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Harriet Bradley
December 7, 2023, 11:34 am
Emeritus professor at Bristol University calls to ‘blow up’ JLM conference
Harriet Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, responds to the announcement of next month's JLM conference by suggesting: 'Someone blow up the venue'
By Lee Harpin
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April 4, 2023, 1:08 pm
OPINION: Pesach re-imagined thanks to Little Amal, global symbol of human rights
How a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee child inspired me, writes JW3's Raymond Simonson.
By Raymond Simonson
(back row left to right) Mike Katz, Ruth Smeeth, Adam Langleben, (front row) Margaret Hodge and Peter Mason, during a press conference by the Jewish Labour Movement at the offices of Mishcon de Reya in London, following the publication of damming anti-Semitism report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
January 3, 2023, 11:47 pm
OPINION: Thanks to Keir, Labour Jews can now debate more than just antisemitism
Ahead of the Jewish Labour Movement's fourth conference, chair Mike Katz reflects on the massive changes in the party since 2018
By Mike Katz
September 29, 2022, 12:06 pm
‘An act of atonement by the Royal Court’: review of Jews. In Their Own Words.
Jonathan Freedland’s piece of documentary theatre – from an idea by Tracy-Ann Oberman – is imaginative and powerful
By Beatrice Sayers
2HWT2WH A woman wih two children waits for an evacuation train, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine on March 7, 2022. Photo by Dmytro Smoliyenko/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News
March 8, 2022, 2:03 pm
EXCLUSIVE: Hodge brands UK efforts to grant visas to Ukrainian refugees ‘pathetic’
Veteran Labour MP tells Jewish News: ‘"Even with the Kindertransport it was a battle to let kids in. I feel it personally, that we need to be more generous now.’
By Lee Harpin
Dame Margaret Hodge. Photo credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire
August 18, 2021, 5:25 pm
Drawing on family roots, Margaret Hodge criticises ‘inadequacy’ of Afghan policy
Veteran Jewish MP, whose parents fled Egypt due to antisemitism, aired concerns over the refugee plan, as Dominic Raab spoke of his 'pride' at being son of an escapee from the Nazis
By Lee Harpin
Dame Margaret Hodge, Parliamentary Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, during a press conference by the JLM at the offices of Mishcon de Reya in London, following the publication of damming anti-Semitism report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
December 7, 2020, 11:16 am
Hodge calls for ban on social media anonymity after abuse
Veteran Labour MP, who has faced obscene online abuse, says tech platform owners should be held liable for defamatory content if they allow users to post anonymously.
By Jewish News Reporter
Dame Margaret Hodge. Photo credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire
December 4, 2020, 11:52 am
Hodge: If Corbyn gives complete apology it would be wrong not to allow him back
Veteran Jewish MP tells Jewish News Podcast he is unlikely to say sorry because he's 'incredibly obstinate, pretty vain and just doesn’t like Jews'
By Jewish News Reporter
A muslim is praying before the demonstration in solidarity with the Uyghurs, started in Amsterdam, on December 29th, 2019. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto)
October 1, 2020, 11:10 am
150 MPs and peers back Jewish News Uyghur campaign
Petition, which will be handed to Downing Street next week, calls for sanctions over China's brutal treatment of its Muslim minority.
By Justin Cohen
James Libson, Margaret Hodge MP, Peter Mason and Mike Katz (Credit: Jewish Labour Movement)
June 10, 2020, 8:18 pm
Margaret Hodge: Starmer’s election ‘an enormous weight lifted off our shoulders’
Jewish Labour Movement parliamentary chair warned that actions will speak louder than any words
By Mathilde Frot
Keir Starmer
May 19, 2020, 9:00 am
Labour leader says changing culture of party will take ‘strong leadership’
Keir Starmer spoke after taking part in the first formal meeting between a Labour leader and the Jewish Labour Movement since 2014
By Mathilde Frot
Rebecca Long-Bailey (Credit: The Red Roar)
February 25, 2020, 10:12 am
Rebecca Long Bailey rebuked over answer to activist’s ‘Israeli lobby’ question
'The individual who asked this question was a racist crank,' a spokesperson for the candidate's campaign said on Tuesday
By Mathilde Frot
Jewish Labour Movement activists at the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street
December 17, 2019, 3:48 pm
‘Labour should beg Luciana Berger, Joan Ryan and Louise Ellman to rejoin’
Days after Labour was crushed in the General Election, we speak to members of the community who quit the party under Corbyn to find out if they would consider returning
By Jack Mendel
Labour MPs who have been attacked online for remaining in Labour, but trying to defend the Jewish community in the antisemitism row. Left: Yvette Cooper and Wes Streeting. Right: Stella Creasy and Rosie Duffield
November 4, 2019, 12:27 pm
OPINION: This ‘everyone’s complicit’ criticism isn’t helping anyone
Jenni Frazer asks, what is the point of attacking those who have stuck their necks out for the community, just because they have the temerity to continue in politics?
By Jenni Frazer
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