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George Floyd (Credit: Twitter)
From the WebNovember 17, 2021, 6:11 pm
Deputy questions Board over racism motive in George Floyd killing
Exclusive: Raymond Solomon asked the Board president to 'share the evidence to justify the word 'racist' when' describing the killing
By Lee Harpin
Cutting the ribbon for the new Somali-Bravanese community centre. (Credit: Abdul Datoo)
September 27, 2019, 11:45 am
Jewish community helps reopen Somali Bravanese centre six years after arson
Rabbis from across the religious spectrum are joined by faith minister Lord Younger, as the community rallies rounds its Muslim neighbours to inaugurate its new centre
By Justin Cohen
Etrogs for sale!
September 24, 2019, 5:35 pm
‘Succot saved’ after government releases 600 etrogs
Environment secretary Theresa Villiers thanked the Board and top importer Stephen Colman for 'coming to this pragmatic arrangement'
By Jewish News Reporter
September 24, 2019, 4:57 pm
Rosh Hashanah: New Year wishes from the community!
Communal and political leaders share their hopes and aspirations for a sweet and prosperous 5780
Proposed design of Westminster Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
August 13, 2019, 3:29 pm
Peer criticises Board over claim that Shoah memorial opponents are ‘anti-Jewish’
Baroness Deech hits out at the 'slur' from Marie van der Zyl over the £100m project planned for Victoria Tower Gardens
By Jewish News Reporter
Geoffrey Paul (right) with Moshe Dayan at the JC offices in 1977 (Credit: The Jewish Chronicle)
August 6, 2019, 11:37 am
Tributes paid to former JC editor Geoffrey Paul, who dies aged 90
Rabbi Lord Sacks leads praise for veteran writer, as having a 'sharp mind, a deeply moral set of commitments, a devoted love of Judaism'
By Jenni Frazer
(from left, seated at table) International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock, Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, Works and Pensions Secretary and Minister for Women Amber Rudd, Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, Culture Scretary Nicky Morgan, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak, and Chief Whip Mark Spencer, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London. (Photo credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)
July 25, 2019, 1:54 pm
Board welcomes ‘firm friends of the community’ on Boris Johnson’s front bench
Jewish leaders react to new prime minister's cabinet, which includes Priti Patel, Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps
By Jewish News Reporter
Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar
July 16, 2019, 1:05 pm
UK Jewish communal fury at Trump’s ‘racism’
Despair at president telling ethnic minority US-born politicians to "go back" to where they "originally came from".
Jeremy Corbyn (Photo credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)
July 11, 2019, 10:48 am
Chief Rabbi accuses Labour leadership of ‘direct complicity’ in antisemitism row
British Jewish leaders react to BBC doc on Jew-hate in the official opposition, with JLM saying "no one can doubt that Labour is institutionally racist"
By Jewish News Reporter
Thousands of Polish nationalists marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw in May 2019, protesting that the U.S. is putting pressure on Poland to compensate Jews whose families lost property during the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
May 22, 2019, 3:33 pm
Jewish News wins decisive legal case against Polish nationalists
Newspaper victorious after bitter 18-month fight with the Polish League Against Defamation that threatened to silence allegations of historical antisemitism in the country.
By Adam Decker
Kisharon Chairman Philip Goldberg, pupil Tali Rose, and Ambassador Mark Regev
May 21, 2019, 11:01 am
Kisharon raises £972,000 at dinner
The money raised will go towards the £2.3m the charity needs to fund its day to day services for a year
By Mathilde Frot
Mixed school choir led by Stephen Melzack at The Dell in Hyde Park. Photo: John Rifkin
May 5, 2019, 7:36 pm
Almost 2,000 people pay respects at Yom HaShoah ceremony in Hyde Park
Sadiq Khan warns rising antisemitism cannot be ‘dismissed as passing trend’ as organisers announce major stadium event next year to mark 75th anniversary of liberation.
By Jewish News Reporter
Jeremy Corbyn. Photo credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
May 3, 2019, 1:42 pm
Corbyn: book row is latest ‘ill-founded accusation’ from political opponents
Labour leader provokes fresh anger by pointing to Tory peer who uncovered foreward and newspaper 'whose editorial policy has long been hostile to Labour'
By Justin Cohen
April 10, 2019, 4:56 pm
UK Jewish leaders congratulate Bibi but caution ‘alarming’ campaign rhetoric
Board reflects on 'polarising campaign' but adds that Netanyahu's win was a 'significant achievement', while left-wing group says communal praise is 'painful'
Former Shadow chancellor John McDonnell. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
March 29, 2019, 12:02 pm
Calls for John McDonnell to resign from Labour group backing suspended members
The group published a statement from Jewish Voice for Labour describing the expulsion of Jackie Walker as a 'travesty of justice'
By Justin Cohen
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