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A group of Jews gather in Parliament Square, London, to recite kaddish for 62 Palestinians killed in Gaza, on May 16, 2018. (Screen capture: Facebook)
May 17, 2018, 4:32 pm
Dozens of London Jews say Kaddish for Palestinians killed in Gaza
Group berated by angry interloper who says that 50 of the dead were Hamas operatives, blames activists for deaths of Jews
By JTA and TOI staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses for photographers as he arrives to cast his vote for local council elections at a polling station in Holloway, London, Thursday May 3, 2018. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
May 4, 2018, 4:26 pm
Amid anti-Semitism row, British Labour loses in heavily Jewish London borough
Says one defeated councillor: 'Every Jewish Labour household we visited, people said, Not this time. Activists were being told, This is an anti-Semitic party'
By TOI staff and Agencies
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square in London, on April 23, 2018, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Victoria Jones)
April 24, 2018, 11:34 pm
UK Jewish leaders: Corbyn meeting was a ‘disappointing missed opportunity’
Labour leader says talks were 'positive and constructive,' but Board of Deputies of British Jews says his proposals 'fell short of the minimum level of action'
By TOI staff
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the launch of Labour's local election campaign in central London on April 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS)
From the WebApril 22, 2018, 11:52 pm
Corbyn round table discussion with UK Jewish leaders cancelled
UK Jewish News reports that Jewish groups pull out after Jewish Voice for Labour, which downplay claims of anti-Semitism in the Party, also invited
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's Labour Party, listens to speakers during the Party of European Socialists Council in Lisbon, December 2 2017. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
April 17, 2018, 3:44 am
It backed Israel before Balfour: Corbyn stance is stark shift from early Labour
In a 'long history of friendship' between the British and Israeli parties that has seen peaks and valleys, today's gulf is the grand canyon
By Robert Philpot
An illustrative photo of a spray-painted swastika on a window (ADL/JTA)
April 10, 2018, 10:37 pm
Anti-Semitic graffiti daubed on Jewish elementary school in Paris
'Dirty Jew' scrawled next to swastika at school entrance; Nazi symbols also found painted in London neighborhood
By JTA
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech to supporters at a party rally in Glasgow, Scotland, May 28, 2017. (AFP/Andy Buchanan)
April 8, 2018, 12:02 am
Senior European rabbi: Jews could flee UK if Corbyn elected PM
As accusations of anti-Semitism in Labour continue to swirl, novelist Howard Jacobson perceives 'a profound depression' growing among UK Jews
By TOI staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London, on March 12, 2018. (AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas)
From the WebApril 4, 2018, 1:41 pm
Jeremy Corbyn agrees to meet Jewish community leaders on their terms
UK opposition leader says meeting would be start of a ‘fruitful ongoing exchange’ to address Labour anti-Semitism, UK Jewish News reports
Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking after he retained his parliamentary seat in Islington north London, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
April 3, 2018, 2:32 pm
Corbyn says he ‘learned a lot’ at Seder of group that wants Israel ‘disposed of’
Days after vowing to be 'militant opponent of anti-Semitism,' Labour chief attends event hosted by far-left Jewdas, which dismisses talk of anti-Semitism in party as 'faux-outrage'
By Stuart Winer
Britain's opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London, on March 12, 2018. (AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas)
April 1, 2018, 1:34 pm
12 top UK Labour officials in Facebook groups with anti-Semitic content – report
Sunday Times says it found more than 2,000 racist, anti-Semitic, misogynistic, violent and abusive messages in 20 restricted-access Facebook groups supporting party leader
By Sue Surkes
UK Board of Deputies President Jonathan Arkush meets with Labour Party chair Jeremy Corbyn, February 9, 2016. (courtesy)
March 29, 2018, 8:22 am
Jewish leaders won’t meet Corbyn yet, decry abuse of MPs who joined their rally
Community heads demand Labour chief personally lead battle against anti-Semitism in his party, fume that Labour MPs who support them are now being threatened: 'This is a disgrace'
By TOI staff
Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking after he retained his parliamentary seat in Islington north London, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
March 29, 2018, 3:47 am
Jeremy Corbyn says he plans to come to Israel ‘at some point,’ meet Netanyahu
In interview over allegations he has spurred anti-Semitism in Labour, UK opposition leader says he wants to visit Middle East, 'ensure there is a process that brings about peace'
By Raoul Wootliff
Composite image of the leader of Britain's Labout Party Jeremy Corbyn (L) seen on March 9, 2018 and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone seen March 18, 2008. (AP)
March 27, 2018, 8:34 pm
UK Jewish leaders said set to tell Corbyn: Oust Livingstone, ‘drain the sewer’
Board of Deputies reportedly drafting list of demands to present to Labour leader after he promised to rid party of anti-Semitism
By TOI staff
Members of the Jewish community hold a protest against Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London, on March 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Tolga AKMEN)
March 26, 2018, 11:07 pm
In street protest, UK Jews accuse Labour leader of failing to curb anti-Semitism
Heated exchanges, minor scuffles break out, as Jewish supporters of Corbyn stage counter-protest outside Parliament
By AFP and TOI staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London, on March 12, 2018. (AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas)
March 26, 2018, 11:42 am
In bitter letter, UK Jewish leaders slam Corbyn for ‘siding with anti-Semites’
Groups call for Monday protest, pen letter to lawmakers saying 'enough is enough' and demanding action in light of repeated revelations of left-wing party's anti-Semitic links
By AFP and TOI staff
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