, 2023,...
Did an Offensive Cartoon Expose Our Own Failings?
With a tweeted apology from Rupert Murdoch himself and the eventual penance of The Sunday Times, what more could we ask for in...
The Queen’s Jubilee and Her Strategy of Doing Nothing
Over the course of a long (and, of course, rainy) weekend, we Brits are celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Perhaps the most...
Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee and the Jews
While Great Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee—marking 60 years of her reign—with a special extended bank holiday weekend June 2-5, scholars...
