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Adolf Hitler and Porsche company founder Ferdinand Porsche (left) ogle a model of the original Volkswagen Beetle. File photo.

Neighbors ‘stunned’ after ex-SS soldier found living in sleepy English suburb

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A British newspaper has revealed the hidden past of a 97-year-old gardening enthusiast living in a quiet Nottingham suburb, who was once a member of Hitler’s notorious Waffen SS Galizien. The man, who now lives...
The Israeli soccer under 21 team's dream run ended on Wednesday night in the UEFA Under-21 semifinals with 3-0 loss to England in Batumi, Georgia. Photo by TPS.

Israel’s Euro U21 run ends with 3-0 semifinal loss to England

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England ended Israel’s hopes of reaching the final of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship on Wednesday with a 3-0 semifinal win at Adjarabet Arena in the Georgian port city of Batumi. The Young Lions will...
A view of Oxford, England. Credit: Skowronek/Shutterstock.

Archaeologists discover first evidence that medieval Jews in Britain kept kosher

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Archaeologists have discovered the first evidence that Jews living in England in the 12th and 13th centuries observed Jewish dietary laws, reported The Jewish Chronicle on Thursday. The findings revealed this week are from a 2016 project...
Remains of the AMIA Jewish center after the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: La Nación via Wikimedia Commons.

Argentina increases border security following tip of bomb plot against Jewish target

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Argentina announced on Saturday that it is going to tighten security at its border with Paraguay after its embassy in Britain received an anonymous tip about a person possibly smuggling bomb-making materials into the...
Illustrative photo of graffiti on the Wellington Jewish Progressive Congregation in New Zealand. Credit: Wellington City Council.

World Zionist Organization condemns Nazi vandalism in England on Yom Kippur

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Jewish leaders spoke out after an anti-Semitic attack was carried out in England on Yom Kippur on Monday. Residents of a neighborhood in Bristol reported a large, bright-yellow swastika spray-painted on the hood of a...
Newberries Primary School in Radlett, England. Source: Google Maps Screenshot.

UK teacher fired after “joking” about sending Jewish kids to “the gas chambers”

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A primary-school teacher in England was fired after allegedly “joking” to pupils about “sending them to the gas chamber” if they failed to finish their work. The teacher at Newberries Primary School, Hertfordshire, told a class of...
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Credit: State Department Photo/Wikipedia.

Malaysian premier adds to anti-Semitic record, elicits chortling from Cambridge

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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad added to his anti-Semitic record on Sunday, eliciting laughter from the Cambridge Union—the more than 200-year-old debating and free speech society in Cambridge, England, and the largest society at...
The Hall (left) and Maitland Building (right) of Somerville College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Credit: Philip Allfrey/Wikimedia Commons.

Oxford University in England debating ban on kosher meat

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A college at Oxford University in England is considering a ban on kosher and halal meat from its dining hall. The school’s student government, the Junior Common Room (JCR), passed a proposition that any slaughtered...
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn Credit: Garry Knight via Wikimedia Commons.

UK’s Jeremy Corbyn says ‘Zionists’ don’t understand British culture

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A video from 2013 has surfaced of the U.K.’s Jeremy Corbyn accusing British Zionists of having no understanding of British culture. “Zionists … clearly have two problems. One is they don’t want to study history,...
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn Credit: Garry Knight via Wikimedia Commons.

UK opposition leader Corbyn, says his government would recognize Palestinian state

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The leader of the British government’s opposition Labour Party said a government under his control would recognize a Palestinian state. Posting to Twitter during a visit to Jordanian refugee camps on the border with Syria,...