Romantic Diasporas: French Emigres, British Convicts, and Jews (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
The Muqata (Free subscription) | yesterday
"The requirement that if a pupil is to qualify for admission his mother must be Jewish, whether by descent or conversion, is a test of ethnicity which contravenes the Race Relations Act,... [Whether the reasons were] benign or malignant, theological or supremacist makes it no less and no more unlawful." British Court of Law in a landmark ruling this week on "Who is a Jew"...
Tzvee's Talmudic Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Raw Jewish identity politics at play in Britain. And this is not such a complicated case. It's a shame they let this issue get so far and become so public without reaching a conciliation within the community. Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question By SARAH LYALL LONDON — The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain’s Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Jewish community attacks government on Goldstone By Jessica Elgot, November 5, 2009Follow the JC on TwitterThe UK Jewish community has explicitly criticised Britain’s position on the Goldstone Report, in an unprecedented move.In a joint statement issued by the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies, British Jews expressed their dismay over the lack of action by the...
Obsolete (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... clear I couldn't have been more wrong. Writing this time on the timidity of Britain's leading Jews, who are standing by while "Israel [is thrown] even more brazenly under the bus", Mel uses the exact same term for the second time in as many days: However, I fear that his hope that British Jews get rid of these leaders and replace them by individuals who are prepared...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Reply from Isi LieblerKeep shouting.The communications from British Jews confirms that you have many supporters. NOT THIS ONE....HH Dear Mr Liebler I consider I'm one of the few.. "but not this one ........." Its tough in the UK......however There is still a very serious problem within the Israeli Politicos. Gush Katif refugees as 1 example.Barak as another. I
Solomonia (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... in such a cowardly manner in the presence of their foreign minister? Such conduct explains why the British Jewish anti-Zionist fringe groups seem to make a greater impact on the media than the spineless communal establishment. The time has surely come for British Jews to say enough is enough. They should replace these "trembling Israelites" with leaders who recognize that silence...
