Tag: London
New London bus route connects Golders Green, Stamford Hill Jewish communities
A new bus line in London that connects the Jewish communities in Golders Green and Stamford Hill “provides a significant enhancement for our strictly Orthodox community,” the Board of Deputies of British Jews and...
German Jewish sculptor’s art to show at reopening of Wiener Holocaust Library
Following a renovation of its primary exhibition space, the Wiener Holocaust Library in London will present “Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century.”
A German Jewish artist, Kormis fought in World War I, survived five years of imprisonment...
Anti-Israel activists protest London performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators targeted patrons near a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” in Regent’s Park Open Air Theater in London on Monday, accusing the audience of being “Zionist.”
The show went on, despite anti-Israel protesters waving Palestinian...
UK police arrest London man for pro-Hamas social-media post
British counter-terrorism police arrested a man from west London on Wednesday after he was suspected of supporting Hamas due to a post he placed to social media.
The 43-year-old man was reported to the Counter...
London Shoah memorial covered, guarded during anti-Israel protest
London police on Saturday hid a Holocaust memorial from view and stood guard to protect the monument in the city’s Hyde Park from anti-Israel vandals.
Built in 1983 as the U.K.’s first public memorial to...
Einstein-signed menu from 1930 appeal for European Jews up for auction
A menu from an Oct. 28, 1930 fundraiser to support European Jews as the Nazis rose to power, which is signed by Albert Einstein, H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and the second Lord...
Centenarian Holocaust survivors meet in London
In an emotional encounter, two 100-year-old Holocaust survivors met last week in London, retracing their harrowing journeys through life.
Germany-born Kindertransport survivor Walter Bingham, who holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for the world’s...
Met investigating El-Kurd over ‘normalize the massacres’ remarks
London's Metropolitan Police have launched a formal investigation into Palestinian activist and poet Mohammed El-Kurd over his remarks at an anti-Israel protest over the weekend, which were widely denounced as antisemitic incitement, the Met announced on...
Hamas in London
The pro-Hamas protests in London are not, apparently, as organic and spontaneous as their organizers would like them to seem.
At least four groups with links to Hamas are reportedly behind several of the marches: The Muslim...
In memoriam: The man who fostered my love of Israel
I’ve been writing this column for more than a decade, but this week will, sadly, be very different for a few dozen of my readers.
I’m referring to a group of people—friends, family members, Israel...