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Illustrative: Construction in the settlement of Ariel, on January 17, 2014. (Flash 90)
November 20, 2018, 11:31 am
Quakers in Britain to boycott companies ‘profiting from occupation’ of West Bank
Board of Deputies of British Jews slams decision as ‘a biased and petulant act,’ notes faith group is divesting from world’s only Jewish state
By Stuart Winer
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)
August 5, 2018, 7:12 pm
Corbyn posts new anti-Semitism apology as UK Jewish leaders pan his efforts
Board of Deputies of British Jews together with the Jewish Leadership Council slams Labour Party leader for ‘ill-timed and ill-conceived’ lecture
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Jeremy Corbyn at a Labour event in Stretford, England, March 22, 2018. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
August 3, 2018, 10:51 pm
Corbyn rejects charge Labour is threat to Jews, vows to drive out anti-Semitism
Under-fire UK opposition leader finally addresses mounting accusations that his party is a hotbed of Jew-haters and that he has done little to oppose them
By TOI staff
Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Tolpuddle, England, on July 22, 2018. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
August 3, 2018, 4:23 pm
Jeremy Corbyn no longer scheduled to address Jewish audience
Jewish Museum not prepared to host speech after breakdown in talks over who would be invited, as the UK Labour leader looks to address charges of widespread anti-Semitism
By JTA and TOI staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures to the crowd in Trafalgar Square during a protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK, on July 13, 2018. (Niklas HALLEN/AFP)
August 3, 2018, 2:39 am
Labour head Corbyn looking to address anti-Semitism at London Jewish museum
Venue says talks ongoing, but doesn’t want to ‘make things worse’; Jewish community members said to threaten boycott of museum if it hosts embattled party leader
By JTA and TOI staff
New British Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl. (Courtesy)
August 2, 2018, 7:45 pm
UK Jewish leader calls on Corbyn to make an ‘abject apology’ for anti-Semitism
President of the Board of Deputies Marie van der Zyl demands UK Labour Party chief stop hiding from recent accusations and end disciplinary action against his critics
By Stuart Winer
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks in London on June 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tolga Akmen)
July 31, 2018, 4:53 pm
Top Labour official: ‘Jewish Trump fanatics’ are inventing anti-Semitism claims
Calls grow for Peter Willsman to be expelled after tape emerges of his remarks at meeting on anti-Semitism guidelines, but party declines to discipline him, accepts apology instead
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: 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, May 3, 2018. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
July 18, 2018, 2:34 pm
Britain’s Labour adopts its own controversial definition of anti-Semitism
Defying the Jewish community, chief rabbi, and MPs, the new guidelines omit key references to Israel and can be used to get members under investigation for bigotry off the hook
By Robert Philpot
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017, in London, England. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
July 17, 2018, 6:59 pm
UK chief rabbi tears into Labour over anti-Semitism definition
Ephraim Mirvis says opposition party’s stance will send an ‘unprecedented message of contempt’ to British Jews
By TOI staff
Finchley United Synagogue (David Hawgood / Wikipedia)
July 13, 2018, 2:32 pm
UK Jewish leader suspended for tweets calling Arabs ‘the vilest of animals’
Roslyn Pine previously lamented that the pro-Palestinian female Swedish foreign minister was ‘too old to be raped’
By JTA
New British Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl. (Courtesy)
July 10, 2018, 1:35 am
British Jewry’s new leader puts her foot down on anti-Semitism
Newly appointed Board of Deputies head Marie van der Zyl isn’t as brash as her predecessor when dealing with Israel’s foes, but she’s hardly short on guts
By Robert Philpot
Members of the Roma community are pictured at a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome, June 19, 2018. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
June 24, 2018, 2:26 am
In Europe, the targeting of Roma sets off alarm bells for Jews
Remarks this week by Italian minister about a database for nomadic group also known as Gypsies condemned as reminiscent of Nazi policies inspired by country’s fascist movement
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jeremy Corbyn at a Labour event in Stretford, England, March 22, 2018. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
May 27, 2018, 2:15 am
UK Labour’s Corbyn was ‘bored,’ ‘condescending’ in meeting with Jewish leaders
Participant in confab called to address anti-Semitism in opposition party reportedly says leader of British left lacked ’emotional or intellectual ability’ to comprehend demands
By TOI staff
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
May 22, 2018, 3:45 pm
Ken Livingstone departs Labour, but may have the last laugh on British Jews
Despite his resignation from politics, the controversial former London mayor will see his hard-left ideology live on as the party continues to rally around Jeremy Corbyn
By Robert Philpot
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
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