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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

London Jewish community

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
Protesters holding placards and waving Israeli flags take part in a march in central London, on June 2, 2024, to bring attention to the plight of the hostages still held in Gaza. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
June 3, 2024, 1:36 am
Tens of thousands march in London to call for release of hostages
Supporters rally under banner ‘United we bring them home,’ for largest pro-Israel gathering in UK since October 7; speakers include relatives of Hamas captives
By ToI Staff
The Jewish Museum London. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 5, 2023, 11:54 pm
London Jewish Museum to close Camden campus with plans to relocate within 5 years
The Albert Street premises will close its doors at the end of next month, with the bulk of its collection of more than 40,000 objects going into storage
By Jenni Frazer
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
A teacher soothes a student during a theater show at the Gesher School in London, March 7, 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
September 29, 2022, 6:10 am
London’s Haredi and secular Jews find rare meeting point in special needs school
Filling a gap in the city’s otherwise robust array of Jewish education options, Gesher provides a nurturing environment for students – and a place where diverse parents can engage
By Cnaan Liphshiz
An attack on two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in north London, January 26, 2022 (Screenshot via Twitter)
January 27, 2022, 5:01 pm
2 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men assaulted on London street, 18-year-old arrested
Attack on the eve of International Holocaust Memorial day condemned by prime minister as ‘a terrible reminder’ of the present-day threat of antisemitism and hatred
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Metropolitan police officer on patrol, in London, October 1, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)
November 1, 2021, 3:40 pm
Swastikas daubed near London synagogue, teen arrested
Suspect, 16, detained shortly after police receive reports of graffiti spray-painted in Belsize Park area in capital’s northwest; swift cleanup operation ensues
By Stuart Winer
Forty-year-old Dani Schuchman regularly rides 30 miles on his bicycle. (Courtesy)
March 27, 2020, 12:52 pm
Young fit UK bicyclist hit hard by COVID-19; Wife says, ‘No one is immune’
London-based Anna Schuchman says her fitness-hip family once thought drastic measures unnecessary, but when husband Dani fought for his life, she realized anyone can be at risk
By Jenni Frazer
The East End of London captured by artist Beverley-Jane Stewart, currently being exhibited in the Cimbalista Synagogue at Tel Aviv University (Courtesy Duncan Phillips)
February 7, 2020, 5:59 am
Artist serves up slice of Jewish life with collection of synagogue paintings
Brit Beverley-Jane Stewart, whose collection is on display in Tel Aviv, says she was fascinated by shuls even as a child: ‘It’s telling people about time, a mix of old and new’
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Jewish men in the Stamford Hill area of London, January 17, 2015. (Rob Stothard/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 1, 2019, 5:54 pm
Rabbi beaten by teens while visiting London
Two who assaulted Jewish man allegedly shouted ‘Kill Jews’ and ‘F*** Jews,’ left victim bleeding on the ground
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative image of a birthday cake. (Omer Wazir/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 2.0)
July 29, 2019, 5:02 pm
London’s oldest man celebrates 108th birthday at Jewish care home
Partying with friends and family, Ben Raymond attributes longevity to ‘positive outlook’ and an occasional shot of whisky
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: a kosher supermarket in New York, August 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
April 30, 2019, 3:37 am
London kosher outlet to be named for food supervisor slain in Chicago
Rabbi Yossi Moscowitz opens ‘Jewish hub’ dedicated to his brother Eliahu, gunned down last year in suspected murder spree
By Ron Kampeas
Israeli actors from the Orna Porat theater perform in Hebrew for several Jewish schools in London, part of JNF UK's effort to bolster Israel and the Hebrew language as an antidote to anti-Semitism (Jessica Steinberg/ Times of Israel)
April 4, 2019, 2:55 pm
After planting trees, JNF UK hopes to lay down Hebrew roots among British Jews
Britain’s oldest Israel charity is shifting its attention back home, where, amid a rise in anti-Semitism, learning the language of the Jewish state takes on new urgency
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: The start of the procession of the British Union of Fascists leaving Islip Street in Kentish Town, London, en route to Trafalgar Square, London, England July 4, 1937. Sir Oswald Mosley is seen in light suit, center of three marchers, immediately in front of the fascist banner. (AP Photo)
September 15, 2018, 6:21 am
The true history behind London’s much-lauded anti-fascist Battle of Cable Street
The location of a legendary brawl where a unified front of Brits fought on behalf of Jews to stop Fascism is honored as a heritage site — and widely used for political cachet
By Robert Philpot
Jews study while taking shelter in an East End wine cellar, London, 1940 (IWM Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection/ Bill Brandt)
August 25, 2018, 4:32 am
As Holocaust raged, UK officials blamed Jews for rising wartime anti-Semitism
A classified file recently released to a British newspaper lifts the lid on complacency and prejudice at the heart of Winston Churchill’s propaganda ministry
By Robert Philpot
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