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Jenni Frazer
Jenni Frazer
Prof. Jonathan Gershuny in his north London home office. (Jenni Frazer/Times of Israel)
August 7, 2017, 1:33 am
Meet the Oxford researcher whose work is — literally — on time
Recently honored by the British government, Prof. Jonathan Gershuny scrutinizes journals documenting people's everyday activities for global truths
By Jenni Frazer
Evgeny Kissin with Russian conductor Dmitry Kitayenko and piano mentor Anna Kantor at the rehearsal of his debut with two Chopin concerti in Moscow. (Courtesy)
July 29, 2017, 6:59 am
Noteworthy piano virtuoso trumpets his Jewish heritage
World-renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin holds three passports, but the one that defines him has a menorah on it
By Jenni Frazer
CEO Lance Forman examines a salmon fillet at Forman and Sons headquarters. (courtesy)
From the WebJuly 13, 2017, 10:54 pm
UK’s oldest smoked salmon business granted protected status
Jewish News: H Forman and Sons owner and chairman welcomes ‘thrilling’ awarding of Protected Geographical Indication after 4-year process
By Jenni Frazer
Essex Police Detective Sergeant Richard Burgess (courtesy)
From the WebJuly 12, 2017, 10:41 pm
After saving Israeli from armed gang, UK policeman up for bravery award
Jewish News: Off-duty detective sergeant Richard Burgess nearly killed in Israel while halting an assault against a Jew by 3 Arab men
By Jenni Frazer
From left to right: Rabbi Joseph Dweck (courtesy), British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), and Chief Sephardi Rabbi od Israel Yitzhak Yosef (CC-SA-GFDL).
July 12, 2017, 9:41 pm
Is UK’s Sephardi rabbi fracas about more than condoning homosexuality?
After controversial statements by Joseph Dweck, one of Britain's top rabbis, some have called for his ouster. But do their claims hold water?
By Jenni Frazer
Sheikh Ebrahim Bham speaking at the Pal Expo event in London, July 9, 2017. (courtesy Jewish News)
From the WebJuly 10, 2017, 11:05 am
At London’s Palestine Expo, ‘colonialist’ Israel accused of dehumanization
Jewish News: At packed events, lecturer claims top Jewish charities 'support the Occupation'; kippa-wearing man tossed by police
By Jenni Frazer
Clockwise from left: Rob Halfon, Michael Ellis, Grant Shapps and Julian Huppert. (All photos courtesy)
June 7, 2017, 4:51 pm
Jewish Conservatives set to sweep their constituencies in UK elections
Tory Jews are nursing huge majorities in safe seats, and will likely be returned to Parliament this week
By Jenni Frazer
Clockwise from left: Fabian Hamilton (Courtesy), Margaret Hodge (Flickr/The Institute for Government), and Rhea Wolfson (Courtesy).
June 6, 2017, 4:24 pm
With party’s lingering anti-Semitism, who are the Jews running on Britain’s Labour ticket?
Ahead of Thursday's vote, here is a look at the contentious constituencies where Jewish Labour hopefuls will be hashing it out
By Jenni Frazer
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin meets with visiting German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel at his residence on April 25, 2017 (Mark Neiman/GPO)
May 3, 2017, 2:37 pm
Would listening to the other be so bad?
Refusing to engage may just be the least productive of all the ways to express disagreement
By Jenni Frazer
Rabbi Shneur Odze, a UKIP candidate who came in sixth in the May 2017 race for Manchester mayor. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 1, 2017, 2:23 pm
Rabbinical UKIP candidate making headlines for wrong reasons
As tabloid publishes allegations of S&M affair, New Testament-burning far-right Manchester mayoral wannabe Rabbi Shneur Odze faces tough slog to gain public support in Thursday's election
By Jenni Frazer
London mayor Sadiq Khan at a Yom Hashoah ceremony on April 23, 2017. (Courtesy)
April 29, 2017, 8:42 am
Once thorny, relationship between London’s Muslim mayor and the Jews now a bed of roses
Ahead of June's general elections, Sadiq Khan encourages a vote for good local Labour candidates -- almost despite his party’s leader
By Jenni Frazer
British MP Andrew Percy holds a terror doll teaching aid used in Palestinian schools. (Jenni Frazer/ Times of Israel)
April 26, 2017, 9:40 am
The Conservative member of parliament who went all the way for Israel
Though British MP Andrew Percy always had an affinity for the Jewish state, he didn't imagine that it could be more than that -- until he converted to Judaism
By Jenni Frazer
Lawyer Mark Lewis arrives at a media ethics inquiry at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, Thursday, November 24, 2011. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
April 12, 2017, 9:08 am
UK’s foremost libel lawyer sets his sights on Israel’s enemies
After bringing down News of the World for cellphone hacking, Mark Lewis is intent on combating anti-Semitism -- even as he travels to Israel to fight his multiple sclerosis
By Jenni Frazer
Ken Livingstone, April 4, 2017 (Sky News screenshot)
April 6, 2017, 4:54 pm
UK’s PM May says Labour ‘betrayed’ Jewish community by failing to expel Livingstone
100 of Labour's 229 MPs slam lenient treatment of ex-London mayor who insists Hitler was initially a Zionist
By Sue Surkes, Jenni Frazer and AFP
Jeremy Corbyn speaks after being reelected as the head of the UK Labour Party, at a party conference in Liverpool on September 24, 2016. (AFP/Oli Scarff)
April 5, 2017, 9:53 pm
UK Labour leader turns against ‘insensitive,’ unrepentant ally Livingstone
After ex-London mayor merely suspended from party for saying Hitler was a Zionist and other inflammatory remarks, Corbyn threatens new disciplinary action
By Sue Surkes and Jenni Frazer
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