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England

Clifford's Tower in York
Posted inAct Two

A walking tour of York highlights England’s messy history with Jews

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 28, 2025October 29, 2025

In 1190, Clifford’s Tower became York’s Masada.  On March 16 of that year, some 150 largely French-speaking Jews took refuge there from an angry, violent mob incited by townspeople filled […]

Men outside synagogue after shooting
Posted inWorld

2 killed — 1 by police — in Yom Kippur attack on synagogue in Manchester, England

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman October 3, 2025October 3, 2025
Jurnet's House in Norwich, England, was built and owned by a Jewish family in the 12th century and could become a Jewish heritage center. (Photo/Evelyn Simak via Creative Commons)
Posted inWorld

The British town where the antisemitic blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer July 14, 2023July 14, 2023
Rishi Sunak leaves the Conservative Party headquarters in London, Oct. 24, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Dan Kitwood-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Where does Rishi Sunak, new UK prime minister, stand on Israel and Jewish issues?

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 26, 2022
The late British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks gives the queen a menorah at a reception at St. James’ Palace in London to mark the 350th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Britain, Nov. 28, 2006. (Photo/JTA-Tim Graham Picture Library-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Queen Elizabeth, whose reign encompassed the 20th-century ascent of British Jewry, dead at 96

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
Cornwall feels just slightly less picturesque when you have Covid.
Posted inAct Two

Another travel misadventure: Title it ‘Covid in Cornwall’

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 11, 2022August 10, 2022
screenshot from "Ridley Road": a tall balding man, holds a blond woman's hand as they run through a crowd
Posted inTV

In PBS’ gripping series ‘Ridley Road,’ a Jewish woman infiltrates British neo-Nazis in 1962

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Demonstrators cross their arms at a rally against antisemitism in Cologne, Germany, May 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ying Tang-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Amid a surge in hate crimes, prominent European Jews worry the war against antisemitism has been lost

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA June 1, 2021
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
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Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72

by JTA November 7, 2020

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