On Monday, David Cameron gave a moving speech at the Holocaust Educational Trust’s (HET) annual dinner. He pledged to visit Auschwitz next year and said Britain would never forget where hate speech leads. He added: “The Holocaust did not begin with mass murder. It began with words. When we see this, we should stand up Continue reading

Before the start of the football season, perhaps mindful of its shocking handling of the Luis Suárez/Patrice Evra racism affair, Liverpool issued a list of “unacceptable words” for fans to avoid chanting at Anfield. It contained all the usual sorry suspects: The ‘N-word’, Paki, Chink, Nip, Lezzer, Dyke, Bender, Homo, Fag, Cripple, Retard, Raghead, Wog Continue reading

There have been so many false starts between Israel and the Palestinians that, today, only the historically ignorant believe peace is still possible. From the Lausanne Conference in 1949 to the current virtual diplomatic jostling by US Secretary of State John Kerry, both sides have endured year upon year of disappointment and division. Of all Continue reading

Rape threats on Twitter targeting feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez and MP Stella Creasy this week resulted in the arrest of a young man and the introduction of a ‘report abuse’ button on every tweet. For the Jewish community, such online intolerance is all too familiar. Over the years the Jewish News has informed readers about Continue reading

Television news channel JN1.tv visited the Jewish News as part of a special report on the role of print and digital media in the lives of the UK Jewish community. Editor Richard Ferrer and web editor Ivar Macsween discussed our recent website launch and newspaper redesign, alongside other journalists and authors featured in this video report. How has your experience of Continue reading

Headline-grabbing polls in recent days for the Independent on Sunday and Survation confirm that the local elections weren’t just a blip. Ukip has brought ‘Politics 4.0’ to Britain. Last weekend’s ComRes survey for the The Independent on Sunday claimed one in five people would vote Ukip in a general election. Labour is now at its Continue reading

The mere thought of eight mums battling it out on television to become Jewish mother of the year is enough to put most Jews in the grip of a collective Woody Allen-sized neurosis. So let me assure everyone right from the start that no Jews were spiritually harmed in the making of this programme. Channel 4’s Continue reading

What’s in a name? It’s a question Liberal Democrat MP David Ward should have pondered more thoroughly before implying ‘the Jews’ (yes, the whole bally lot of them) are inflicting Nazi-like ‘atrocities’ on the Palestinians. What’s in a name? Well, Mr Ward, when it comes hijacking the Holocaust and inferring I’m no better than Henrich Continue reading

If music be the food of love, it’s time to get indigestion. Phrases like Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee-Nee-Bon-Nee-Beh and Diggi-Loo-Diggi-Ley will soon be echoing from 70 million television sets across 30 European counties as the Eurovision Song Contest unites Europe (and Israel) through the universal medium of song on Saturday night. This three hour bad-taste jamboree is a Continue reading

It’s been a busy few weeks for Justin Bieber. His pet monkey was quarantined in Germany, he attacked a photographer, got kicked out of a Paris hotel and rolled up two hours late for his opening night at the London O2, leaving thousands of “Beliebers” to stagger home at midnight on a school night. All Continue reading