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Former leader of the British Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn (right) and his successor Keir Starmer talk to journalists in Brussels, Belgium, March 21, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Thierry Monasse-Getty Images)
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Corbyn suspended from Labour after report finds the party committed ‘unlawful harassment’ against Jews

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 29, 2020October 29, 2020
an old man outside with an Israeli flag kippah on his head
Posted inWorld

The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
A chuppah awaits a wedding couple. (Photo/JTA-Mendy Hechtman-Flash90)
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Britain’s Liberal rabbis begin allowing interfaith couples to get married under a chuppah

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA October 6, 2020October 6, 2020
Ato Essandoh (right) as Kwesi Weisberg-Annan in Netflix's space drama "Away." (Photo/JTA-Diyah Pera-Netflix)
Posted inTV

In Netflix’s ‘Away,’ Ato Essandoh is an African-British-Jewish astronaut. It’s not his first Jewish starring role.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA September 11, 2020
Tim Downie (right) as Paul Green interviewing a nursing home resident (Freddie Davies) in “The Jewish Enquirer.”
Posted inCulture

Jewish journalism gets the British sitcom treatment in ‘Jewish Enquirer’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 10, 2020September 14, 2020
looking up at an ornate synagogue facade
Posted inWorld

In Western Europe, a Jewish ‘Community’ is like an expensive members-only club

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA July 29, 2020July 29, 2020
(Illustration/JTA-Avishek Das-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inTech

Thousands join 48-hour Twitter boycott to protest antisemitism on the platform

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster, Penina Beede and JTA July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
The staff of the Jewish Bulletin (J.'s former name) in 1980: managing editor Geoffrey Fisher (top row, left), assistant editor Phil Bronstein (top row, second from right) and ad manager Charles Block (front row), with colleagues (clockwise, from top left) Brunhilda Sierra, Peggy Isaak, Mary Fong, Marjorie Glazer and Nancy Royfe.
Posted inOpinion

If Jewish newspapers disappear, the results would be devastating

Jonathan D. Sarna by Jonathan D. Sarna April 14, 2020
The cast of BBC's "Friday Night Dinner," which Americans can catch on Hulu and Amazon Prime.
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British comedy ‘Friday Night Dinner’ is hilarious quarantine viewing

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Rachel Weisz (left) and Rachel McAdams steal an intimate moment in  "Disobedience." (Photo/Agatha A. Nitecka, Bleecker Street)
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‘Disobedience’ avoids tradition vs. modernity trope to tell truly original story

by Michael Fox April 30, 2018

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