Jonathan Sacks

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives to face the media at the Edinburgh Television Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 23, 2018. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

September 5, 2018, 9:30 pm

If Corbyn became PM, almost 40% of UK Jews would ‘seriously consider’ leaving

Poll finds massive increase of Jews planning to emigrate, up from 11% in 2015; ex-chief rabbi has warned of existential threat from Labour leader

By TOI staff

Demonstrators hold placards and flags of Israel as they protest outside the headquarters of Britain's opposition Labour party in central London on September 4, 2018. (AFP/ DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)

September 4, 2018, 8:25 pm

UK Labour adopts full anti-Semitism definition, but adds ‘free speech’ caveat

Labour Friends of Israel says Corbyn ‘totally undermines’ decision to accept full definition by including ‘unnecessary’ clarification; Board of Deputies hails ‘long overdue’ move

By TOI staff and Agencies

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faces the media after delivering the Alternative MacTaggart lecture exploring the role of the media, at the Edinburgh Television Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 23, 2018. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

September 4, 2018, 7:32 pm

‘Cancer, Jew boy’: UK police probing dozens of Labour anti-Semitism allegations

Scotland Yard chief says officials will check whether 45 cases listed in leaked internal document constitute hate crimes that party let fester

By TOI staff

Demonstrators hold placards as they protest outside the headquarters of Britain's opposition Labour party in central London on September 4, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS)

September 4, 2018, 4:36 pm

Rival sides protest as UK’s Labour mulls anti-Semitism definition

Demonstrators in London shout slogans for and against Corbyn as party’s national executive committee meets to decide whether to adopt internationally accepted wording

By Agencies and TOI staff

Illustrative: Jeremy Corbyn meets with asylum seekers in Glasgow, Scotland, August 22, 2018. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images via JTA)

September 4, 2018, 8:59 am

UK Labour expected to adopt international anti-Semitism definition, with caveat

Amid sharp criticism of leader Jeremy Corbyn, main opposition party may clarify that criticism of Israeli policies is a matter of free speech

By TOI staff

Former UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in an interview with BBC on September 2, 2018. (Screenshot: Twitter)

September 2, 2018, 4:06 pm

Former UK chief rabbi warns of ‘existential threat’ to British Jews by Corbyn

Jonathan Sacks doubles down on criticism of Labour leader, says ‘anti-Semitism has returned to mainland Europe within living memory of the Holocaust’

By TOI staff

The stars of 1980s sitcoms 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes, Prime Minister' outside Parliament, with Nigel Hawthorne (Sir Humphrey Appleby) at left and Paul Eddington (Jim Hacker) center. (Courtesy BBC)

September 2, 2018, 2:45 pm

UK’s acclaimed ‘Yes Minister’ writer skewers Corbyn in Times letter on irony

Jonathan Lynn wonders how he could have penned iconic satire, since ‘I am Jewish’ and Labour’s leader ‘says I don’t understand English irony’; episode of show dealt with Zionism

By TOI staff

Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)

September 1, 2018, 3:17 pm

Former UK minister: Anti-Semitism row risks chances of next Labour government

Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement Ivor Caplin is not planning on leaving the British party, but says the problem must be solved ‘quickly and effectively’

By TOI staff

Former British chief rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (United Synagogue via JTA)

August 29, 2018, 11:10 pm

UK Labour: ‘Absurd, offensive’ for ex-chief rabbi to call Corbyn an anti-Semite

Spokesperson dismisses Jonathan Sacks accusation that party chief is a dangerous anti-Semite, says Corbyn’s talk of ‘Zionists’ in 2013 speech was not ‘a synonym for Jewish people’

By TOI staff

August 28, 2018, 6:56 pm

Former UK chief rabbi Lord Sacks: Jeremy Corbyn is a dangerous anti-Semite

Labour leader gives ‘support to racists, terrorists, dealers of hate who want to kill Jews, remove Israel from the map,’ says Sacks, and warns: ‘Where he leads others will follow’

By TOI staff

July 15, 2018, 2:16 pm

Launching in English, chapter-a-day project looks to bring Bible back to masses

Rabbi Benny Lau says 929’s daily study program intends to build bridges between Diaspora Jewry and Israel using their common heritage

By David Sedley

From the WebMarch 8, 2018, 7:44 pm

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks at 70: ‘I feel younger than five years ago’

In a wide-ranging interview with London’s Jewish News, the former UK chief rabbi talks popular culture and the ever-increasing importance of religion

By Justin Cohen

Former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks and ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair (Blake Ezra)

From the WebFebruary 21, 2018, 7:17 pm

UK’s Jewish News honors British stars at glittering Night of Heroes Awards

Former prime minister Tony Blair makes emotional speech while presenting Lifetime Achievement award to Rabbi Lord Sacks

By Jenni Frazer

January 24, 2018, 3:15 pm

Yoseif Bloch

How VP Mike Pence reinvents leadership

Those who represent unshakable morality have recast Donald Trump, and everyone should be shocked by that

January 23, 2018, 7:49 pm

Britain’s former chief rabbi behind Pence’s biblical Knesset address

Jonathan Sacks ‘instrumental’ in drafting of speech from US vice president that contained many phrases previously used by major Jewish thinker

By Raoul Wootliff