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UK House of Commons Leader Calls on Britain to Emulate Israel

By Israel Hayom

“Israel’s long-sightedness and ability to find long-term consensus on defense policy” should be something Britain proudly emulates, according to Mordaunt.

UK / News Briefs

Grant Shapps Becomes First Jewish UK Defense Secretary in 30 Years

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The son of immigrants who fled to Britain from pogroms sees his family history as an integral part of his political approach.

UK / Government / Left vs. Right / Boycott / BDS

Chikli on UK Trip: ‘I Did Not Feel Any Boycott'

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Leftist activists yelled at the minister as he entered the London offices of the Jewish Agency.

UK / Palestinian Authority / The Temple Mount

British Envoy Visits Temple Mount with Waqf, Meets with PA Leaders

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The British Consulate General in Jerusalem tweeted, “As a Muslim, he had the opportunity to pray in the mosque.” 

IDF & Security / UK / Iran

Mossad Tipped Off UK’s MI5 About Iranian Terror Threats on British Citizens

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The U.K. intelligence agency last week said it had identified at least 10 potential Iranian threats to kill or kidnap British and UK-based individuals since January.

UK / News Briefs / Jerusalem

British PM Abandons Plan to Move Embassy to Jerusalem

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

U.K. church leaders, European FMs and some Conservative MPs representing heavily Muslim districts all opposed the idea.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Residents of London Town Throw Eggs at Jews, Scrawl Graffiti, says Watchdog Group

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Community Security Trust is asking witnesses and victims to report the crimes to the police.

UK / The Knesset / Diaspora

‘Very Inappropriate’: UK’s Board of Deputies Under Fire After Telling MK Smotrich to ‘Get Out’

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Individuals and organizations castigated the Board of Deputies of British Jews for their inappropriate statement.

IDF & Security / UK / Iran

Israel and UK: ‘Time is Running Out’ on Iran

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

“We will work day and night to prevent the Iranian regime from ever becoming a nuclear power,” the UK’s Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid vowed.

US / Iran / Europe

Report: European Powers Scrap US-Backed Plan for IAEA Rebuke of Iran

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Britain, France and Germany withdraw their support for a resolution criticizing Tehran for failing to explain the presence of uranium particles at undeclared locations.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Coronavirus

20% of Brits Believe Jews Created COVID-19, Poll Shows

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Covid-19 has created a “new and unique wave of anti-Semitism around the world: the Jews, Zionists or the State of Israel are to blame for the pandemic and stand to gain from it.”

Israel / UK / Elections

Israel Wishes Boris Johnson a Mazal Tov on Becoming UK’s Prime Minister

By Arye Green / TPS

Boris Johnson won the Conservative party leadership race to become Britain’s next prime minister.

Israel / UK / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Britain Buys Iron Dome Technology

By Jewish Press News Desk

Britain will use the tech to protect the Falkland Islands from Argentina.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / UK / Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority's UK Embassy Glorifies Barghouti While Britain Mourns Young Terror Victim

By Palestinian Media Watch

The Palestinian Authority has campaigned for the international community to award Barghouti the Nobel Peace Prize.

Israel / NY / UK / News Briefs / Asia / South America / Sports

Israel to Compete at World Baseball Qualifier in Brooklyn, NY

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli American baseball fans are paying attention to the action in Brooklyn: next month Israel competes against 3 countries in NYC.

Israel / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Judaism

Elton John's Concert in Israel Set for Lag B'Omer

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The British singer will appear in Tel Aviv on May 26, the day Israelis celebrate and remember Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

Israel / US / Hamas / UK / News Briefs / Europe / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Official Spoke at UK-Based Terrorist Group

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Chris Gunness, spokesman for UNRWA, addressed a "charity" organization that the U.S. has declared a terror group that funnels money to Hamas.

