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Marine le Pen, leader of France's far right National Rally party
April 25, 2022, 4:46 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Relief in France, but it won’t last long
Marine le Pen won more votes in Sunday's election than any far right leader in modern French history. There's plenty to be concerned about.
By Voice of the Jewish News and Michael Daventry
Vehicles carrying Russian flags are pictured in central Donetsk as city residents celebrate sovereign Ukrainian land being recognised as the Donetsk People's Republic by Russia.
February 23, 2022, 2:21 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: It’s been a week of events, dear boy, events
Britain’s toothless sanctions against Russia, as Putin rehang the Iron Curtain, shows we have learned little from the last time a European dictator invaded a peaceful nation.
By Richard Ferrer
February 16, 2022, 11:10 am
Voice of the Jewish News: Israel’s diaspora ties demand a new Jewish Agency chief now
It cannot be right that the world's biggest Jewish NGO has been left rudderless because of an opaque appointments process
By Voice of the Jewish News
The books of Chaim Walder that used to take pride of place have been binned by readers and recalled by publishers around the world. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
February 5, 2022, 11:28 am
Voice of the Jewish News: Focus must now be on abuse prevention
The Walder affair is forcing Orthodox parents to talk to their children about child sexual abuse, traditionally a taboo topic. This is a good thing.
By Jewish News
Rabbi Charlie Cytron- Walker is embraced by a congregant after the synagogue siege
January 19, 2022, 5:24 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Whose synagogue will it be tomorrow?
What could have happened in the Texas shul hostage-taking is too awful to imagine, but too awful to ignore. It begs the question: How safe are our Jewish communities?
By Richard Ferrer
Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. 19th Apr, 2021. A memorial stone is covered with daffodils on April 19 2021 in Warsaw, Poland. On April 19 people commemorate the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising that took place on April 19, 1943. Today marks its 78th anniversary. Credit: Aleksander Kalka/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
January 11, 2022, 5:55 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Poland punished ‘Jewish envoy’ for stating self-evident truth
Jaroslaw Marek Nowak, appointed just six months ago to improve relations with Jewish community, was sacked after telling Jewish News his country’s Holocaust law is ‘stupid’
By Voice of the Jewish News
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash
December 24, 2021, 9:34 am
Voice of the Jewish News: Rays of hope amid the Omicron gloom
Although the last 12 months had many low ebbs, there were bright spots, too, and an optimism and confidence in our future
By Jewish News
Violent yobs spat, banged on windows and chased the bus
December 9, 2021, 2:50 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: BBC has a serious question to answer
In its passion striving for the very balance which once gave it respect, the BBC overstepped the mark in its reporting of the distressing Chanukah attack - turning victims of antisemitism into racists
By Jewish News
Sadiq Khan celebrating Chanukah with Jewish community leaders in Trafalgar Square
December 4, 2021, 4:40 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Candles kindled across the land
This year’s festival has shone a light on a community held in high esteem. That our contribution to wider British society is admired and respected is beyond doubt.
By Jewish News
Liverpool Street Station Kindertransport memorial
November 14, 2021, 12:10 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: History has become even harder to tell
Following the worrying survey by claims conference showing most Brits don't know how many were murdered in the Shoah, this week's editorial focuses on challenges for the future
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
November 6, 2021, 10:33 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Climate of anger is far off the mark
The Nazis dedicated themselves to destroying the world as we know it and wiping out our future generations. Humanity’s destructive disregard for the very future of life on this planet bears fair comparison. This week's editorial defends Justin Welby's comments
By Jewish News
Participants and supporters of the project gather outside Windsor Castle
October 23, 2021, 12:25 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Dragons’ castle
We have long championed interfaith interaction, which is why the JN brought together the Church Times, British Muslim TV and Coexist House to celebrate 21 young interfaith leaders
Sally Rooney, (Pako Mera/Alamy Live News. Via Jewish News)
October 13, 2021, 4:01 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Sally Rooney should consider miming her next novel
'Reserving dubious ire for just one language out of the 46 her books are read in doesn’t just defy morality but simple common sense'
By Richard Ferrer
RANXP5 BEVIS MARKS SYNAGOGUE, 1889. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist reimagined
October 8, 2021, 2:52 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: VBM Day (…victory for Bevis Marks Day)
News this week that planning permission has been rejected for a 48-storey tower block next to this peerless house of prayer comes as a blessed relief.
Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. Picture date: Wednesday September 29, 2021.
September 29, 2021, 5:21 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Starmer is winning the battle for Labour’s soul
For those still harbouring doubts about Starmer’s determination to end the hostile environment for Jewish members, this was the week they were, if not washed away, then eroded.
By Justin Cohen
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