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May 25, 2018, 3:32 PM

The biggest threat to the Jewish community may come from within

How much longer can the community withstand attacks from those who wish to do us harm – when we seem intent on tearing ourselves apart? The community’s critics and opponents on the far-left, far-right, and even Islamist wing have come under pressure this week –...

May 21, 2018, 9:27 PM

Ken Livingstone quitting Labour completes the Corbyn-led whitewash

Ken Livingstone’s decision to quit the Labour Party is not a cause for celebration – but a symptom of Labour’s malaise dealing with anti-Semitism. The former London Mayor has gone from threatening legal action against Labour should he be expelled, to resigning in a matter...

Mar 27, 2018, 11:53 AM

Anti-Semitism is a problem in Labour – and I can prove it

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn may have apologised for ‘hurt and pain’ caused by ‘pockets’ of anti-Semitism – but many of his followers still fervently reject the problem exists in the party at all. They’re wrong, and I can prove it. I have first-hand understanding of...

Jan 5, 2018, 2:49 PM

New NUS president is just the tonic for the post-Malia era

The latest bump in the road for Jewish students and NUS shows the relationship is more about trust than anti-Semitism. This week we saw the National Union of Students send a form out to its members – asking students their religion. And for the second...

Dec 1, 2017, 2:20 PM

Trump’s endorsement for Britain First could spill onto the streets

Donald Trump’s endorsement for extremist politics online could very easily spill over to the real world. Most people would probably not have heard of Britain First before the U.S. president retweeted their deputy leader’s videos this week. In effectively endorsing them to his 43 million...

Oct 6, 2017, 12:17 PM

Day of awe? More like day of bore

Yom Kippur may be the billed as a sombre day, but it also symbolises why Orthodoxy is still stuck in the past. Every year it seems to be the same. I sit in synagogue, and see the ‘once-or-twice-a-year’ kind of people come and go. It’s...

Jun 19, 2017, 2:37 PM

The day my flip-flops were more important to the police than terrorist flags

I stood on a public street in my flip-flops, taking a video of Hezbollah flags fluttering in the centre of London, as Al Quds march organisers tried to block my view. A police officer came over, and I thought he’d speak to me about stewards...

May 5, 2017, 3:18 PM

Auschwitz is a place for silence, not songs

It’s a challenge seeing joy at Auschwitz. I was taught Holocaust memorials merit silence. Yet as I visited the Nazis’ most infamous camp along with 11,000 others – including 260 Brits – for March of the Living, I heard singing and saw dancing. There was...

Apr 27, 2017, 4:08 PM

Don’t define Poland’s Jewish history just by death

I stood in the Isaac synagogue in Krakow on Friday night, listening to hundreds sing before Shabbat, imagining what this must have been like when thousands of Jews lived in the city. In the last week, I went to Poland on the March of the...

Apr 14, 2017, 11:29 AM

Distorting Nazi crimes for cheap political points

Next week I’ll be going on March of The Living, to see Poland and the former Nazi camps and ghettos for myself. I’ve always felt it’s important to go – and throughout my education, the Holocaust and the Nazis was a constant. Indeed, it continues...

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Jack Mendel is the Online Editor at the Jewish News.

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