UK / Travel / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

Heathrow Goes Kosher

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kosher meat and dairy sandwiches now are available at four Heathrow Airport terminals, according got Kosher Today. The London international hub offers kosher food at the White House Smith stories in terminals 2, 3, 4 and 5. Kosher food increasingly is available at major international airports, and travel experts said that the London airport can […]

UK / Government / News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Netanyahu Views Original Balfour Declaration

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the British Library in London Thursday night and viewed the original Balfour Declaration, in which UK Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour declared that Britain would support the establishment of a national home for the Jewish People in the Land of Israel. They also saw a book edited […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

British Gang Beats Jewish Teenager Unconscious

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A 17-year-old is in a hospital, and three others suffered injuries in the attack at a street car station.

Israel / UK / Iran / News Briefs / Europe

British MP Accuses UK of Supporting Iran 'at Expense of Allies'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bebb, a member of the British Conservative Friends of Israel, also predicted the nuclear deal will lead to a nuclear arms race.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

Israel Calls British Petition to Arrest Netanyahu a 'Publicity Stunt'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A British Conservative Member of Parliament called the petition "completely absurd."

UK / News Briefs / Europe / ISIS

'Jihadi John' Vows to Return to Britain and 'Cut off Heads'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Britain's gift to inhumanity promises he will only behead "non-believers."

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Pro-Israelis Outnumber London Neo-Nazis 20-1

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Thirty Policemen escorted a total of 21 neo-Nazi in the "anti-Jewification" protest that flopped.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

'Britain's Schindler' Dies at the Age of 106

By Jewish Press Staff

Nicholas Winton saved hundreds of Jewish children from the gas chambers but said nothing for nearly 50 years.

US / News Briefs / ISIS

US Officials Warn of ISIS Attacks on July 4

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Americans' fear of the ISIS is turning terror into the major election issue.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

Netanyahu: All You Need to Know About BDS Is It Doesn't Boycott ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He also criticized Britain for boycotting Israel's defense expo; British diplomat claims UK "committed" to trade links with Israel.

UK / News Briefs / France / Boycott / BDS

Britain and France Boycott Israeli Military Expo

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Foreign Ministry nerds are wrongly calling the boycott an aftermath of the FIFA nonsense.

US / UK / News Briefs / Europe / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Tony Blair Steps Down as Quartet Middle East Envoy but No One Cares

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The U.S. State Dept. had a difficult time explaining what the Quartet has ever accomplished except spending money.

UK / Elections / News Briefs / Europe

British Voters Clobber Labour and Vote for Pro-Israel Cameron

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas' mouthpiece George Galloway lost his seat. Cameron may have a majority.

UK / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

PA Negotiator Erekat Says New Coalition Wants to 'Kill'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He says the government will "work against peace and stability," meaning it won’t adopt the Obama agenda.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists / Religion

British Posters Warn Muslim Voting in Elections Violates Islamic Law

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The West grants the right to vote. Islamists want to take it away. Will they tell US Muslims not to vote?

Haredim & Hassidim / UK / News Briefs / Europe

'Let's Go Jew-Bashing' Muslims Hauled into British Court

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Maybe the court will forgive the gang because one of them apologized.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Assimilation

London Neighborhood again Vandalized with Swastikas

By JTA

More than 20 cars and buildings in a Jewish community in north London were vandalized with swastikas. The Nazi symbol was drawn on approximately 27 cars in the Osbaldeston Road area of Stoke Newington on Sunday night, The Daily Mail reported. An unnamed 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with the vandalism Tuesday. The neighborhood […]

Terrorism / UK / Egypt / Canada

Canada and UK Close Cairo Embassies Citing Security Reasons

By Jewish Press News Desk

There is concern that terrorists may try to attack the foreign embassies.

UK / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

UK Jewish Schools Could Face Closure for Not Promoting Homosexuality

By Tibbi Singer

UK schools that are found to be ‘indoctrinating pupils about gay people’ will face closing under new rules designed to promote ‘British values,’ the British Government confirmed Monday.

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

UK School Inspectors Bully Orthodox Students with Sexual and Inappropriate Questions

By Tibbi Singer

Jewish schoolgirls were traumatized by official UK school inspectors who asked very inappropriate sex-related questions which you don't ask 9 year old religious girls.

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / ISIS

Iran Blames US for Creating ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

US is to blame for creating ISIS, Israel is to blame for Hamas, and it’s not even Halloween yet.

