Jewish groups blast BBC for holding ‘ridiculous’ debate asking if Jews count as an ethnic minority

Jewish groups have blasted the BBC for holding a ‘ridiculous’ debate questioning whether Jews count as an ethnic minority. The Politics Live show aired a segment yesterday, which debated the issue after MP Angela Rayner declared Scottish Labour’s newly-elected leader Anas Sarwar as ‘the first ever ethnic minority leader of a political party anywhere in … Read more

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police in Jerusalem in protest over lockdown restrictions

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting coronavirus lockdown restrictions clashed with police officers in Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Rioters from the insulated community were pictured burning rubbish bins and reportedly threw stones at officers who responded by using water cannons and other heavy-handed tactics to disperse the crowd. In recent weeks, ultra-Orthodox Jews have defied coronavirus … Read more

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews ignore Covid lockdown rules in Israel for Rabbi funeral

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated today in the funeral of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem, flouting the country’s ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. Shocking images showed the funeral procession for Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, who died at age 99 and had recently suffered from Covid-19, wending its way through the streets of Jerusalem … Read more

Images reveal fear of children and families as hundreds of Hungarian Jews are led into Auschwitz

Their faces etched with fear, Jewish children and mothers carrying toddlers walk unknowingly to their horrendous fate. These innocent victims were among around 1.1million people murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau, near the town of Oswiecim, in what was then occupied Poland.  The victims at Auschwitz were among 6million Jews who were murdered by Adolf … Read more

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with riot cops during anti-lockdown protests in Israel

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews have clashed with riot police during anti-lockdown protests in Jerusalem. Protesters threw rocks at vehicles, used large bins to block roads and damaged a bus during the Tuesday morning demonstration in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Sharim neighbourhood, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing police. Police responded with water cannon, dispersing the crowds and arresting … Read more

How a British couple took in a family of Jews from Austria during the Second World War

The letter to Gladys Jones arrived without fanfare – and probably without much hope of a reply. It had been sent by a family she’d met just once on a Danube riverboat in Vienna five years earlier.  A little boy’s shoe had threatened to muddy her skirt as he’d knelt up to get a better … Read more

Amazon says it will investigate claims Alexa gives racist answers to questions about Jews

Alexa, are you an anti-Semite? Amazon says it will investigate claims virtual assistant device gives racist answers to questions about Jews MPs told Amazon they found examples of Alexa repeating anti-Semitic theories One shared an article by Jew Watch, adding that ‘Jews control the world’s media’ Findings reported by all-party parliamentary group against anti-Semitism MPs The … Read more

Book by Trump exec claims he ‘joked to Jews about ovens’ and ‘banned black people from his lobby’ 

A former longtime Trump executive has claimed the president once made her fire a woman for being pregnant, joked to Jewish businessmen about ‘the ovens’ and banned black people from the lobbies of his buildings.  Barbara Res has accused Donald Trump of a catalogue of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic behavior spanning the 18 years she worked … Read more

Jewish housing association CAN legally house just Orthodox Jews

Jewish housing association can legally give homes to only Orthodox Jews says Supreme Court after mother-of-four complained that they had property empty while she was on waiting list London-based Agudas Israel Housing Association can prioritise Orthodox Jews Five justices called the advantage for the Orthodox community ‘proportionate’  Court dismissed appeal by a mother-of-four, Z, who argued discrimination … Read more

Two-thirds of US Millennials and Gen Z don’t know six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust

A new survey has found that two-thirds of American Millennials and members of Gen Z do not know that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The survey of adults ages 18 to 39 was commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, examining knowledge about the Holocaust among young Americans. The survey … Read more