Chris Williamson loses deposit. Gains just 635 votes - not far off the number of times he was allowed to offend the Jewish community before finally being suspended by Labour
Being involved in this has been one of the honours of my career - everyone should know the efforts that Kate personally went to
@JewishNewsUK
@HMD_UK
@The_RPS
The amazing moment HRH is reunited with her photography subject Yvonne Bernstein at end of national service.’I had a great model’, the Duchess said. William later told fellow survivors: ‘I know this lady well. You know my wife took pictures of her? They’re great photos’
@HMD_UK
1/2 A wonderful afternoon joining the Duchess of Cambridge as she viewed portraits she and 15 other top photographers had taken of Holocaust survivors and their families as part of the Generations exhibit at
@I_W_M
.
This bill has passed into law within past few hours. Anyone who has any contact with Israelis now - including on social media - now faces death. International fury must be moments away…
What a special day that was! Thank you once again to the Duchess and to our partners
@HMD_UK
@The_RPS
@I_W_M
& Dangoor Education. My late grandma (who came here as a refugee from Germany) was determined that the memory be kept alive - hope I’ve done just a little bit towards that
Only once before have we published a special front page in additional to the weekly newspaper. Until today. But it doesn’t get more urgent than the light of the uyghurs
@Nus_Ghani
@MahmutRahima
@lisanandy
@TomTugendhat
1/3 For every critical or abusive message we’ve received over this front page we’ve probably had two supportive ones. Far from harming Israel, I genuinely believe that supporters do the Jewish state a disservice when they blindly accept everything without criticism.
I still can’t believe I’m writing this.
I’m so so sad to say my Dad, two-time mayor of Barnet and the borough’s longest serving cllr passed away very suddenly yesterday afternoon.
Here he is pictured giving his first speech after becoming mayor for a record-breaking 2nd time
What could possibly be the purpose of this in the Arndale Centre in Manchester - second biggest Jewish community in the UK - than to scare and intimidate?
Important additional statement from
@MarcusRashford
that is likely to kill this story and be welcomed by the community. Many others could learn from his quick response
@realBenBloch
@JewishChron
Hey Ben, I wasn’t aware of comments that had been made when I got pulled into a photo opportunity. Comments that I absolutely condemn. I apologise for any upset caused. We just all happened to be in the same place at the same time.
WOW! Labour reacts to Hezbollah ban: ‘
@sajidjavid
must show the decision was taken in impartial way ans driven by new evidence, not his leadership ambitions’
Hezbollah’s own leaders say the political and military wings are the same! What more evidence is needed?!
More than 50 survivors and their families to be photographed by 14 top snappers (including legendary
@ArthurJEdwards
) for this exhibition which will have a 5 month run
@I_W_M
. Huge thanks to them,
@The_RPS
@HMD_UK
and brilliant curator Tracy Marshall-Grant
Most damning line from Interim Chair
@EHRC
:’investigation highlighted multiple areas where approach and leadership to tackling antisem was insufficient.This is inexcusable and appeared to be a result of a lack of willingness to tackle antisem rather than an inability to do so.
Nothing quite says ‘we want Jews to feel comfortable in Labour’ like a member of its governing body calling for the abolition of a racism watchdog expressing concerns about antisemitism
Former London mayor among 2 people whose ‘antisemitic conduct’ the party found legally responsible for. As per the McPherson definition,
@EHRC
considered the perception of those on the receiving end in determining verdict
WATCH: Keren Dee couldn’t hold back the tears as she listened to the heartbeat of Lital Valenci, who received her murdered mum Lucy’s heart in a transplant. The Dee family met mum-of-two Lital for the first time today.
EXCL: Jewish father verbally abused on a Northern Line tube hails bravery of Muslim woman who intervened and says he hopes to meet her to thank her in person
@JewishNewsUK
Rarely in 25 years of
@JewishNewsUK
have we published a more powerful front page. And never in that time did I imagine we’d be releasing a back page in Ukrainian too
@richferrer
Antisemitism on the left? Not too much to worry about there, says Stephen Marks, who was recently elected to Labour’s top body adjudicating on antisemitism cases
That’ll reassure anyone concerned about the party’s disciplinary process...
Very sad to hear
@SirBenHelfgott
passed away this morning. A Holocaust survivor who represented Britain in weightlifting at Olympics, a teacher, an advocate for other survivors, a legend. For me, he was until the early hours of today simply Britain’s greatest living Jew
2/3 It was wonderful to meet HRH and to have the opportunity to tell her for a second time about my grandma and how she’d fled Germany for the UK on the Kindertransport.
This is the piece I wrote about HRH’s incredible efforts on the project 2 years ago
EXCLUSIVE: In his second major intervention on persecution of the Uyghurs,
@chiefrabbi
joins appeal to Olympics sponsors ahead of Beijing 2022
@Rene_Cassin
@MahmutRahima
For 4 years BritIsh Jews feared people weren’t listening as Lab continued to poll over 30% and came close to No.10. That was perhaps most painful part of this awful period. The sighs you hear now are above about the fact that, it seems, our fellow citizens were listening afterall
Huge breaking news:
@trussliz
pledges to ‘review a move’ of the UK’s Embassy to Jerusalem following talks with PM
@yairlapid
‘to ensure we are operating on the strongest possible footing within israel’
@CFoI
Tonight was incredible,moving and life-affirming. Gathering with a group of survivors in central London to mark the conclusion of
#HolocaustMemorialDay
we remembered the victims while gazing up at images telling the story of the survivors’ resilience and of rich lives built...