Israel / UK / News Briefs

BDS Fails in Britain

By Jewish Press News Desk

Trade is up, and British Prime Minister David Cameron said that his government will fight all antisemitism, and attempts to boycott Israel.

Terrorism / Hamas / UK / News Briefs / France / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

ISIS Beheading of British Citizen Wakes Up Cameron

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The sun set long ago on the British Empire, but the question is if it will ever rise again.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

Five Anti-Zionist Doctors ‘Hijack’ Medical Journal to Dump on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“How can you separate politics and health? The two go hand-in-hand.” – editor of Lancet medical journal.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

British Store Guard Tells Children ‘No Jews Allowed’

By JTA

This happened in Britain in 2014, not in Germany in 1939.

Terrorism / Syria / UK / News Briefs / Europe / ISIS

Scottish Woman Heads ISIS ‘Sisterhood for Martyrdom’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

No, she is not Tony Blair’s sister-on-law. She is one of 200 British women in the evil ISIS. May she be granted her wish to God for martyrdom.

Guest Blog

The Ties that Bind (and Those Unmentioned)

By Paul Gherkin

Evolution of the news flow: rapists first described as “Asian,”then “Pakistani,” finally “Muslim.”

UK / News Briefs / Europe

‘Madman' Beheads 82-Year-Old Woman in London Suburb

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A suspect has been arrested, but everyone is being politically correct by not describing him.

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Self-Acclaimed Jew Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Assaulting MP George Galloway

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The prosecutor says Masterson told police, "I didn't want him to think I'm scared.”

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

British Man Beats Up Anti-Semite George Galloway

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

We wish him a speedy recovery and a lifetime of laryngitis.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Settlements

Dutch Pension Fund Rejects BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Boycott Israel movement, so far, is more bark than bite.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Aliyah / Geulah

British Police Arrest Jew for Fighting PA Flag Wavers at Kosher Deli

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A protester who shouted “Jews aren’t safe – we’re coming to get you“ got a big surprise. Aliyah? Perish the thought.

Terrorism / Syria / US / UK / News Briefs / Europe / ISIS

Report: Foley Murdered because His Brother Works for US Air Force

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A French journalist said the murderer who beheaded James Foley is named “John.”

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS / Islamists

Anti-Israeli Rioters Attack British Police and Ransack Supermarket

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Islamic-driven violence drives another nail in a civil British society.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

George Galloway Declares ‘Israel-Free Zone’ in British City

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Perhaps the city of Bradford can declare itself a “George Galloway-free zone.”

UK / News Briefs / Islamists

British PM : Check Schools After Islamist Takeover Plot

By Jewish Press News Desk

Britain's leadership becomes aware of an Islamist plot to take over the nation's school system.

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Synagogue Worshippers in London Save Family from Burning Car

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two worshippers in a synagogue on Passover saved a child from death in a burning car that exploded shortly after the rescue. The worshippers rushed to the burning vehicle after hearing the family’ scream for help, and they found the toddler strapped in a car seat. The worshippers, Moshe Kupperman and a second man, identified […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Swastika Mars British Sculpture Exhibit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Vandals scrawled a swastika and a Jewish Star of David on one of 16 fiberglass "sunfish” that were placed throughout the British city of Plymouth this week to celebrate the city’s young artists, the Plymouth Herald reported. The sculptures were unveiled at the start of National Apprentices Week and were placed to create a tourist […]

UK / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

British PM Cameron Claims Jewish Ancestors

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Haredi Knesset Members who walked out of David Cameron’s speech didn’t miss very much.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Sports

British Soccer Watchdog Punishes Player for Quenelle Salute

By JTA

Nicolas Anelka, a French soccer player for a British club, was fined $130,000 and suspended five games for performing the quenelle gesture in a game. The British Football Association handed down its penalties on Thursday following an investigation by an independent regulatory commission, which ruled that Anelka was guilty of performing an act that was […]

Haredim & Hassidim / UK / News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Uproar over Jewish Candidate’s Refusal to Shake Hands with Women

