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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

Golders Green

Workers and trade unionists from Workers for a Free Palestine blockade the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) during an anti-Israel protest calling for the UK to cease the sale of arms to Israel, in central London, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
September 6, 2024, 12:55 pm
London announces new bus line so Jewish residents feel more safe
Jewish groups welcome direct route between Golders Green and Stamford Hill, hopefully enabling passengers to avoid antisemitism because they won’t have to change buses
By AFP
British MP Mike Freer. (Courtesy)
April 9, 2024, 10:30 am
Outgoing British MP Mike Freer on the Gaza war, antisemitism and his Jewish constituents
Stepping down over concerns for his own safety, the parliamentarian who represents the UK’s largest concentration of Jews still has high hopes for the community’s future
By Robert Philpot
Conservative MP Mike Freer in an interview to Sky News outside his constituency office in North London, December 26, 2023. (Screen capture: Sky News. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)
February 1, 2024, 9:50 pm
UK’s Sunak says attacks that led pro-Israel MP to step down ‘an attack on democracy’
Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green Mike Freer says he won’t seek reelection after threats the prime minister calls ‘deeply distressing’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Conservative MP Mike Freer in an interview to Sky News outside his constituency office in North London, December 26, 2023. (Screen capture: Sky News. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)
February 1, 2024, 5:13 am
Pro-Israel MP in UK says he won’t seek reelection, notes ‘serious threats’ against him
Conservative Mike Freer, who represents London constituency with large Orthodox Jewish population, makes announcement weeks after suspected arson attack on his office
By ToI Staff
Jewish man uses grocery store trolley (R) to fend off knife-wielding pro-Palestinian assailant at Kay's Local kosher supermarket in Golders Green, London, on January 29, 2024. (Social media/X; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 30, 2024, 10:31 am
Man brandishes knife at London kosher store: ‘Do you support Israel or Palestine?’
Police arrest assailant on suspicion of ‘racially aggravated affray’ after he is tackled by shoppers and Jewish watch group volunteers in Golders Green supermarket
By Jacob Judah
Illustrative: The heavily Jewish neighborhood of Golders Green, London ((Cnaan Lipshitz)
October 12, 2023, 2:47 pm
UK sees huge jump in antisemitic incidents after Hamas onslaught on Israel
89 incidents logged in four days, a threefold increase, many involving ‘symbols and language of pro-Palestinian politics as rhetorical weapons,’ Community Security Trust reports
By Stuart Winer
The bonfire lit inside Beis Midrash Beis Shmuel synagogue in London, England last week (Screenshot via Jewish News UK used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
May 17, 2023, 9:21 pm
London synagogue catches heat for lighting indoor Lag B’Omer bonfire
Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel synagogue decides to not let rainy weather get in the way of festivities
By ToI Staff
People restrain a man accused of attacking an ultra-Orthodox Jew in London on May 21, 2021 (Screencapture/YouTube)
May 21, 2021, 6:18 pm
Orthodox Jewish man said assaulted in London after flying Israeli flag on car
Suspect detained by Jewish security service in Golders Green, later arrested by police; Sharp uptick in antisemitic attacks reported in wake of Gaza violence
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Stamford Hill area of London, January 17, 2015. (Rob Stothard/ Getty Images via JTA/ File)
May 13, 2020, 4:18 pm
Hundreds of UK Jews break virus rules with Lag B’Omer celebration
Adults and children seen dancing and congregating in close quarters, despite social distancing restrictions meant to prevent the spread of coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Dozens attend a Jewish wedding in Golders Green in London, on April 22, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic (Screen grab/MailOnline)
April 25, 2020, 1:22 pm
Police shut down ‘despicable’ London Jewish wedding with dozens of guests
Homeowner told cops ahead of event there would be just 10 guests; father of bride quits his police liaison role; UK Jewry has been disproportionately hit by virus, with 335 deaths
By ToI Staff
A rabbi accidentally plows a Jaguar into two pedestrians on a London sidewalk, March 2018. (Screenshot)
February 20, 2020, 5:47 pm
UK rabbi trying to help woman park plowed her Jaguar into 2 people, court hears
Ralph Berisch accidentally hit gas pedal instead of brakes in 2018 incident in London’s Golders Green neighborhood, denies charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving
By ToI Staff
Joshua Cohen, 27, sought by London police in connection with double murder in Golders Green. (Met police)
January 18, 2020, 9:34 am
Man admits killing mother and sister in North London bagel dynasty murders
Joshua Cohen, 29, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, pleads guilty to manslaughter for stabbing the family members to death after he was excluded from will
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses with his dog Dilyn as he leaves from a polling station in central London on December 12, 2019, as Britain holds a general election. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
December 13, 2019, 3:28 pm
Echoing Trump, helped by Corbyn unpopularity, Johnson smashed Labour ‘red wall’
The ‘bagel belt’ backs Boris as leading Jewish Labour MP ousted in Tory attack on opponents’ heartlands
By Robert Philpot
December 6, 2019, 1:19 pm
UK’s Johnson serves donuts at kosher bakery ahead of elections
British PM dons apron and gets behind the counter at eatery in Golders Green, a heavily Jewish area his Conservative party is hoping to retain in next week’s vote
By ToI Staff
Golders Green Hippodrome which houses the mosque. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ceridwen/Wikipedia)
January 15, 2019, 6:35 pm
London mosque agrees to host nixed Holocaust exhibit
Mosque in Golders Green pulled out from hosting exhibit after Muslims complained on social media that it had been curated by Yad Vashem
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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