Jewish Community

Les résidents réclament des mesures plus fermes après l'agression de deux hommes dans une rue du nord de London lors d'un incident soupçonné d'être antisémite. « Les gens ont peur, les gens ne se sentent pas en sécurité », déclare Baruch Stern de Gross Butchers, derrière le cordon de sécurité mis en place après que deux hommes ont été poignardés dans le nord de London lors d'une attaque apparemment antisémite. « Les gens se demandent : est-ce vraiment ma place ici ? Le UK est-il sûr pour les Juifs, ou est-ce quelque chose auquel nous devons réfléchir, le fait de partir ? » Lire la suite...

Rapper who has previously made antisemitic remarks responds to criticism over his booking at London festivalThe rapper formerly known as Kanye West has broken his silence and offered to “meet and listen” to members of the UK’s Jewish community after a fierce backlash over his booking at London’s Wireless festival.West, who is legally known as Ye, has been criticised for making antisemitic remarks including voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler. Last year he released a song called Heil Hitler, a few months after advertising a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website. Continue reading...

Chris Parry described Shomrim members as ‘cosplayers’ hours after arson attack in north LondonGolders Green ambulance arson attack – live updatesA Reform UK mayoral candidate has described members of a Jewish neighbourhood watch group as “cosplayers” and likened them to “Islamists on horseback” in comments made after an attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity.Chris Parry, who remains Reform’s mayoral candidate for Hampshire despite a previous controversy in which he said David Lammy should “go home” to the Caribbean, made the comments on Monday about Shomrim, a group of volunteers who safeguard communities including Orthodox Jewish families. Continue reading...