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Liverpool students vote to reject BDS, reversing a 2015 poll in support of the divisive movement

A total of 820 students voted down a motion to back the anti-Israel campaign, while 748 backed it

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May 5, 2022 15:45

Liverpool students vote to reject BDS, reversing a 2015 poll in support of the divisive movement

Universities

Leeds University fails to discipline professor who brazenly flouts IHRA definition on Twitter

Ray Bush has compared Israel to Nazi Germany in social media posts

2 min read

May 5, 2022 15:34

UJC removed the Parientes from their new posts as chaplains of Leeds University after offensive posts shared by Sonia Pariente surfaced (Photo: Leeds University)

Universities

Jewish student smeared by lecturer as ‘the Lobby’ still waiting for response to her complaint

The undergraduate claims Glasgow University is 'blatantly delaying' the results of its investigation into social media posts made by lecturer Muir Houston

1 min read

May 5, 2022 15:28

18/1/22 Pic showing Dr Muir Houston at his home in Paisley, he is embroiled in an anti Semitic scandal at Glasgow University.

Antisemitism

Universities accused of using IHRA as ‘tick-box exercise’ while failing to implement its rules

The accusation comes as Queen Mary University of London prepares to give a platform to rapper Lowkey

1 min read

May 5, 2022 15:24

Universities accused of using IHRA as ‘tick-box exercise’ while failing to implement its rules

Ukraine

Chief Rabbi’s outrage over Russian minister saying ‘Hitler was Jewish’

Speaking to the JC in Krakow, Poland, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said: 'Can you get lower than that?'

3 min read

May 5, 2022 15:22

Chief Rabbi’s outrage over Russian minister saying ‘Hitler was Jewish’

Israel

Ice cream and politics don’t mix, campaigners tell Ben & Jerry’s owner

Protesters outside Unilever board meeting in London make clear their opposition to 'hypocritical' statements on foreign affairs and Israel

1 min read

May 5, 2022 15:18

Ice cream and politics don’t mix, campaigners tell Ben & Jerry’s owner

Antisemitism

Scrubbing out Nazi graffiti costs British taxpayers £50,000 says Taxpayers Alliance

Neo-Nazi symbols and racist slogans have been removed from streets and buildings in 80 separate council districts since 2018

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May 5, 2022 15:09

Scrubbing out Nazi graffiti costs British taxpayers £50,000 says Taxpayers Alliance

Social Media

YouTube again refuses to remove videos glorifying terrorism

The video-sharing giant hardens its stance after the JC exposed a succession of hate-filled clips on on the site

1 min read

May 5, 2022 15:07

Controversial author Abdel Bari Atwan speaks during the Brisbane Writers festival in Brisbane, 15 September 2007. Atwan, editor of London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al Arabi is the last western author to interview Osama Bin Laden and author of The Secret History of al-Qaeda. Australian government critics have accused the government of deliberately delaying the visa to grant Atwan entry into the country, in order to miss speaking at the festival, which ends September 16. AFP PHOTO/Heather Faulkner (Photo by Heather Faulkner / AFP) (Photo by HEATHER FAULKNER/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine

Prince Charles makes private donation to World Jewish Relief for Ukraine

The Prince of Wales' financial backing will support the charity's work helping those fleeing the conflict

1 min read

May 5, 2022 15:02

ASCOT, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrive at Ascot Racecourse on November 23, 2018 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

United Synagogue

Parents of Hamas terror victim spread his message of love to young London audiences

Devorah and Avi Kay say their son Eli 'loved and respected every person who lived in Israel, Jew and non-Jew alike'

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May 5, 2022 14:39

Parents of Hamas terror victim spread his message of love to young London audiences

Photography

Pictures by a shy man

A new exhibition highlights a top 1950s fashion photographer who has almost been forgotten .

5 min read

May 5, 2022 13:05

Manchester Leeds

Manchester Reform shul members vote to continue merger process

An amalgamation of the Sha'arei Shalom and Jackson's Row congregations would create one of the largest Reform communities outside London

1 min read

May 5, 2022 12:40

Manchester Reform shul members vote to continue merger process

Israel

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem: will it be your next Israeli TV addiction?

Shtisel's soulful star Michael Aloni takes on a very different role in this epic historical drama heading for Netflix later in May

7 min read

May 5, 2022 12:33

Israel

David Amess honoured with mezuzah in Israel's new hi-tech blood bank

Jewish constituents of the late Sir David Amess funded the mezuzah in a blood bank capable of withstanding a ballistic missile strike

2 min read

May 5, 2022 12:19

David Amess honoured with mezuzah in Israel's new hi-tech blood bank

BBC

BBC 'justifies violence' by calling Israelis 'settlers'

MPs from across political spectrum demand probe into ‘bias’ at Corporation over reporting of violence at Temple Mount

4 min read

May 5, 2022 11:58

Palestinian demonstrators hurl rocks during clashes with Israeli security forces inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, early on April 22, 2022. - Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protestors again at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, raising fears of further escalation. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Jubilee

Meet the son of a mensch behind the Queen's Jubilee Pageant

David Zolkwer has directed some of the world's biggest events, and his next one is no different

4 min read

May 5, 2022 11:22

Meet the son of a mensch behind the Queen's Jubilee Pageant

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