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Muslim and Jewish faith leaders attend first meeting
July 27, 2024, 10:47 am
Muslim and Jewish leaders forge new group to promote dialogue
Lord Wajid Khan, the new Communities Minister with responsibility for faith, attended in first official engagement
By Lee Harpin
Sarah Sackman, left, Shabana Mahmood, centre, Richard Hermer, right
July 16, 2024, 12:33 pm
Two Jews and a Muslim: government’s senior lawyers are sworn in
Attorney-general Richard Hermer and solicitor-general Sarah Sackman take up their roles alongside lord chancellor Shabana Mahmood at the Royal Courts of Justice
By Lee Harpin
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak giving a press conference in Downing Street.
July 10, 2024, 2:25 pm
OPINION: Conservative support for Israel won’t diminish in opposition
The unrelenting nature of politics makes it hard to take stock but there is much CFI and Conservatives can be proud of, writes the chief exec of Conservative Friend of Israel
By James Gurd - Conservative Friends of Israel
July 10, 2024, 10:15 am
Meta to remove posts using ‘Zionist’ as antisemitic guise
The term ‘Zionist’ will be removed when they are found to: Invoke harmful antisemitic stereotypes, dehumanise Jews, call for harm towards Jews, or deny the existence of Zionists
By Jotam Confino
Georgia Gould gives election victory speech
July 9, 2024, 10:49 pm
Two newly elected Jewish Labour MPs handed ministerial roles
Sarah Sackman appointed solicitor general and Georgia Gould becomes parliamentary secretary in the Cabinet Office
By Lee Harpin
(L-r) A poster for Pomidor's exhibit, "Even Elephants Hold Elections," canceled by the London gallery Metamorphika on July 4, 2024, over an artist's social media posts mourning the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks; an image shared by Pomidor of the canceled exhibit. (Screenshots via Instagram)
July 9, 2024, 9:11 am
London gallery cancels Russian-Israeli artist’s anti-Putin show, objecting to her posts mourning Oct. 7
The artist, who goes by Maria, told the London Jewish Chronicle the gallery had received complaints about her social media posts: 'They said it was wrong that I support Israel'
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 9, 2024, 9:07 am
Columbia removes 3 deans over text exchange deriding concerns of campus antisemitism
A fourth dean who was involved in one of the text exchanges apologised and likewise acknowledged that the conversations “call to mind antisemitic tropes.”
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Police at a Jewish community event in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 8, 2024, 9:24 am
NYPD reports 45 antisemitic incidents last month, 57% of all hate crimes in the city
Hate incidents against Jews spiked after the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, with 69 in October and 62 in November. 
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Or, a solider fighting in Gaza, displays a seder plate he found in the territory. (Courtesy of Or)
July 8, 2024, 9:21 am
Israeli soldiers are finding Judaica in Gaza — and trying to locate the items’ owners
Soldiers have found a wood laminate challah board framed with the biblical injunction to “remember the Shabbat” in gold lettering, in Hebrew and English.   
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
FILE FOOTAGE: French Jews demonstrate against antisemitism after the killing of three Jewish children by Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah.
July 3, 2024, 12:10 am
Paris Chief Rabbi: ‘There is no future for Jews in France’
'It is clear today that there is no future for Jews in France. I tell everyone who is young to go to Israel or a more secure country,' Grande Synagogue of Paris Chief Rabbi said
By JN
The interior of the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle, Washington, March 31, 2016. (Screenshot via YouTube)
July 2, 2024, 10:13 am
7 Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime
The vandalism involved the phrase “Genocide in Gaza” being written over a photograph of a child Holocaust survivor.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Police officers remove ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking the road during a protest against military conscription outside the Israeli Supreme Court. Israel's Supreme Court hears on 02 June a response by the state over the ultra orthodox recruitment issue, after previously extending a deadline for the government to present a conscription plan for ultra-Orthodox Jews, who are traditionally exempt from military service. (Credit Image: © Saeed Qaq/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire) EDITORIAL USAGE ONLY! Not for Commercial USAGE!
July 2, 2024, 8:44 am
Thousands of ultra-orthodox protest looming army enlistment
Demonstrators also threw rocks at an ultra-orthodox minister's car as he drove past the really in Jerusalem
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Matthew Offord after he was re-elected as MP for Hendon at Allainz Park, London in the 2019 General Election. PA Photo. Picture date: Friday December 13, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Election. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
June 24, 2024, 3:44 pm
The path to Downing Street runs through Hendon
North-West London seat fierce battleground between Labour and Tories
By Jenni Frazer
Keir Starmer with wife Victoria at Taylor Swift concert at Wembley Stadium
June 22, 2024, 1:54 pm
Keir Starmer tells of the impact of Oct 7 on family in Israel
In interview with the Guardian, the Labour leader says:'Half of the family are Jewish, they’re either here or in Israel'
By Lee Harpin
Keir Starmer (pic Ian Vogler)
June 19, 2024, 3:33 pm
Support amongst Jewish voters for Labour soars under Starmer, new poll confirms
Gap in support for Tories over Labour in the community shrinks to just nine per cent, Survation/JC poll confirms
By Lee Harpin
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