In case you missed it…seven must-read stories from the past week!
Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry at the Labour Party Conference, Mosques joining an interfaith Succah project and Succot shared on Instagram are among this week's top reads...
Relive the past week on jewishnews.co.uk with our top-seven must-read stories from the past seven days…
Scroll down to read our pick of this week’s stories, which included speeches made by Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry at the Labour Party Conference, Mosques joining an interfaith Succah project, the Pope warning against the rebirth of antisemitism and Succot share on Instagram…
1) Jeremy Corbyn says Labour is community’s ‘ally’ in fight against antisemitism – Labour leader uses keynote speech to assure Jewish people of security after ‘tough’ summer
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2) J.K. Rowling’s new novel depicts villain as an Israel-hating antisemite –Harry Potter author warns of the dangers of antisemitism from those who downplay its phenomenon
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3) Three mosques to erect sukkah as interfaith initiative expanded – Al Manaar Mosque near Grenfell and Idaara Maarif-e-Islam in Birmingham have both put up sukkahs as ‘pop-ups of hope’
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4) Pope Francis warns against rebirth of antisemitism that fuelled the Holocaust – Catholic leader marks annual remembrance for Lithuania’s Jewish community on the second day of his Baltic tour
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5) Emily Thornberry: Palestine used ‘as a cloak’ for Jew-hatred – Shadow foreign secretary gives speech at Labour conference insisting that left-wing antisemitism must be driven out of the party
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6) Sajid Javid set to announce full ban of Hezbollah at party conference –
Home Secretary to use party conference next week to ban the terror group’s political wing after months of campaigning from Jewish groups
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7) Insta-sukkah! Here are some of the best from Instagram -While roaming Instagram for some Sukkot inspiration, we found a wide array of original leafy huts, ranging from the quirky, to the funny, to the absolutely stunning!
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