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When a Muslim won’t look at a woman, it is called respect. When a Jew won’t shake her hand, it is called sexism.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / European Union

PA Allocates $46 Million More for Terrorists

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority announced last week it will be giving an additional $46 million a year to released prisoners, including hundreds of murderers of civilians, according to the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). This new funding is an addition to the tens of millions the PA already gives in salaries and other benefits to terrorists in […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Britain Bars Quenelle Creator Dieudonne

By JTA

The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, creator of the anti-Semitic quenelle gesture, was banned from entering Britain by the Home Office, British newspapers reported Monday. Dieudonne reportedly had announced that he would visit London to support Nicolas Anelka, a French national playing for the West Bromwich Albion British soccer team, who has been charged by […]

Israel / UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

British Lawmaker Rankles Jews with Tweet Attacking Ariel Sharon

By JTA

British lawmaker David Ward has raised Jewish ire again for tweeting two days after the death of Ariel Sharon. “Sharon’s death makes you think. The brutal, genocidal treatment of Jews must never be forgotten but … the Palestinians were not responsible.” One tweet in response to Ward, by British Jewish gay rights activist Benjamin Cohen, […]

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Hitchcock Holocaust Documentary to be Screened

By JTA

A documentary about the Holocaust by Alfred Hitchcock will be screened for the first time as the renowned late director intended, a British newspaper reported. “Memory of the Camps,” as the film is titled now, will be screened on British television early next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Europe, according […]

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / US / News Briefs

Queen Elizabeth to Honor Haredi Israeli Rabbi

By Jewish Press News Desk

Queen Elizabeth will grant Israeli Haredi Rabbi Yitzchak Shapira one of the Commonwealth’s highest civilian honors with an appointment as Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, the British Embassy announced Tuesday. Rabbi Shapira is the son of former Haredi Knesset Member Rabbi Avraham Yosef Shapira. The Embassy said he will be […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

NBA’s Tony Parker Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Salute

By JTA

National Basketball Association star Tony Parker has apologized for performing an anti-Semitic salute after a three-year-old photo was published in the French media. The photo shows Parker, who was born in Belgium and is French by nationality, performing the quenelle salute earlier this year standing next to the gesture’s founder, anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonne Mlaba […]

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Britain’s Chief Rabbi Calls for Ban on Women Reading from Torah

By JTA

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has called on Orthodox synagogues to ban “partnership” minyan services, where women can lead prayers and read from the Torah. “I know that you are working with our communities to find ways, within the boundaries of halacha, to make prayer, learning, leadership and involvement more meaningful for men and women […]

Haredim & Hassidim / US / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Hareidim Beat Out Hare Krishna in Measles Outbreak

By Jewish Press News Desk

Of the 175 cases of measles in the U.S in 2013, a mere 23 were connected to Hare Krishnas in North Carolina. The 175 cases were triple the national average in previous years. Embarrassingly enough, the largest group of people infected with measles came from our very own anti-vaccination cult of Brooklyn Hareidi Jews. Thirty […]

US / UK / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah / Russia / Judaism

Seventh Hanukkah Candle to Be Lit in Seven Nations Simultaneously

By JTA

Immigrants to Israel from seven countries will light Hanukkah candles Tuesday night simultaneously with Jews in seven other countries in a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and The Jewish Agency for Israel. The candle lighting in Israel will take place at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, where 300 young […]

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Europe

London Rabbi Suing Billionaire Philanthropist over Property Deal

By JTA

A Ukrainian billionaire living in London is being sued by his rabbi over a joint property venture. Rabbi Yonah Pruss claims that he and Gennadiy Bogolyubov, a philanthropist who is involved in the Chabad movement, entered into a deal to find, purchase and manage investment properties in Britain along with a surveyor, Colin Gershinson, according […]

Op-Eds

Britain: 'A World Capital for Islamic Finance'

By Soeren Kern

"I want London to stand alongside Dubai and Kuala Lumpur as one of the great capitals of Islamic finance anywhere in the world." — David Cameron, Prime Minister, Great Britain.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Sports

