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This is the moment maskless guests party at a lockdown-breaching ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding in London. Video shows dozens of guests dancing together as they mark the occasion with the ‘illegal’ event, which reportedly took place in January. Weddings are currently banned under Covid lockdown rules, with marriage ceremonies only allowed under ‘exceptional circumstances’ – such … Read more
Members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community are using ‘bespoke legal advice’ in a bid to get round Covid restrictions on weddings, a lawyer has claimed. Human rights barrister Adam Wagner said couples were being offered advice suggesting ‘any number of people’ can attend celebrations if they have a ‘prayer element’ – something he criticised. The … Read more
Oxford college master apologises to Jewish students after inviting filmmaker Ken Loach to give talk despite anti-Semitism row Judith Buchanan, the head of St Peter’s College, said she was ‘truly sorry’ Mr Loach, an alumni of the college, spoke at a virtual event on Monday Filmmaker denied the accusation of anti-Semitism, branding them ‘recycled’ By … Read more
A ‘scumbag’ hurled disgusting anti-Semitic abuse at a cowering Jewish couple on a London bus. The shocking incident took place after the unidentified man boarded the bus in Stamford Hill on Monday, and allegedly became angry when he was held up by the victim’s stroller. Footage captures the man shouting ‘I will batter the f**k out … Read more
London’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community is still at risk from coronavirus and has not achieved herd immunity, scientists warned today after a study showed two-thirds were infected by the disease last year. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine researchers found 64 per cent had Covid-19 antibodies after testing the blood of 1,750 members of the … Read more
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 saw 13,000 Jews killed as they attempted to prevent the Nazis from sending them to their deaths. Men, women and children courageously fought back against Hitler’s troops for three-and-a-half weeks; 59 police officers and members of the feared SS were killed or injured. The fightback was prompted by Nazi … Read more
Marcus Bloom (pictured above) was a businessman before he joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) Marcus Bloom was an unlikely spy. A bon viveur who followed a playboy lifestyle of swish apartments, expense accounts and beautiful women, he was far from the dashing, image of a secret agent. He drove a pale blue convertible Delage … Read more
Marcus Bloom (pictured above) was a businessman before he joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) Marcus Bloom was an unlikely spy. A bon viveur who followed a playboy lifestyle of swish apartments, expense accounts and beautiful women, he was far from the dashing, image of a secret agent. He drove a pale blue convertible Delage … Read more
Two-thirds of London’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community had Covid last year – nine times the national average, a study has shown. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found the rate of past infection, known as seroprevalence, was at 64 per cent in the community of around 15,000 people. This compares to rates … Read more
A Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis with his family from Austria during World War II has bequeathed an undisclosed fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years. Eric Schwam, who arrived in Chambon-sur-Lignon with his parents and maternal grandmother in February 1943, is believed to have left around two … Read more