For the JC June 2021 A High Court judge has ruled that a seriously ill two-year-old girl, Alta Fixsler, should be put into palliative care, agreeing with lawyers for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust that “there was no prospect of her ever getting better”. On Friday, Mr Justice MacDonald, sitting in the Family Division of […]
Pro-Israel rally for JC May 2021 Hundreds of British Jews took part in a mostly good-natured demonstration of solidarity with Israel on Sunday afternoon, standing in pouring rain and waving flags as speaker after speaker pledged support for the right of self-defence for the Jewish state. But there were a couple of sour notes: one […]
For the JC May 2021 The Marquess of Reading and his wife have decided to take Israeli citizenship — a move which he says is “needed now more than ever”. Lord Reading, a passionate supporter of Israel, says he hopes to secure full citizenship in October when he next visits the country. “We will sign […]
For the JC May 2021 An assault on two Jewish men after Sunday’s community rally has been referred to the Metropolitan Police Hate Crimes Unit — though the attackers disappeared and are likely to be difficult to identify. Joseph Cohen and Alexander Menashe, who describe themselves as “looking visibly Jewish”, with full beards, kippot and […]
For the JC May 2021 The long-standing chair of the Zionist Federation, Paul Charney, has stepped down from his post, arguing that it was now time for “the next generation of young leaders” to take over. And Mr Charney disclosed that he had been contacted after Sunday’s community rally in central London by “a moderate […]
For the JC May 2021 The leading actress Dame Maureen Lipman has resigned as a member of Equity, the actors’ union, after a litany of complaints from Jewish members that the union had called for participation in Saturday’s pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London — without taking account of the naked antisemitism and violence on display. […]
For the JC May 2021 Police are investigating a report of a racially motivated telecommunications offence, the JC can reveal, after a Jewish woman’s personal contact details were posted over a number of social media platforms. The alleged incident — which included the woman’s home address being posted on Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok — […]
For the JC May 2021 A dispute has broken out about alleged “revelations” of wartime activity on the Channel Island of Alderney, where there were at least four Nazi labour camps, one of which became a concentration camp when the SS arrived in March 1943. But while there are only eight known marked Jewish graves, […]
For the JC May 2021 The community rabbi of Chigwell Synagogue, Rabbi Rafi Goodwin, was in hospital on Sunday after being badly beaten up in what was reportedly a road rage incident. It is understood that although antisemitic language was used in the attack, which took place near to the synagogue, the rabbi was not […]
Pal convoy by Jenni Frazer for the JC May 2021 Police and the Community Security Trust (CST) were working in close co-operation on Sunday as reports flooded in of a convoy of “pro-Palestine” cars driving through Jewish neighbourhoods in north-west London, with the drivers shouting antisemitic abuse and threatening to “rape Jewish daughters”. Some of […]