For the Jewish News January 2020 London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has linked concern over aspects of Polish revisionism of the Holocaust to his decision to donate £300,000 in the city’s name to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation. Mr Khan, who attended the Auschwitz 75 commemorations on Monday, told Jewish News that “one of our concerns is […]
Auschwitz 75 for the Jewish News January 2020 From being reviled as “the people with no human dignity”, what may be the last group of Holocaust survivors marked the 75th anniversary of their liberation from Auschwitz as honoured guests, in a series of emotional events in and around the former death camp. On Sunday, the […]
For the Jewish News January 17 2020 A new think tank aimed at challenging extremism inside the Jewish community, Nahamu, is being formally launched in London at the end of the month. Daniel Jonas, its chairman, says: “Nahamu does not want to stop Charedim being Charedi or to encourage people to leave their communities. The […]
Rachel Riley for JN Dec 11 2019 A High Court judge heard pre-trial submissions on Wednesday over a pending libel case between the TV presenter Rachel Riley and the blogger and activist Michael Sivier. Mr Sivier published an article on his website, “Vox Political, politics for the people”, on January 26 2019, entitled “Serial abuser […]
Greenstein for the JN Dec 2019 The former Labour Party activist Tony Greenstein this week lost a bid to stop his appeal hearing against the Unison trade union — and ended up facing court costs of £4,000. He had initially sought damages of £20,000 against the union, a sum which he admitted in court was […]
Honours list for JN The 2020 New Year Honours List marks Britain’s most far-reaching tribute yet to Holocaust survivors and educators, with almost 30 names from all over the country recognised for their contribution to preserving memories of the Shoah. Among those honoured is the chair of the Holocaust Educational Trust, Paul Phillips, whose work […]
For the Los Angeles Jewish Journal November 22 2019 In a groundbreaking event in London on Nov. 19 and 20, 30 public figures from 15 countries in the Arab world came together to repudiate the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel and to call for direct civil relations between the Jewish state and […]
For the Jewish News, November 1 2019 The former British army chief of staff, General Lord Dannatt, has predicted that “the British media will go bananas” if Israel were forced to defend itself against attacks mounted from southern Lebanon. But, he added: “It is clear to me that Israel would have no alternative”. Lord Dannatt […]
For the JC Oct 26 2019 One of the rarest examples of early English Judaica, a handwritten Sephardi siddur, or prayer book, is up for sale at Sotheby’s in New York next month. And the siddur is thought to be one of only four such books in existence. It was last sold in 1998 in […]
For the JC October 26 2019 Politically, Israel may be a toxic issue in Britain. But at the same time there is a huge appetite for Israeli culture — as expressed in its food, arts, films, TV and, now more recently, its novels. So it should be no surprise — except for the writers themselves […]