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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Wales

Pro-Palestinian activists vandalize the Teledyne Labtech factory in Wales on December 9, 2022. (Vladimir Morozov/Palestine Action)
December 15, 2022, 10:48 am
Wales holds 4 pro-Palestinian vandals without bail for targeting defense facility
Activists to be in jail through Christmas and New Year’s after allegedly causing £500,000 in damage to Teledyne factory, which they claim aids ‘Israel’s targeting of Palestinians’
By ToI Staff
Archbishop of York Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell, left, and The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby walk in central London, Sept. 14, 2022 ahead of the ceremonial procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)
November 29, 2022, 4:27 pm
UK census: Under 50% of population identify as Christian; Buddhists overtake Jews
Those identifying as Muslim and those with no religion increase since 2011 census; archbishop of York says it is ‘no great surprise’ the Christian proportion is declining over time
By AFP
Iran's players celebrate the team's victory during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B football match between Wales and Iran at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on November 25, 2022. (Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
November 25, 2022, 3:12 pm
Iran beats Wales 2-0 in World Cup game that began with its players singing anthem
Iranian team scores 2 goals deep into added time, keeping World Cup campaign alive; Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey becomes 1st player to be sent off in the Qatar tournament
By jed court
The Merthyr Tydfil synagogue, which opened in 1877, has been out of use since 2006. (Chris Andrews/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
July 8, 2022, 3:50 am
UK grants $600,000 lifeline to turn old Welsh synagogue into Jewish cultural hub
Foundation for Jewish Heritage, which bought Merthyr Tydfil synagogue building in 2019, plans to transform it into first museum dedicated to the history of Welsh Jews
By MADELINE FIXLER
Britain's Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, meets refugees as he visits HTB to learn more about Holy Trinity Brompton's (HTB) work to support refugees and asylum seekers at St Luke's Church, in London, on March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
April 14, 2022, 1:45 pm
UK criticized for planning to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
The plan, referred to by the British government as an ‘economic development partnership,’ would see refugees arriving in UK flown to Rwanda while their asylum claims are processed
By Jill Lawless
LS Lowry's 1960 painting of the Merthyr-Tydfil synagogue
March 29, 2022, 8:23 am
Lowry painting of historic Welsh synagogue goes for £277,000
Guide price for work of LS Lowry of Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue was £180,000; Jewish Heritage Foundation hopes to contact purchaser about plans for building
By ToI Staff and JTA
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg poses at the 2019 'An Unforgettable Evening' benefiting the Women's Cancer Research Fund in Beverly Hills, Calif. on February 28, 2019. (Chris Pizzello/ Invision/ AP)
January 2, 2022, 9:22 pm
Spielberg’s rescue of Welsh town movie theater hits big screen
‘Save the Cinema’ tells true story of how a social activist kept Lyric Cinema in Carmarthen open by arranging 1993 premier of Jurassic Park, with a little help from the director
By Stuart Winer
Les Rowe sits amid panels from a Cardiff synagogue in his 'Tranquility Base' shed. (Cuprinol via JTA)
August 15, 2021, 11:46 pm
Wales synagogue’s stained glass windows turn up in award-winning chicken coop
Winner of best budget shed of 2021 competition says he bought the panels — taken from Cathedral Road Synagogue in Cardiff — on eBay
By PHILISSA CRAMER
From left: Manfred Gans (Courtesy of USHMM); Peter Masters (Courtesy of Anson family); Colin Anson (Courtesy of Anson family)
June 17, 2021, 3:24 am
Secret WWII Jewish British military commandos finally come out of the shadows
Declassifying records, author Leah Garrett uncovers amazing story of X Troop, a unit of German-speaking refugee volunteers determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis at all costs
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Volunteers from the Hatzola ambulance service, wearing gloves and masks to protect against the coronavirus, wheel a patient into Royal London Hospital in London on March 29, 2020. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
July 1, 2020, 2:49 pm
British Jewish deaths more than double same period last year, amid pandemic
Board of Deputies of British Jews says 811 buried from March to May, compared to 358 in 2019; figures show Jews suffered 2.5 times the COVID-19 death rate of non-Jews
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Volunteers from the Hatzola ambulance service, wearing gloves and masks to protect against the coronavirus, wheel a patient into Royal London Hospital in London on March 29, 2020. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
June 19, 2020, 7:41 pm
Jews, other religious minorities have higher COVID-19 death rate, UK study says
Britain’s Office for National Statistics reports Jewish males in England, Wales are twice as likely to die of coronavirus than Christian men; Jewish woman also at greater risk
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A truck with the words 'fuck off' and another with swastika graffiti on it were found outside a Jewish school in a Hasidic neighborhood in London, November 14, 2016. (Shomrim N.E. London/Twitter)
October 15, 2019, 9:58 pm
Hate crimes against Jews in England and Wales doubled in past year
Government figures also show increase in targeting of individuals based on their sexual orientation
By ToI Staff
The Old Synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. (Foundation of Jewish Heritage)
September 12, 2019, 6:37 pm
Unique Victorian synagogue to become Jewish museum of Wales
Foundation that bought Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue, unused as place of worship since 1983, seeks funding to renovate historic building
By Cnaan Liphshiz
US President Donald Trump's tweet in which he misspelled the title of Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir apparent to the British throne. (Screenshot, Twitter)
June 13, 2019, 11:03 pm
Trump gets harpooned for ‘Prince of Whales’ gaffe
US president corrects his typo, but sparks a feeding frenzy as social media sharks smell blood
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: UK police on patrol September 17, 2017. (AP/Frank Augstein, File)
November 21, 2018, 5:20 am
Young boy attacked in apparent anti-Semitic attack on bus in Wales
Apparently intoxicated couple assault child after mother says he was born in Israel
By JTA
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