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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the #StopTrident rally at Trafalgar Square, on Feb. 27, 2016. Credit: Garry Knight via Wikimedia Commons.

Jews shouldn’t ignore the real lesson of Corbyn’s defeat

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British Jewry heaved a collective sigh of relief when Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in last week’s parliamentary elections in the United...
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in London on Sept. 5, 2019. Credit: Chaim Tzach/GPO.

Boris Johnson’s government will pass anti-BDS law, says British official

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Boris Johnson’s new Conservative government aims to pass a law making it illegal for public bodies to take part in the anti-Israel BDS movement, a senior British official said on Sunday. Speaking at the International...
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson. Credit: CelebWikiProfiles.

The British working class saves Britain … and its Jews

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The relief was overwhelming. When the exit polls on Thursday evening correctly predicted a large majority for Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, British Jews allowed themselves to breathe again. Overcome by the sense of deliverance...
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Gary Knight/Flickr.

Corbyn-led British Labour Party named No. 1 anti-Semitic threat worldwide

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of the top 10 global anti-Semitic incidents, along with anti-Semitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party. “No one...
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, May 12, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Labour officials denounce the party’s anti-Semitism crisis in 53-page report

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A total of 70 current and former British Labour Party officials condemned anti-Semitism in the party in sworn statements submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Daily Mail reported on Thursday. The sworn testimonies form part of...
In a BBC interview with Andrew Neil, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is pressed over his handling of anti-Semitism within his party, Nov. 26, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Too little, too late? Corbyn says he’s ‘very sorry’ for anti-Semitism

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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday morning that he is “very sorry for everything that had has happened” with anti-Semitism in his party after repeatedly being asked to apologize on live television. While on the...
British actor Hugh Grant in 2011. Source: Flickr.

Actor Hugh Grant stumps for Jewish MP, calls out anti-Semitism in Labour Party

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British actor Hugh Grant attacked Labour’s inactivity in combating anti-Semitism within the party on Sunday while on the campaign trail with a Jewish MP who left the party over its controversial policies. Grant spoke to The...
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labor Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

In video detailing its support of minorities, British Labour Party omits Jews

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Britain’s Labour again found itself in the crosshairs of public opinion for leaving Jewish people out of a new campaign video released on Saturday about minorities valued by the party. In the clip, which claims that...
British Labour Party and Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, May 12, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

If Labour Party wins control of Parliament, Corbyn vows to stop UK arms to...

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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday that if his party controls Parliament in the United Kingdom following elections on Dec. 12, Israel would no longer receive arms from Great Britain. Such a...
British Jews in London on March 17, 2017. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Rabbi beaten in London by teenagers shouting ‘kill Jews’ and ‘f*** Jews’

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A senior rabbi on a visit to the United Kingdom was severely beaten in London on Friday by two teenagers yelling anti-Semitic slurs. The rabbi, who has not yet been named, boarded a plane...