British Soccer Team Apologizes for Nazi-Style Picture

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Soccer and anti-Semitism are two big sports in Britain. What happens when you combine them? You get a logo with a soccer team’s letter shaped in the form of a swastika. The team stated, “No offense intended.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / European Union

La Pen’s Right-Wing Party Makes Strong Gains in EU Election Poll

By Jewish Press News Desk

France’s right-wing National Front party headed by Marine Le Pen is leading the country’s two major parties in the polls for May’s elections to the European Parliament. The Le Nouvel Observateur weekly reported that the party has the support of 24 percent of French voters, compared with only 22 and 19 percent respectively for the […]

Syria / US / Qatar / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists / Saudi Arabia / United Nations (UN)

Syrian Chutzpa: ‘Foreign Terrorists’ Invasion is Our 9/11’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is chutzpa but no surprise that Syria told the U.N. the “terrorist” rebellion is its 9/11. It is a surprise that the US delegates did not throw him out of the General Assembly.

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Global / News Briefs / Islamists

Kenya, Unlike Israel, 'Does not Negotiate with Terrorists' (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kenya is ending the terrorist siege on the partly-owned Israeli mall in Nairobi after carrying out a policy, of “no negotiations with terrorists,” as Israel used to implement, but no more.

Israel / News Briefs / Media / Egypt

BBC Claimed Egyptian Yom Kippur War Was ‘Pre-Emptive Arab Attack’

By JTA

No Arab in his right mind could claim Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War as a pre-emptive” attack, but leave it to the BBC to come up with the unbelievable idea and believe it could get away with it.

Israel / Syria / UK / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

British PM: Holocaust Teaches not to Ignore Syria Crimes

By Jewish Press News Desk

British David Cameron said that the horrors of the Holocaust should bring out outrage in people who are against facing the reality that the Assad regime is using chemical weapons in Syria. He told the Holocaust Education Trust’s annual dinner in London on Monday, “The evidence [is] before our eyes,” the London Jewish Chronicle reported. […]

Terrorism / Global / Islamists / Egypt

A New ‘Arab Spring’ in Egypt Aimed at Wiping out Radical Islam

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egypt may be on the verge of doing what Israel, Europe and the United States have not been able to do – rid the country of unlicensed Islamic clerics who preach violence and rebellion.

Global / News Briefs / Religion

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Appointed as UK's New Chief Rabbi

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Sunday, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was appointed as the United Kingdom's new chief rabbi. Rabbi Mirvis is the Britain's 11th chief rabbi. Besides being a congregational rabbi, Rabbi Mirvis previously served as the chief rabbi of Ireland from 1985 to 1992. Rabbi Mirvis was born in South Africa in 1956. He moved to Israel in […]

IDF & Security / Syria / US / Government / News Briefs

Israel Stays Sane while World Goes Berserk over Obama’s Dawdling

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Russia sends an anti-sub ship and missile cruiser to the Mediterranean, Britain sends jets, and Iran threatens Doom. If anyone needs to worry about a US attack on Assad, it is Israel, but Netanyahu stays calm.

Terrorism / Syria / US / News Briefs

Report: Syrian Pilots Sign Pledge to be ‘Kamikaze Suicide Pilots’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Suicide may be the easiest way out for Syrian pilots who have not already defected. And if they see they are going to die anyway, why not take along as many Americans and Israelis as possible?

Israel / UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

George Galloway Reveals: Israel Behind Chemical Attack (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

God must have allowed George Galloway to be born so that Israel can have enemies who are idiots. The problem is that God also created other idiots who listen to him, such as Erdogan.

