Two rabbis were jeered off the stage at a rally in support of the Israeli hostages in Gaza on Sunday — but the jeering did not come from pro-Palestinian counter-protesters. Instead, the leaders of Progressive Judaism, the U.K. equivalent of the Reform movement, were booed by other members of the crowd who objected to their […]
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews, the largest Jewish organization in the United Kingdom, called for a rapid increase in Gaza aid this week, adding that the Israeli government’s new measures are “essential if long overdue.” The statement comes months after the group disciplined dozens of its members for signing an open letter condemning […]
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The Facebook page British History has a devoted but not particularly emotive following. Multiple times a day, it posts an image and factoid from, well, British history, to a handful of comments and thumbs-up emojis. But when it showed followers an image of Clifford’s Tower in York, England, over the weekend and informed them about […]
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Female veterans are not seeking mental health support because of problems related to their identity as women, the dominance of male-oriented branding for veterans’ services, and the fear that their needs won’t be addressed, according to research conducted by the Centre for Military Women’s Research (CMWR) at Anglia Ruskin University. The report, entitled “I don’t […]
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