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Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder, center, receives an award from the Conference of European Rabbis in Munich, May 9, 2023. On right is CER President Pinchas Goldschmidt and on left is Charlotte Knobloch, head of the Jewish Community of Munich and upper Bavaria. (Marc Müller/CER)
May 12, 2023, 11:57 am
Brexit’s fault: European rabbinical group moves HQ from London to Munich
Conference of European Rabbis President Pinchas Goldschmidt confirms the UK's EU exit was a leading factor in the move.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace after they both made short statements at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, Oct 23, 2011. (Jim Hollander-Pool/Getty Images)
March 6, 2023, 9:25 am
Israel’s judicial reforms could make Brexit’s economic effects look like ‘bubkes’
“Unless he changes course, Mr. Netanyahu risks throwing all that progress — and his own hard-earned legacy — away,” according to billionaire media mogul Mike Bloomberg.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Police in riot gear outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside (Peter Powell/PA)
February 27, 2023, 12:49 pm
‘Brutal’ lessons of Holocaust exposed amid fears for crisis-hit Europe
Eminent British historian Professor Dan Stone, author of The Holocaust: An Unfinished History, says the threat of genocide remains
By JN Reporter
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden from his office in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2022. (Office of Benjamin Netanyahu.)
December 21, 2022, 11:51 am
OPINION: Be careful what you wish for in Netanyahu’s trials
Barrister David Wolchover urges Israelis to remain cognisant of wider consequences in relentless legal fight against Israel's prime minister in waiting.
By David Wolchover
Geraldine McGahey, Chief Commissioner, Equality Commission for NI, Michael Black, Chair of the Belfast Jewish Community, and Alyson Kilpatrick, Chief Commissioner of the NIHRC. The UK Government and EU have been urged to find an "urgent solution" over the shortages of kosher food in Northern Ireland.
December 16, 2021, 4:30 pm
Call for urgent solution to alleviate kosher food shortages in Northern Ireland
Belfast Jewish Community warns cupboards are “nearly bare” due to trade restrictions under the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.
By Jewish News Reporter
September 13, 2021, 6:14 pm
Shechita UK ‘confident’ over government’s possible food labelling reforms
The UK needs to create its own animal welfare legislation following the decision to exit the European Union.
By Lee Harpin
A fire burns in front of the police on the Springfield Road as protests continue in Belfast, Northern Ireland April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
April 23, 2021, 12:56 pm
The Troubles we’ve seen
At the height of Northern Ireland’s religious violence – flaring again on Belfast’s streets – Jews found sanctuary in ‘the club’, a short walk from the synagogue
By Olivia Fletcher (JTA)
Our top 10 for Forty Under 40
June 3, 2020, 6:06 pm
Forty Under 40: Our top 10 take a bow!
From community leaders and political activists, to LGBT and mental health campaigners, TV hosts and top legal minds, we identify those set to shape the community for years to come!
Meet our amazing 25 Under 25!
March 26, 2020, 12:56 pm
Twenty Five Under 25: The young trailblazers set to shape our future
From student activists and young musicians to interfaith campaigners and motivational speakers, we profile those tipped to be future leaders of Anglo-Jewry!
By Jewish News
Rory Stewart speaking at JW3
March 12, 2020, 3:56 pm
Rory Stewart makes communal meeting his last amid virus pandemic
Independent mayoral candidate spoke to small audience at JW3 but - refused to spend more than 10 minutes in an indoor meeting room - eventually taking the conversation outside
By Jenni Frazer
Steve McCabe, chair of LFI
March 11, 2020, 12:54 pm
New LFI chair: Corbyn ‘deluded’ over bid to be shadow foreign secretary
Labour Friends of Israel's Steve McCabe believes the outgoing leader should 'walk away from the stage and leave it to new people'
By Jenni Frazer
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel on the campaign trail last year (Credit: Press Association)
February 19, 2020, 2:09 pm
New immigration policy provokes fears over community social care and security
'Many of the security guards and care workers that the Jewish community employs, for example, are EU migrants,' Board of Deputies vice-president warns
By Mathilde Frot
Sajid Javid in conversation with the former BBC News director James Harding. ((C) Blake Ezra Photography Ltd. 2020)
February 9, 2020, 9:30 am
Sajid Javid helps Jewish Care raise more than £70,000 with 50p auction
Chancellor puts up historic coin which marks Britain's exit from the EU, with one guest pledging £10,000
By Sandy Rashty
The Winston Churchill statue and Union flags in Parliament Square, London, ahead of the UK leaving the European Union at 11pm on Friday. (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
January 31, 2020, 11:39 am
What does Brexit Day mean for British Jews?
From shechita and security to UK-Israel trade, we look at the impact of exit from the EU on the community
By Stephen Oryszczuk
December 20, 2019, 12:57 pm
Progressively Speaking: However you voted, let’s put differences aside
After another divisive election which split the community on numerous issues, Rabbi Dr Margaret Jacobi says it's time to unite
By Rabbi Dr Margaret Jacobi
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