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'I get nervous wearing my Star of David necklace"
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (912+ words) Ariel Levy said before the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 she had thought antisemitism was "a thing of the past" Members of Guernsey's Jewish community say they are nervous to wear symbols expressing their identity and faith. Ariel Levy…...
Calls for unity nine years on from London Bridge terror attacks
1+ week, 6+ day ago (733+ words) (Top, L-R) Alexandre Pigeard, Christine Archibald, Ignacio Echevarria, Sara Zelenak (bottom L-R) James Mc Mullan, Kirsty Boden, Xavier Thomas and Sebastien Belanger were killed in the attacks The community marking the ninth anniversary of the London Bridge terror attacks, in…...
Miriam Margolyes says being born Jewish has affected her whole life
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1136+ words) Speaking at Hay Festival, Miriam Margolyes reflected on her upbringing, Jewish identity and antisemitism Actress and comedian Miriam Margolyes says being Jewish has affected her whole life and that she thinks the world has never been worse than it is…...
'We're living in difficult times', says Holocaust survivor
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (771+ words) Steven Frank has visited schools more than a thousand times to share his story "I don't really want another Steven Frank in 70 or 80 years time to be standing in front of a whole lot of schoolchildren to tell them what…...
EM Forster letters in new Dorking World War Two refugee archive
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (563+ words) Letters from EM Forster describe Dorking's efforts to help World War Two refugees Archived papers from World War Two showing how Surrey played its part in helping refugees escape persecution in Nazi Germany are to be made available to the…...
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg - Antisemitism, marches and elections
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (40+ words) Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg'BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg - Antisemitism, marches and elections Laura Kuenssberg is joined by transport secretary Heidi Alexander MP, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch MP and leader of the Green Party of England and Wales Zack Polanski. More...
'I bought a baseball cap to hide my kippah': Jews observe first Shabbat after Golders Green attack
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1792+ words) The scene in Golders Green earlier this week during a visit by the PM For the first time in his life, Derek has decided to conceal his Jewish skullcap - known as a kippah - when out in public. "I went shopping…...
Golders Green attack: Jewish community in south fearful
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1219+ words) Jewish leaders in the south have said their communities are fearful after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London. Essa Suleiman, 45, has been charged with the attempted murder of Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76. Both men suffered…...
Crimewatch Live and TV coverage of religious'events to be put out to competition
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (178+ words) We're putting the production of BBC One series Crimewatch Live out for competition, as well as a range of religious events including Easter Service Live, Urbi Et Orbi: The Pope's message from the. .. Java Script has been disabled. Crimewatch Live…...
Temple Israel rabbi: 'We were horrified, but not surprised"
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (395+ words) The BBC's Helena Humphrey spoke to Rabbi Jen Lader of Temple Israel where a vehicle was rammed into the synagogue in what the FBI say was a "targeted act of violence against the Jewish community". Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer condemned…...