Posts Tagged: Jewish Leadership Council
Amnesty International Withdraws From Event With UK Jewish Community, Citing Support for BDS
JNS.org - Amnesty International sparked outrage among the UK Jewish community after citing support for the anti-Israel BDS movement in its withdrawal from an event it had...
Top UK Jewish Officials Slam Corbyn Over 2014 Visit to Grave of Palestinian Terrorist Linked to Munich Massacre
Top UK Jewish officials have expressed concern over a Sunday Times report that Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn took part in an event at a...
British University Rugby Team ‘Excited’ to Openly Support BDS With Palestinian Flag on New Uniform
A British university rugby team said it is “excited” to show support for the anti-Israel boycott movement by wearing the Palestinian flag on its uniform,...
Anti-Israel Activist Found Guilty of Assaulting Jewish Student During Violent King’s College Protest
An anti-Israel demonstrator who took part in a violent protest at a London university in January was found guilty of assault, the UK's Evening Standard reported...
British-Jewish Leaders Call on Government to Adopt Definition of Antisemitism That Includes Israel-Hatred
Jewish leaders in Britain last week called on the government to adopt a new working definition of antisemitism -- which makes provisions for anti-Zionism --...
British Jewry Hails Appointment of ‘Staunch Israel-Supporter’ Boris Johnson as New Foreign Secretary
Leading Jewish groups in Britain are hailing the recent appointment of Boris Johnson as the country’s foreign secretary, expressing to The Algemeiner their hope that...
British Jews Jolted by Election of Terrorist Sympathizer, Israel Critic as UK’s New Labour Party Leader
Saturday’s election of far-Left candidate Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the British Labour Party -- succeeding Ed Miliband -- has U.K. Jews worried about the...
UK Jewish Group Forming New Pro-Israel Christian Group
JNS.org - The Jewish Leadership Council (JLC), an umbrella group of several major British Jewish organizations, has announced that it is helping to form...
After 6-Week Suspension From Party, UK MP David Ward Resumes Anti-Israel Tweeting
Following a six-week suspension from his party for remarks deemed insensitive to Jews and the Jewish state, it took UK Liberal Democrat MP David Ward little...
UK Politician Sir Bob Russell Equates ‘Life of Palestinians’ to Holocaust (VIDEO)
Comments made by a UK politician are being met with heavy criticism after he called for the "life of Palestinians since 1948" to be...
Sunday Times Editor Apologizes ‘Unreservedly’ for Timing of ‘Blood Libel’ Cartoon
In a meeting with British Jewish Leaders earlier today, the Acting Editor of The Sunday Times Martin Ivens apologized "unreservedly" for running a cartoon on...
Britain’s United Synagogue Announces Next Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
Britain's United Synagogue has announced that Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis will replace Lord Jonathan Sacks in the role of Commonwealth Chief Rabbi upon the latter's upcoming retirement according...
Anglo Jewish Leaders and “Trembling Israelites”
The simmering tensions associated with the "restrained" Anglo Jewish leadership approach to Israel advocacy, exploded at the last plenum meeting of the Board...
