For the JC May 2021 Jewish students have reacted angrily to a statement issued “in solidarity with Palestine” from student leaders at St Anne’s College Oxford, calling it “inexcusable”. The statement, written by the president of St Anne’s JCR (Junior Common Room), Sanaa Mughal, and the Black and ethnic minority representative of the college’s MCR […]
For the JC April 2021 Noam, the Zionist youth movement affiliated to Masorti Judaism, has boycotted an event involving Israel’s UK ambassador Tzipi Hotovely over what they claimed was her history of making “racist and inflammatory statements”. But while Noam’s boycott was not raised during the session, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, the movement’s senior rabbi, left […]
For the JC April 2021 There were sighs of rapture from British immigrants to Israel this week, as a local version of Walker’s salt and vinegar crisps went on sale. One woman even posted on Facebook: “Moshiach [Messiah] has come!” Lay’s-Pepsico, which makes Walker’s in the UK, has licensed Tapuchips, a subsidiary of Israel’s Strauss […]
For the JC April 2021 Stephen Bush, chair of the Board of Deputies’ Commission on Racial Inclusivity, says its success can be measured “if the testimonies we have wither on the vine and become less relevant, and for much of the report to feel outdated very quickly”. The report, described by Mr Bush, political editor […]
For the JC April 2021 Britain’s Cabinet Office minister, Michael Gove, accompanied by deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam, made a flying visit to Israel this week, to see how its success in opening up after Covid lockdown can be translated in the UK. Mr Gove, one of Israel’s strongest supporters, arrived in Israel […]
For the JC April 2021 The announcement of a proposed football European Super League has prompted an outpouring of antisemitic hate abuse on social media, in which Jews are blamed for “ruining football”. At the same time, Tottenham Hotspur chair Daniel Levy has been targeted with racial abuse after his club lost to Manchester United […]
For JN April 2021 The Mossad cell which dramatically captured Adolf Eichmann, architect of the Final Solution of the Holocaust, also located the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele in Argentina — but Israel’s prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, refused to permit Mossad to bring Mengele back to Israel with Eichmann. The revelation, together with other eyebrow-raising stories, […]
For the JC April 2021 The general secretary of Britain’s Labour Party, David Evans, and his opposite number in Israel, Eran Harmoni, have held a warm and friendly online meeting — the first between the two sister parties in more than four years. The meeting, also attended by Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe […]
For the JC March 30 2021 A new definition of antisemitism, the Jerusalem Declaration, devised by international scholars and academics, has been attacked as “an explicit attempt to undermine the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which is universally backed by the world’s Jewish communities.” But signatories to the Jerusalem Declaration, which was published last week, say […]
For the JC April 2021 A new visitors’ centre — together with a hostel providing affordable accommodation for students and researchers — is to be built at the Auschwitz Memorial. The Polish Ministry of Culture has agreed to give just under £4 million to the project, which is set to open in 2023. Dr Piotr […]