India-born British-Jewish artist Kapoor is knighted
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
Anish Kapoor, a British-Jewish artist, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Poll: 45 percent of Britons favor banning shechitah
Jewish Journal
March 29, 2013
About 45 percent of 1,900 Britons polled favored banning Jewish ritual slaughter and 38 percent said they favored banning nonmedical circumcision.
Attack on British soccer fans in France appears to be anti-Semitic
Jewish Journal
February 21, 2013
Fans of the British soccer team the Tottenham Spurs were targeted in an apparent anti-Semitic attack at a pub in Lyon, France.
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves British hospital
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2013
A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls\’ education has been discharged from a British hospital after doctors said she was well enough to spend time recovering with her family.
Hebrew to be nixed as foreign language in U.K. schools
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2012
The British government reportedly is planning to exclude Hebrew from a list of recognized foreign languages in the national education system.
British soccer fans again face anti-Semitic chants
Jewish Journal
November 26, 2012
Fans of a popular British soccer club spewed anti-Semitic taunts and chants at fans of a second British club whose fans are sometimes referred to as the \”Yid Army.\”
BBC correspondent slammed for ‘Jewish lobby’ tweet
Jewish Journal
November 8, 2012
The umbrella organization of British Jewry criticized the BBC\’s correspondent in Washington for referring to the \”Jewish lobby\” in a tweet about the U.S. election.
Abbas hints has no ‘right of return’ to home in Israel
Jewish Journal
November 1, 2012
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare if symbolic concession to Israel on Thursday, saying he had no permanent claim on the town from which he was driven as a child during the 1948 war of the Jewish state\’s founding.
Gambling British haredim blamed for spate of burglaries
Jewish Journal
October 4, 2012
Gambling debts among haredi Orthodox British Jews spurred a spate of burglaries in Jewish homes and institutions, The Jewish Chronicle reported.
British politician slammed London ex-mayor for ‘rich Jews’ quote
Jewish Journal
October 2, 2012
Douglas Alexander, a former British government minister, has criticized former London mayor Ken Livingstone for allegedly saying Jews won\’t vote for Britain\’s Labor Party because they are rich.
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