UK Jews

Anne - The Battle Between Reason and Desire

Jessica Durlacher | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Jessica Durlacher

I think I speak for both my co-writer and husband Leon de Winter and myself when I say we were both touched and scared when the Anne Frank Fund in Basel asked us to write a new theater adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank

Nazi-Themed Wagner Opera Cancelled After Holocaust Scenes Leave Audience Seeking Medical Help

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK

A modern version of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser has been cancelled after members of the opening night audience were left so distressed they had to s...

Scary: How a Blog on Anti-Semitism Generated More Anti-Semitism

Dan Ehrlich | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Politics
Dan Ehrlich

Just before Easter I wrote a blog on the causes of anti-Semitism as an adjunct to a piece done earlier by Mehdi Hasan. It wasn't particularly controversial. Yet, from most of the comments received one can visualize how some racism spreads through a lack of current events knowledge, revisionist history and just plain bigotry.

Stupidity and Anti-Semitism, Thy Name Is Legion

Bonnie Greer | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK
Bonnie Greer

David and Ed Miliband's family lost over 40 family members to the Holocaust, the supreme expression of fascism and anti-Semitism. Their late father and their mother barely escaped extermination themselves. What the hell did anyone expect this man to do but resign from a football club whose manager has made the 'Roman salute' and who has reportedly stated, according to the BBC, that Mussolini "was deeply misunderstood".

Anti-Semitism, Christian or Muslim, Still Based on Ignorance, Envy

Dan Ehrlich | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK
Dan Ehrlich

Current Hollywood hottie and A list actor Mila Kunis admits anti-Semitism was the main reason she and her parents left their native Ukraine for the USA some 20-year-ago. The curious aspect of this not so unusual event is that most Jews in that part of Eastern Europe were murdered during WW2. How could there be strong anti-Jewish sentiment?

Is It Possible to Be Just a Little Bit Racist?

Xavier Toby | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Comedy
Xavier Toby

If I hear something racist, sometimes when I pull the person up for it they'll say something like; "Ease up champ. Settle down sport. Back off tiger. It's only a little bit racist." Is that even possible? To be only a little bit racist?

Living in Suspicion of Jewish Conspiracies is Self Defeating for Muslims

Faisal Hanif | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Politics
Faisal Hanif

The alleged comments made by Lord Nazir Ahmed about a Jewish Conspiracy to explain his dangerous driving conviction are made in an atmosphere of paranoia. It is a paranoia that has gripped the psyche of some within the Muslim community and allowed those in positions of authority to justify their own incompetence and lack of understanding of the modern world.

Slice of Life in Israel: Jaffa, a Safe Harbour in an Antique Land?

Jason Holmes | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Jason Holmes

To the north, two miles away, lies the friendly cosmopolitan Bauhaus bustle of Tel Aviv; to the south some 40 miles distant, lies Gaza. The ancient city of Jaffa has been caught in a warp of time, with a heterogeneous population of Jews, Christians and Muslims all co-existing in an atmosphere of modulated unease.

Food and Marriage in the Suburbs

Francesca Segal | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Francesca Segal

A rather grand colleague drifted over to me as I was flagging down a passing tray of miniature devilled eggs. "Your people", he observed, eyeing me over his cognac, "do like to eat." Well yes, we do. And where's the shame? Jews and food - everyone knows it, and so it was impossible to take offense.

Lib Dem MP 'Condemned' By Own Party For Criticising Israel Ahead Of Holocaust Memorial Day

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK Politics

A Liberal Democrat MP has been condemned by his own party for his "use of unacceptable language" in criticising Israel's treatment of Palestinians on ...

British Jews Don't Need Another Chief Rabbi

Jonathan Romain | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK
Jonathan Romain

Do we want another chief rabbi at all? This is partly because of the strange origins of the office, which, far being a traditional Jewish institution, is relatively modern and began in Britain.

UK's New Chief Rabbi Expresses 'Concern' Over Growth In Anti-Semitism

PA | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK

The UK's next Chief Rabbi has expressed his concern over rising anti-semitism in Europe and a decline in religious faith as he spoke of his "very deep...

A Jew in Palestine: 'Shlomo, We're Not in East London Anymore'

Rebecca Greig | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK
Rebecca Greig

When I first decided to move to the West Bank as a freelance journalist, many of my friends thought this was one of my crazy peccadilloes. My mother, of course, was horrified.

Sweetly Misguided - Y Word Campaign of Peter Herbert and David Baddiel, Part 2

Andrew Gold | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Sport
Andrew Gold

I'm a Jewish Spurs supporter and have had a season-ticket for two decades. The Tottenham faithful have incessantly chanted Yid Army throughout that time. And while I have witnessed the occasional flurry of anti-Semitic chanting, it has been decidedly rare.

The Next Technology Revolution : Will the Developing Countries Steal the Thunder?

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK Tech
Preetam Kaushik

Those who argue, rather dream, that the next technology revolution will take place in the developing world seem to have missed out on a number of factors which favour the West.

Israel As A Puppet Master?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.11.2012 | UK

A Guardian cartoon showing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "puppet master" holding dolls of William Hague and Tony Blair has sparked ou...

Mistaken Identity

Juliet Simmons | Posted 10.12.2012 | Home
Juliet Simmons

Do we have to be what people expect us to be as Jews? As Israelis? What happens if we are different, what happens if we don't want to mark ourselves out and what happens if we do?

Circumcision Is A Vital Part of Jewish Life

Jeremy Newmark | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK
Jeremy Newmark

As any parent can attest to, many difficult choices are made for their children before they are old enough to do so for themselves. These choices affect a person's entire life and personality... Why should circumcision be treated any differently?

Circumcision Should Be Banned

Paul Livingston | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK
Paul Livingston

Many of you may have already made your minds up and would describe your views as irreversible. So was the removal of my foreskin.

Sweden: If a Racist Tweets in a Forest, Does Anyone Care?

B.J. Epstein | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK Tech
B.J. Epstein

Why @sweden lets Sonja Abrahamsson continue her inane tweeting is something I can't quite comprehend. She is promoting the idea of an insular, racist country that doesn't welcome or accept those who are different.

Wagner in Tel Aviv - The Unofficial Boycott Should Be Undone

Carl Packman | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK Politics
Carl Packman

Like with so many artists with foul beliefs, I feel it justified to be allowed to enjoy their art, in spite of them. Art, after all, is something merely facilitated by the artist; your subjective evaluation and judgement is not only important to that art, but vital for its existence.

My Big Fat Jewish Mother*

Jon Spira | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Entertainment
Jon Spira

As a Jew, I was mercifully spared such indignity as bullying as the only Jewish stereotype on TV at the time was Maureen Lipman in the BT adverts and that was luckily far too subtle a stereotype for most kids to even notice. No, I got off clean.

Peer Accuses Germany Of Persuing Holocaust Style Policies Against Greece

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK Politics

A member of the House of Lords has been criticised for comparing German economic policy to the Holocaust. Speaking during a parliamentary debate o...

Holocaust Denier Receives Award at Iranian Film Festival

Joseph Weissman | Posted 14.04.2012 | UK Politics
Joseph Weissman

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of attacking Israeli embassies in India and Georgia. Earlier this month, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayat...

Solidarity When It Suits Us: Anti-Semitism In The Student Movement

Leo Boe | Posted 26.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Leo Boe

I wouldn't want any of this to dissuade Jewish students from being involved in the movement nor of coming to future demonstrations by any means, in fact it is examples such as these which I would use to encourage students from any minority background to get involved and to strive to challenge bigoted views in society - from the student movement up to the highest echelons of business and government.