For the Times of Israel posted March 30 2017 LONDON — A once-prominent British politician has come under fire from Jewish and Conservative leaders for likening British citizens in the Israel Defence Forces to Muslims who join paramilitary and terrorist groups. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who resigned from the government in 2014 after calling its policy […]
For the JC March 10 2017 An historic spa has been targeted for redevelopment — and that may mean the end to the nearly century-old practice of schmeissing, introduced by Jewish immigrants to London. Literally, the word “schmeiss” means “whip” — but today it involves naked men beating each other with a raffia brush, in […]
For the Times of Israel posted March 2 2017 Britain’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd pledged to continue government funding for security at Jewish schools and communal institutions on Wednesday, promising to protect the Jewish community from antisemitism amid a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents recorded in the UK. “We are doing what we can to […]
For the Jewish News from Jenni Frazer Nov 9 2016 A trip to Harrods Food Hall to buy challah on New Year’s Eve 2015 turned into a physical altercation between a leading Jewish accountant and two middle-aged shoppers. On Monday David Buchler, the former vice-chairman of Tottenham Hotspur FC and former member of the board […]
For the Jewish News Oct 31 2016 UK Lawyers for Israel has described the unprecedented disbarring of a barrister, for his anti-Semitic and racist comments on social media as “a significant victory” – and warned that more cases may be in the pipeline. Barrister Ian Millard, who tweets under his own name, was thrown out […]
LONDON — A Jewish undergraduate has launched an ambitious global TV service on YouTube. Oliver Anisfeld, a 21-year-old history student at London’s University College, has seen the fruits of his single-minded charm offensive to the great and the good over the last year. Despite scepticism from almost everyone he met, Anisfeld persisted – and this […]
Cambridge students for JN from Jenni Frazer February 16 2015 An initiative by Jewish students in Cambridge to hold a Middle East Peace Week has drawn support in advance of the annual Israel Apartheid Week. But two days into the week of talks, the university’s Arab Society, which had offered “support” rather than direct involvement, […]
Anti-Jewish demo for Jewish News by Jenni Frazer May 19 2015 Antisemitic and far right groups are planning a major demonstration “against Jewish privilege” in Golders Green, the heartland of the community, on the first Shabbat in July. Communal leaders are understood to be asking Home Secretary Theresa May to ban the event. Police told […]
We Believe for Jewish News March 27 2015 by Jenni Frazer Hundreds of people gave a rapturous reception to Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Daniel Taub, as he sought support from delegates to the 2015 We Believe in Israel conference. More than 1500 people, Jews and non-Jews, came to central London on Sunday from all […]