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 Grant Shapps leaves 10 Downing Street after being announced as Britain's new defence secretary in London, Britain, August 31, 2023

UK hires Jewish lawmaker Grant Shapps as new defense minister

By REUTERS
Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: 'His output was astonishing and we were the beneficiaries.'

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' avatar is teaching Israeli students in Hebrew

Swastika found painted on the hood of BMW in Bristol, England on Yom Kippur.

Over 100 monthly antisemitic incidents reported in the UK in 2023

 US JEWS see 300,000 Israelis – 2.5% of the population – protesting weekly, which would be the equivalent of eight million Americans protesting every week for more over than three months.

On Israel's judicial reform, the Diaspora should mind its own business - opinion

By GARY MOND
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023.

Overwhelming majority of UK Jews decry Netanyahu's leadership of Israel

 CELEBRATING THE center (L to R): Rabbi Hershel Rader, spiritual leader, Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation; BNJC CEO Marc Sugarman; Chief Rabbi of United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Ephraim Mirvis; philanthropist Tony Bloom; Natasha Isaac, trustee, BNJC board.

Jewish community revived in Brighton, UK

By JAMES MARTIN
 Yoni on an El-Al flight.

Mom's Facebook post notifies El Al pilots to help son on flight to London

 Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis after receiving his Knighthood for services to the Jewish Community, interfaith relations and education during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Picture date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis knighted

Britain's former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks laughs during a news conference after being awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize in London, Britain, March 2, 2016.

Sacks scholars seek to preserve former British chief rabbi’s legacy

 Delegation of IDF officers to the Jewish communities around the world, including 63 male and female officers from all IDF units, pictured here in London.

IDF officer delegation nurtures connection with Diaspora Jewry

 Children and their parents gather around a bonfire to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer, on May 8, 2023, in Tel Aviv.

London firefighters scold British synagogue for lighting holiday bonfire indoors

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Photo of Tory MP Miriam Cates

Tory MP uses controversial term connected to antisemitic conspiracies

 THE WRITER presents chef Assaf Granit with the Branding Israel Award in 2020.

Why I chose Israel, and will continue to choose Israel - opinion

 The aftermath of a terror shooting in the Jordan Valley on April 7, 2023

Two Israelis killed in Jordan Valley terror shooting were UK nationals - report

 British flag waving in the breeze

Former UK finance minister Nigel Lawson dies at 91

By REUTERS