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Mike Katz
Climate action groups have made headlines in recent years
November 14, 2022, 11:33 am
Just Stop Oil angers British Jews over ‘phenomenally bad’ Anne Frank comment
Environmental protest group uses unfortunate analogy prompting online backlash from Jewish commentators over 'insulting' comparison
By Jewish News Reporter
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer
January 7, 2022, 12:35 pm
OPINION: Starmer’s contract with voters is only the start
A poll suggesting 70% of JLM members think Labour is now a 'safe space' for Jews is just getting to base camp. the start of a journey back to respectability, has a long way to go
By Mike Katz
Anneliese Dodds speaking at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. Picture date: Saturday September 25, 2021.
October 29, 2021, 10:33 am
A year after EHRC, Labour’s chair says it ‘moved decisively to make it safe’
Anneliese Dodds highlighted the antisemitism training sessions which must be taken by members, and the 'radically overhauled independent complaints process'
By Lee Harpin
Mike Katz 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).
October 27, 2021, 5:15 pm
OPINION: A year after the EHRC report we can move on from a dark period – but there’s still work to do
National Chair of the JLM, Mike Katz, says the the community feels safer thanks to the EHRC’s report and Keir Starmer’s unbending commitment to root out antisemitism.
By Mike Katz
(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).
October 5, 2021, 12:07 pm
Letter from JLM to Momentum expresses ‘dismay’ at EHRC rule-change opposition
Jewish Labour Movement accuses the left-wing group of having a 'transactional' attitude to fighting Jew-hate, promoting factionalism over the party's 'legal and moral duties'
By Lee Harpin
August 26, 2021, 3:45 pm
Jewish News special report, part two: Divided on division
In the final instalment of our deep dive into polarisation across British Jewry, we ask: are we really more divided than ever?
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Labour's Kim Leadbeater after winning the Batley and Spen by-election.
July 2, 2021, 10:10 am
Batley and Spen: Jewish activists help Labour clinch seat by narrow margin
Kim Leadbeater held on to the Yorkshire seat in a bitter contest marred by personal abuse and claims of dirty tricks from alleged supporters of George Galloway
By Lee Harpin
(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).
June 15, 2021, 11:53 am
Thousands of Labour members take part in antisemitism awareness training
Party confirms the scheme is its biggest training initiative, with members invited to online sessions by General Secretary David Evans
By Lee Harpin
Sir Keir Starmer (left) alongside former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre)
May 10, 2021, 12:24 pm
OPINION: Starmer must resist calls to go back to bad old ways
National chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, Mike Katz, looks back on a mixed set of election results, and what the party needs to do next
By Mike Katz
Some of the headlines from the first 12 months of Keir Starmer's leadership
April 8, 2021, 11:35 am
Starmer’s report card: One year of Keir
After 12 months of new Labour leadership, community campaigners praise the strides he has taken to win back trust - but stress there is 'considerably more to do'
By Lee Harpin
Rivkah Brown
February 16, 2021, 9:47 am
Left-wing journalist: Antisemitism panel will set back racism fight ‘lightyears’
Anger after Novara Media’s Rivkah Brown brands communal leaders on Labour’s new advisory board 'not anti-racist'
By Josh Salisbury
Lawrie Nerva with wife Ruby, (left) Dame Louise Ellman and Adrian Cohen (Credit: Adrian Cohen)
December 21, 2020, 11:19 am
Keir Starmer leads tributes to veteran activist Lawrie Nerva, who dies aged 98
Party leader says the stalwart of the Jewish Labour Movement was a 'member and activist since the days of Clem Attlee', as communal leaders pay respects to the campaigner
Mike Katz
October 29, 2020, 4:10 pm
OPINION: Our discrimination wasn’t imagined. It was real, it hurt and was wrong
In wake of the EHRC report being published, Mike Katz of the Jewish Labour Movement reflects on its implications
By Mike Katz
December 9, 2019, 11:25 am
General Election 2019: Bellwether battle in the heart of the Bagel Belt
With just a few days before Brits go to the polls, the fight for Finchley and Golders Green hots up with the issues of Brexit and antisemitism featuring heavily
By Jenni Frazer
Jewish Labour Movement at Cable Street 80 event
October 31, 2019, 7:47 am
JLM to only campaign for Labour candidates ‘in exceptional circumstances’
Jewish community affiliate says it will not actively back Jeremy Corbyn's bid to be PM but will support individuals such as its parliamentary chair Ruth Smeeth
By Jewish News Reporter
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