Staggering, no holding back full page ad from Labour peers in tomorrow’s
@guardian
accusing Corbyn of ‘not telling the whole truth’ and ‘failing to defend our party’s anti-racist values’
This is utterly disgusting. If similar was published about the Jewish community our leaders would rightly be up in arms. I hope they will be up in arms here in solidarity
What a privilege to take
@ArthurJEdwards
to the Western Wall shortly before we left Israel. He loved the experience having been during William’s trip in 2018, moments after this was taken he joined the dancing. Can confirm he was quite the mover!
1/3 Utterly extraordinary and unprecedented letter from
@BoardofDeputies
to BBC director general. I still don’t understand why the BBC have allowed this to run and run, creating a schism that’ll be increasingly hard to fix. They could have squashed this story within
BREAKING:
Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has written a furious letter to BBC head Tim Davie, calling for disciplinary action against out-going News Director Fran Unsworth over claims she made "highly inappropriate comments" last week
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Delayed by the pandemic but thrilled to be working with
@I_W_M
to showcase 75 survivor family portraits next summer including those taken by the Duchess of Cambridge. This will be the culmination of our collaboration with
@The_RPS
@HMD_UK
@KensingtonRoyal
Imperial War Museums has given the public its first glimpse of the new Holocaust Galleries in London while revealing that it will host an historic photography exhibition in partnership with Jewish News.
@I_W_M
3/3 A huge thank you to our partners on this incredible, two-year covid-delayed journey
@HMD_UK
@The_RPS
@I_W_M
and Dangoor Education, who sponsored the exhibition
EXCLUSIVE.
@jeremycorbyn
was in secret ANTI- ISRAEL Facebook group with Holocaust deniers, white supremacists and antisemites SEE REPORT OUT NOW
@UKLabour
.
@RachelRileyRR
was truly extraordinary today, spreading joy wherever she went and turning her hand to any activity
@JLGBHQ
and
@JewishNewsUK
could think up. Here she is closing the show as the latest recruit to the Israeli Dance Institute
#bigfamilyshow
Utterly shocked by this terrible terrible news. I can think of no religious leader in this country who has had such an impact not just within their faith but on the wider world in recent years. He was a true great Jew and a great Briton and we are all poorer without him tonight
Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet. It with the deepest sadness that we regret to inform you that Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (HaRav Ya’akov Zvi ben David Arieh z’’l) passed away early this morning, Saturday 7th November 2020 (Shabbat Kodesh 20th MarCheshvan 5781).
It’s impossible to overstate the significance of this.
@chiefrabbi
is last person to reach for hyperbole and would’ve reflected hard before writing every word.He knows this could further entrench views of those who already view the community with suspicion and deepen potential1/2
.
@chiefrabbi
has written a devastating column in the Times
“A new poison – sanctioned from the very top – has taken root in the Labour Party.”
He brands Corbyn's claim that all outstanding antisemitism cases had been dealt with '“mendacious fiction"
2/3 Were people who criticised Boris anti-British? He too was elected. That’s how democracy works - Israel is certainly that. But I’ll not be told JN is ‘an Israel-hating rag’. Not when we are the only Jewish paper in the world to have fundraised for ambulances for Israel.
And here is the history maker himself…
@chiefrabbi
has arrived
@adpeaceforum
at the start of what’s believed to be the first visit by a UK chief rabbi to an Arab state
We appear to be running on Jewish mean time but Ephraim Mirvis will shortly address 1000 delegates
A big intervention from the
@chiefrabbi
on the ongoing atrocities against the Uyghurs.
‘Reflecting upon the deep pain of Jewish persecution throughout the ages, I feel compelled to speak out’
@UyghurCongress
@MahmutRahima
@Nus_Ghani
Thank you to
@richferrer
and the whole
@JewishNewsUK
team for marking a bit of a milestone with this special
@daftoons
front page featuring the five PMs I’ve interviewed
Rabbi Pinter was one of great figures of British Jewry-school principal, educator,leader.A unique bridge between charedi and mainstream worlds,equally comfortable chatting (and always joking)with people from all parts of comm and beyond.Anglo-Jewry is massively diminished tonight
IDF reservists
Intelligence chiefs
Tech tycoons
Head of the Bank of Israel
Leading Diaspora figures
The US President
All lined up against the judicial overhaul, yet Bibi still wanted to proceed. Following an enforced pause…
Which way will the PM turn?
Signing the book of commitment at
@yadvashem
with a pledge of ‘never again’ - a commitment the group made directly to Holocaust survivors too. When I last visited in January 2020 these scenes would still have been unthinkable
#findingabraham
Breaking: Corbyn writes to
@JewishLabour
saying he recognises the ‘enormous distress’ caused by antisemitism and asking again for a meeting - an offer declined last week. Also seeks to ‘reassure over misleading stories currently reported’
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@AzeemRafiq30
meets Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert at
@Kinloss_US
as he continues to educate himself about antisemitism and the Jewish community.
@DovForman
Keir Starmer didn’t take this decision but it’s his name on door and he knows exactly how the vast majority of Jewish community will react. The disciplinary processes that EHRC said must be overhauled have failed again -and been allowed to fail at huge moment. How will KS react?
What a wonderful evening at the opening of the new HQ of the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association, six years after the arson attack that destroyed their old base. Jewish neighbours inc
@FinchleyReform
@rabbidavidmason
@RabbiWittenberg
supported the centre from day one until today
What a stunning image! The SG of the World Muslim League Dr Al- Issa, one of the world’s leading Muslim clerics, leads prayers at Auschwitz as part of an unprecedented delegation organised by
@AJCGlobal
. He is among the contributors to our special HMD issue published on Monday
Hard to overemphasise the significance of this. The country’s leading equalities body will have its say on whether Labour is institutionally antisemitic
This is still rather surreal
JN has always been very much a team effort and this wouldn't have been possible without the incredibly talented people I've worked with over the decades. Thanks especially to the paper's 4 editors inc the amazing
@richferrer