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Jewish housing association can legally give homes to only Orthodox Jews says Supreme Court

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Jewish housing association can legally give homes to only Orthodox Jews says Supreme Court after mother-of-four complained that they had property empty while she was on waiting list London-based Agudas Israel Housing Association can prioritise Orthodox Jews Five justices called the advantage for the Orthodox community ‘proportionate’  Court dismissed appeal by a mother-of-four, Z, who argued discrimination … Read more

Two-thirds of US Millennials and Gen Z don’t know six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust

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A new survey has found that two-thirds of American Millennials and members of Gen Z do not know that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The survey of adults ages 18 to 39 was commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, examining knowledge about the Holocaust among young Americans. The survey … Read more

2,000 Hasidic Jews gather at Ukraine’s border where they are barred entry from Belarus

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Around 2,000 Hasidic Jews have gathered at Ukraine’s border with Belarus where their annual pilgrimage has been barred due to coronavirus restrictions. Kiev has accused President Alexander Lukashenko of manufacturing the crisis by giving the pilgrims hope that they could cross the frontier in retaliation for Ukraine’s support for the recent pro-democracy protests.   Despite Ukraine’s … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn couldn’t empathise with ‘prosperous’ Jews new book claims 

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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn couldn’t empathise with today’s ‘prosperous’ Jewish community and stopped talking to shadow Chancellor John McDonnell for months, a new book claims.  Stunning new details from the party’s largest general election defeat since 1935 have come to light in Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour under Corbyn, written by two … Read more

‘Don’t like gay people and Jews’, says PR firm boss

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‘Don’t like gay people and Jews’: PR firm boss is unwittingly recorded making anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs after interviewing Will Young for his Media Masters podcast series Paul Blanchard made the comments shortly after interviewing the British singer ‘Don’t like gay people. Just gay people and Jews,’ Blanchard can be heard saying  Host – who … Read more

Wiley accused of antisemitism after likening Jews to Ku Klux Klan

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Grime rapper Wiley is accused of antisemitism after likening Jews to the Ku Klux Klan – describing them as ‘two sets of people who nobody has really wanted to challenge’ Rapper Wiley has been accused of launching a 12-hour Antisemitic Twitter rant  He is alleged to have tweeted several Antisemitic tropes throughout the day Several … Read more

Social distancing may have saved Jews from typhus in WWII

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Social distancing, rather than a ‘miracle’, may explain how tens of thousands of Jews survived a typhus outbreak in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, a study found. Nazi forces ultimately crammed more than 460,00 people into the 1.3 square mile area of the Ghetto, which was created in Occupied Poland in late 1940.  … Read more

Leader of charity quits after labelling Jews ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs’

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Leader of Britain’s largest Muslim charity quits after labelling Jews ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs’ and calling Egypt’s president a ‘Zionist pimp’ in anti-Semitic Facebook posts Heshmat Khalifa said Jews are ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs’  on Facebook Mr Khalifa described Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as a ‘Zionist pimp’ After being confronted with the … Read more

Hasidic Jews ignore social distancing rules during coronavirus lockdown

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Hasidic Jews ignore social distancing rules during coronavirus lockdown as hundreds gather to mark festival despite previous Covid-19 rates being six times higher among Jewish people Crowd of around 300 were spotted marking Lag B’Omer in Stamford Hill  Comes despite PM saying one person can only meet on other outside household  Last month, police broke … Read more

Former Cambridge University student, 23, ‘called for extermination of Jews’, court hears

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Former Cambridge University student, 23, ‘called for extermination of Jews and had terrorism and bomb-making guide The Anarchist’s Cookbook’, court hears Oliver Bel, 23, allegedly sent a ‘grossly offensive’ message in September 2017 Defendant is also accused of having a copy of Anarchist’s Cookbook last year Bel appeared at Old Bailey via video from Manchester … Read more