In case you missed it…seven must-read stories from the past week!
Labour's new code of conduct on anti-Semitism, hearing from the British deputy mayor of Jerusalem and Bushey Cemetery up for a top award are among this week's top stories...
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 another anti-Labour protest at Westminster, the fallout from the party’s NEC new code of conduct on anti-Semitism, Jeremy Corbyn branded an anti-Semite by a Jewish Labour MP, an interview with the London-born deputy mayor of Jerusalem and how Bushey Cemetery is up for a top architectural award…
1) Hundreds protest against ‘racist’ Labour at Westminster demo – The Labour Party should be “abandoned by all decent people”, Campaign Against Antisemitism chairman tells the crowd.
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2) Labour NEC defies Chief Rabbi to adopt new anti-Semitism code –Governing body of the opposition party doesn’t heed community calls to abandon adoption of revised anti-Semitism definition
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3) German police beat Jewish professor after he’s assaulted by a Palestinian man – Yitzhak Melamed describes being wrongly set upon by officers who repeatedly punched him, after a Palestinian shouted ‘ f*** Jews’ and ‘no Jews in Germany’
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4) Meet the Brit shaping Jerusalem – London-born Fleur Hassan-Nahoum has a tough job as deputy mayor of Jerusalem, as an observant Jewish woman improving the lives of non-Orthodox Jews
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5) Youth leader dropped over ‘kaddish for Gaza’ given role on Liberal’s Israel tour – Nina Morris-Evans taken as a leader of Liberal Judaism’s tour after being dropped by the Reform movement over May’s controversial event
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6) Margaret Hodge: Jeremy Corbyn ‘now perceived by many as an anti-Semite’ – Jewish Labour MP defends calling the party leader an anti-Semite in Guardian article, after Labour says it will discipline the veteran politician
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7) Bushey Cemetery shortlisted for prestigious architecture prize – Burial ground up against Lord Foster’s £1bn Bloomberg HQ building in the heart of London, for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 2018 Stirling Prize
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