Ben Weich

Ben Weich is a reporter for the JC.

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Peer accuses Board of 'slur' against opponents to Holocaust Memorial plans

Baroness Ruth Deech criticised those who 'politicise' the proposal after the Board president cited rising antisemitism as a reason to approve plans

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Peer accuses Board of 'slur' against opponents to Holocaust Memorial plans

Quakers cancel Chris Williamson Brighton event

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JVL: Ignore antisemitism that is 'abusive and insulting' but not 'unlawful'

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Tottenham Hotspur ask fans' views on 'the Y-word'

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Elected local Labour secretary 'compared Israel to Isis'

Blog posts uncovered since his election show Hüseyin Ali-Diakides praised Hamas, and posed for a picture in front of a Hezbollah flag

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August 5, 2019 15:53

Elected local Labour secretary 'compared Israel to Isis'

Sibling's pilgrimage to Masada to feature in upcoming BBC documentary

Sacred Wonders follows Mia and Jacob Zaretsky as they prepare for their bar and bat mitzvahs at home in suburban New Jersey, before travelling with them to Israel

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August 5, 2019 13:58

Sibling's pilgrimage to Masada to feature in upcoming BBC documentary

More than £10,000 raised for flooded mikveh

Newly-built religious bath in the Cheadle Chabad House destroyed after a month's rain falls in just 24 hours in the North West of England

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August 5, 2019 10:31

More than £10,000 raised for flooded mikveh

Millions of Holocaust records made available online

Ancestry.com said the free scheme will help people 'learn more about the magnitude of the Holocaust, those who lived through it and those who perished as a result of it'

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August 2, 2019 10:45

Millions of Holocaust records made available online

21-year-old guilty of abusing girls he met online

Abraham Ibrahim, known locally as Avi Karni, is a Yemenite Jew who was reportedly brought to the UK as a child by London’s Satmar Chasidic leaders

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July 31, 2019 17:20

21-year-old guilty of abusing girls he met online

Board condemns Brexiteers for 'antisemitic Soros conspiracy theories'

Raheem Kassam and Andy Wigmore claimed the Hungarian-born billionaire investor was 'not Jewish' and collaborated with the Nazis

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July 30, 2019 15:22

Board condemns Brexiteers for 'antisemitic Soros conspiracy theories'

Tony Blair named as Board of Deputies' guest speaker

Marie van der Zyl thanked the former Prime Minister, whom she described as 'always a friend of the Jewish community and a staunch supporter of the State of Israel'

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July 29, 2019 16:45

Tony Blair named as Board of Deputies' guest speaker

Anti-Brexit campaigner accuses Leave.EU of being 'anti-Jewish'

Femi Oluwole criticised Leave.EU's former co-chair Richard Tice - now a Brexit Party MEP - over tweet depicting George Soros as a puppet-master

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July 29, 2019 14:49

Anti-Brexit campaigner accuses Leave.EU of being 'anti-Jewish'

YouTube mistakenly removes second anti-racist video

Journalist Tom Gross's upload of recent BBC Panorama documentary on Labour antisemitism taken down for violating the site's rules on extremist content

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July 24, 2019 11:37

YouTube mistakenly removes second anti-racist video

Prisoners convert to Judaism for kosher food

Inspectors demanded an urgent investigation after a surge in Scottish prisoners identifying as Jewish - ostensibly to receive 'better quality' kosher food

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July 19, 2019 12:25