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When the Tories talk about curbs on foreign workers, they don’t mean me. Or do they?

Edit The Guardian 16 Oct 2016
I am a white Jewish American lady who speaks the language, pays her taxes, understands the cultural significance of Phillip Schofield, and manages to do all those other things foreigners allegedly don’t ... Of late, I’ve been researching my father’s family, who were all in Paris during the war ... Instead, he joined the underground and spent part of the war in France and part of it in Britain, which he loved....

MPs accuse Jeremy Corbyn of incompetence over anti-Jewish abuse

Edit The Guardian 16 Oct 2016
Jeremy Corbyn has come under strong personal attack from a cross-party committee of MPs investigating the growth of antisemitism for helping to create a safe space for people with “vile attitudes towards Jewish people” ... In the report, published on Sunday , Labour is said to have been “demonstrably incompetent” in dealing with incidents of anti-Jewish abuse....

Twitter not doing enough to deal with anti-Semitic abuse, say MPs

Edit The Independent 16 Oct 2016
A report by the Home Affairs Select Committee described as “disgraceful” the fact that Jewish Twitter users were routinely subjected to “appalling” levels of online abuse....

Russia envoy: Tensions with US are probably worst since 1973

Edit Star Advertiser 16 Oct 2016
ambassador said that tensions with the United States are probably the worst since the 1973 Mideast war. But Vitaly Churkin said Friday that Cold War relations between the Soviet Union and the U.S ... That wasn’t the case generally during the Cold War. When Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar in October 1973, the Mideast was thrown into turmoil....

Jeremy Corbyn criticised for 'lack of consistent leadership' over anti-Semitism

Edit Belfast Telegraph 16 Oct 2016
The cross-party Home Affairs Select Committee questioned whether Mr Corbyn "fully appreciates" the nature of post-war anti-Semitism and also sharply criticised the inquiry into the issue by Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti ... Jewish Labour MPs have been subject to "appalling" levels of abuse, including death threats from individuals claiming to be supporters of Mr Corbyn, the report said....

US-Russia tensions 'probably worst since 1973'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 16 Oct 2016
Russia's UN ambassador has said tensions with the United States are probably the worst since the 1973 Middle East war. Vitaly Churkin added that Cold War relations between the Soviet Union and the US more than 40 years ago were different to US-Russia relations today ... When Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar in October 1973, the Middle East was thrown into turmoil....

Labour accused of 'incompetence' in dealing with anti-Semitism allegations

Edit ITV 16 Oct 2016
The cross-party Home Affairs Select Committee questioned whether the Labour leader "fully appreciates" the nature of post-war anti-Semetism and criticised the inquiry into the issue by Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti ... Conservative MP Mike Freer called for concrete action to stop the racist abuse of Jewish people within the party's ranks....

UK's Labour Party not doing enough on anti-Semitism: lawmakers

Edit Reuters 16 Oct 2016
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has not done enough to stamp out anti-Jewish sentiment in his party, a prominent parliamentary committee said on Sunday. ....

Dana Milbank: Shame on Trump? Shame on us.

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 16 Oct 2016
WASHINGTON • Last week, I took a break from reporting on the Trump campaign’s well-deserved and long-awaited implosion to observe Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. On this day, we symbolically beat our breasts with fists as we say the Ashamnu (literally, “we are guilty”) confession. “We betray. We steal. We scorn. We act perversely. We are cruel. We scheme. We are violent. We slander. We devise evil. We lie. We ridicule. We disobey ... ....

Dance piece at Easton's Williams Center reveals hope, bravery of Holocaust survivor

Edit The Morning Call 16 Oct 2016
Dora Amelan was a young Jewish woman living in Belgium when the Nazis invaded and destroyed what she knew of the world. She lost much of her family and escaped to France, where she worked to support families in a Vichy interment camp. Her life is marked by bravery, hope and resilience. Choreographer... ....

Actor John Voight, Father of Angelina Jolie, Implores Voters to “Save America” By Voting For ...

Edit Inquisitr 16 Oct 2016
— Dr. Kazi Kearse PsyD (@KaziKearse) October 1, 2016 ... Ferguson, Milwaukee, Orlando, Baltimore.” ... Voight makes particularly harsh accusations against billionaire and Clinton backer George Soros, who he claims collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. “How many Americans are aware of George Soros? An evil man who turned hundreds of Jewish people over to the Nazis to be exterminated during World War Two ... Freedom of choice....

This week’s must-read books

Edit New York Post 16 Oct 2016
Devil’s Walking by Stanley Nelson. (Louisiana State University Press) ... It’s chilling. Love for Sale. Pop Music in America by David Hajdu ... Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland by Marisa Scheinfeld ... Photographer Scheinfeld, whose grandparents honeymooned at the Nevele, captures the decay of the once-grand hotels and smaller bungalow colonies enjoyed by many Jewish families from the 1930s to the ’60s and a bit beyond ... (W.W ... ....

NUS leader Malia Bouattia condemned by MPs for 'outright racism'

Edit The Independent 16 Oct 2016
Malia Bouattia, who was elected NUS president in April this year, has been repeatedly accused of anti-Semitism by the Jewish student community for her remarks on ......
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