News Briefs

Rabbi Sacks Attacking PM, Multiculturalism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Britain's chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, is blaming British Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to do enough to boost marriages in the UK, and saying multiculturalism in Britain has "had its day," The Times reported. Rabbi Sacks said Cameron should recognize marriage in the tax system and do more to support stay at home mothers. […]

Haredim & Hassidim / UK / News Briefs / Europe

British Resort Lost $150,000 in Tourism by Ban on Shabbat Candles

By Jewish Press News Desk

The British coastal resort’s University of Aberystwyth lost $150,000 in tourism income by banning orthodox Jews from lighting candles on Shabbat, a decision that forced them to cancel their annual summer visit to the campus on the Welsh coast, according to sources reported by the Cambrian News. Only 15 families vacationed in Aberystwyth, but not […]

Israel / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Peres Sends ‘Mazal Tov” to Kate and William

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Peres sent a special message of congratulations on Tuesday in honor of the birth of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's new baby. He also sent a special gift of a baby suit with an embroidered message on it – "From Israel with Love" "From Jerusalem, Israel, I want to express our happiness […]

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Kate Gave Birth in a Jewish-Funded Hospital Wing

By JTA

Britain’s most popular baby has a Jewish connection, sort of. Kate gave birth in a hospital wing funded by a Jew. Suppose a Jew from the “settlements’ had given the money. Would Kate have boycotted it?

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Holocaust

Archbishop of Canterbury to Visit Western Wall and Al Aqsa Mosque

By Jewish Press News Desk

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is scheduled to arrive in Israel Wednesday as part of a five-day trip to the Middle East. The archbishop is making sure to honor all three major religions, with visits planned to the Western Wall, the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Pet Shop Boys Singer Rejects BDS Propaganda

By JTA

Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant defended his band’s decision to play in Israel amid pressure from the Boycott Israel movement to cancel the June 23 concert. A statement by Tennant was posted on the British duo’s official website following the release of a poster showing them wearing sunglasses stamped with the captions “1 child […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists

Tony Blair Finally Has a Problem with Islam

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Quartet's Middle East envoy Tony Blair, who for years has tried to “engage” Hamas and Fatah terrorist regimes, wrote this week, “There is a problem within Islam – from the adherents of an ideology that is a strain within Islam. We have to put it on the table and be honest about it.” Blair […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

‘Danger of Fire’ from Shabbat Candles Shuts Out Jewish Tourists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Welsh U. of Aberystwyth declares that lighting Shabbat candles is a fire hazard, nearly 20 years after Jewish tourists have done so every summer.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

British Legal Aide Pays $3,900 for ‘I Can’t Stand Jews’ Remark

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Jewish prohibition of “loshon hara,” speaking negatively about people, was learned quickly by a non-Jewish British legal assistant, who paid $3,900 for saying, “I can’t stand Jews.”

Antisemitism / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology

BBC Yanked Israeli Film on Jewish Exodus from Jerusalem (video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The BBC strikes again. Known for its bias against Israel, it said that a documentary claiming that man “Palestinians” of today actually are descendants of Jews did “not fit editorially.” How true.

Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs

Kerry Refuses Israeli Intel on Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama has said he would use force in Syria if it used chemical weapons. No wonder Kerry denies Israeli intel that Assad used nerve gas. And didn’t the US once reject Israel’s info on Iran’s nuke work?

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion

Can Kosher Sausages Be Kosher If They Are ‘Pork-Flavored?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It looks like it’s kosher, and the certification says it’s kosher, but it smells and tastes “treif.” Kosher foods that taste like non-kosher food are widely accepted in the US, but not in Manchester, England.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Obituaries

Britain’s Rabbi Sacks Says Thatcher as More like Moses than Aaron

By Jewish Press News Desk

British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks paid tribute to Margaret Thatcher on the day of her funeral, saying that “in public, her leadership style was more like Moses than Aaron, more conviction and confrontation than compromise and conciliation. “But we need both. Aaron was more loved than Moses. The sages said that when Aaron died, […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

British Jewish Crime Boss Sues Prison for Kosher Meals

By Jewish Press News Desk

An orthodox British Jew serving time in jail for trying to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine is suing prison officials for discrimination by denying him kosher food, the London Sun reported. Simon Price, 68, complained of “institutionalized anti-Semitism” and charged that although inmates are allowed to cook their own meals, he was given […]

Editorial

Margaret Thatcher

By Editorial Board

Would that more Margaret Thatchers were found in office in capitals around the world.

Syria / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Europe

Syrian Banned from Every Swimming Pool in Britain

By Jewish Press Staff

"Don't be angry, I touch and kiss you because I feel comfortable with you."

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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