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Jewish patients in Britain feared going to the doctor. That should alarm us all - opinion

A patient entering a hospital should know one thing with absolute certainty: the person treating him sees a human being first. If Jewish patients cannot trust that, Britain has a problem.

|ByYOSSI ERBLICH
YOSSI ERBLICH
The Rosenbergs, a middle-class Jewish family from Edgware, played by Nicholas Woodeson as the father, David Rosenberg, and Tracy-Ann Oberman as mother, Lesley Rosenberg, in Ryan Craig’s play, staged recently in a London theater.

'Too Jewish?' Why Jewish stories still make some audiences uncomfortable

Why Jewish stories still provoke discomfort – and why that discomfort matters

|ByRYAN CRAIG
Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.

Wanstead man charged with arson of former London synagogue amid rising attacks

Moses Edwards was charged with arson at a former East London synagogue, part of a growing wave of attacks on Jewish and Israeli sites in the UK.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Police Cars are seen outside Finchley Reform Synagogue on April 15, 2026 in London, England. Police are treating the attempted arson attack on the Finchley Reform Synagogue as an antisemitic hate crime.

Third person arrested in Finchley Reform Synagogue arson investigation

The 19-year-old man joined a 38-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man who were arrested at the same Watford address on April 15, the same day of the attack.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Hasidic man stabbed in London in suspected hate crime

The man, in his 50s, is believed to be in a stable condition despite receiving knife wounds to the head.

JUNE 13, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Jews and non-Jews gather in solidarity to protest against Antisemitism at Parliament Square in London on Sunday

UK teacher fired for threatening to send Jewish students to gas chambers

The teacher, who has not been named, reportedly was an agency worker and had no permanent employment contract at the school.

OCTOBER 18, 2019ByJTA STAFF
Classroom

London’s oldest man celebrates 108th birthday at Jewish care home

Ben Raymond moved into the Jewish care home where now lives in 2012, with his late wife. Both were over 100.

JULY 30, 2019ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
The Houses of Parliament can be seen during sunrise on the day of the Summer Solstice, seen from atop the London Eye, in London, Britain June 21, 2019

Senior London rabbi removed from position after having affair

The rabbi was faced with harsh criticism, many of which claimed that in his rank and position, he is held to a higher moral standard.

APRIL 14, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tekhelet

UK Chief Rabbi steps in on dispute over religious burials in London

"No death will be prioritized in any way over any other because of the religion of the deceased or family.”

JANUARY 25, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE, JTA
A Jewish cemetery (illustrative)

London Orthodox teacher fired for living with boyfriend wins legal case

Zelda de Groen told a tribunal that school managers subjected her to a “humiliating” hour-long interview.

DECEMBER 5, 2017ByJTA
A general view is seen of the London skyline from Canary Wharf in London, Britain, October 19, 2016

Jewish teenager stabbed 12 times in London park

The 16-year-old, a student at London’s Jewish Community Secondary School, was stabbed 12 times in the legs by a group of men.

NOVEMBER 16, 2017ByJTA
The Union Flag flies near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 7, 2017.

Plan for Golders Green mosque sparks community controversy

Some in Jewish community condemn backlash as Islamophobic.

OCTOBER 11, 2017ByEYTAN HALON
British muslims pray during Friday prayer at the East London mosque.

London police on high alert in Jewish communities ahead of High Holy Days

London police have a special "L'Shanah Tovah" message for the Jewish community.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017ByYOCHEVED LAUREN LAUFER
An armed police officer attends to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London, Britain June 19, 2017

Those Were The (High Holy) Days

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017ByDOV SEGAL
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