Jews

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police in Jerusalem in protest over lockdown restrictions

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Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting coronavirus lockdown restrictions clashed with police officers in Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Rioters from the insulated community were pictured burning rubbish bins and reportedly threw stones at officers who responded by using water cannons and other heavy-handed tactics to disperse the crowd. In recent weeks, ultra-Orthodox Jews have defied coronavirus … Read more

Spotify is slammed for hosting anti-Semitic songs attacking ‘paedophile Jews’

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Founded as a small start-up firm just 14 years ago, Spotify has quickly risen to take the music world by storm. From its humble beginnings, the music streaming service, which boasts a library of 60million songs, now has a staggering 320million monthly active users and is worth an estimated $23billion. The meteoric rise began in … Read more

Hackney mayor says ultra-Orthodox Jews must stop holding massive weddings

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The Mayor of Hackney has called on Orthodox Jews to stop holding massive weddings after a string of events breaking lockdown rules emerged. Police broke up a 150-strong gathering in Stamford Hill, north London, at a strict Orthodox Charedi Jewish school last Thursday. Guests fled from the wedding held at Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School … Read more

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews ignore Covid lockdown rules in Israel for Rabbi funeral

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Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated today in the funeral of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem, flouting the country’s ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. Shocking images showed the funeral procession for Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, who died at age 99 and had recently suffered from Covid-19, wending its way through the streets of Jerusalem … Read more

Images reveal fear of children and families as hundreds of Hungarian Jews are led into Auschwitz

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Their faces etched with fear, Jewish children and mothers carrying toddlers walk unknowingly to their horrendous fate. These innocent victims were among around 1.1million people murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau, near the town of Oswiecim, in what was then occupied Poland.  The victims at Auschwitz were among 6million Jews who were murdered by Adolf … Read more

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with riot cops during anti-lockdown protests in Israel

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Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews have clashed with riot police during anti-lockdown protests in Jerusalem. Protesters threw rocks at vehicles, used large bins to block roads and damaged a bus during the Tuesday morning demonstration in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Sharim neighbourhood, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing police. Police responded with water cannon, dispersing the crowds and arresting … Read more

How a British couple took in a family of Jews from Austria during the Second World War

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The letter to Gladys Jones arrived without fanfare – and probably without much hope of a reply. It had been sent by a family she’d met just once on a Danube riverboat in Vienna five years earlier.  A little boy’s shoe had threatened to muddy her skirt as he’d knelt up to get a better … Read more

Amazon says it will investigate claims Alexa gives racist answers to questions about Jews

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Alexa, are you an anti-Semite? Amazon says it will investigate claims virtual assistant device gives racist answers to questions about Jews MPs told Amazon they found examples of Alexa repeating anti-Semitic theories One shared an article by Jew Watch, adding that ‘Jews control the world’s media’ Findings reported by all-party parliamentary group against anti-Semitism MPs The … Read more

Jews make up lowest share of Europe’s population for 1,000 years amid fears over anti-Semitism

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Jewish people make up the lowest share of Europe’s population for a thousand years a new study has found, as France sees a surge in emigration due to anti-Semitism. The study, published on Wednesday, found 1.3 million people living in continental Europe, the United Kingdom and Turkey who describe themselves as Jewish – 60 percent … Read more

Book by Trump exec claims he ‘joked to Jews about ovens’ and ‘banned black people from his lobby’ 

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A former longtime Trump executive has claimed the president once made her fire a woman for being pregnant, joked to Jewish businessmen about ‘the ovens’ and banned black people from the lobbies of his buildings.  Barbara Res has accused Donald Trump of a catalogue of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic behavior spanning the 18 years she worked … Read more