‘Anti-racist’ Amnesty UK says it WILL NOT fire official who called Jews ‘shady’ BY LEE HARPIN EXCLUSIVE: Human rights group lets its Racial Justice Lead off the hook after ‘unreserved apology’ over historic social media comments.

 

THE DAILY EDITION Thursday, February 17, 2022

‘Anti-racist’ Amnesty UK says it WILL NOT fire official who called Jews ‘shady’ BY LEE HARPIN EXCLUSIVE: Human rights group lets its Racial Justice Lead off the hook after ‘unreserved apology’ over historic social media comments.

Amnesty UK official tells JN: We are victim of ‘smear campaign by Israel’ BY LEE HARPIN   EXCLUSIVE: Charity Commission to assess Amnesty ‘apartheid’ report funding claims BY LEE HARPIN

Expelled ‘Jew process’ cllr pushing BDS motion for Merseyside pension funds BY LEE HARPIN EXCLUSIVE: Jo Bird, who was kicked out of Labour for involvement with a proscribed group, is trying to push a motion attempting to ban nine Israeli companies accused of supporting settlements

Anger after Bury Conservatives deselect Jewish councillor BY LEE HARPIN   Starmer: ‘I don’t see how it’s possible for Corbyn to stand as Labour candidate’ BY LEE HARPIN   Pipe bomb Nazi who said ‘all Jews should be exterminated’ may be free within months

Lord Sugar ‘always looking over shoulder’ after getting antisemitic letters BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Jewish host of The Apprentice was sent three hateful letters, including one that said: ‘I would like to murder all Jews in Britain, Alan’

OPINION: Uncertain Spurs flatter to deceive on tackling the Y-word BY RICHARD FERRER   SPECIAL REPORT: ‘Chanting the Y-word WILL be a thing of the past’ BY LEE HARPIN

Cost of living crisis: ‘Food parcels from the United Synagogue keep us going’ BY SABRINA MILLER Sabrina Miller speaks to charities and those badly affected by the cost of living crisis

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Community’s Covid death toll passes grim milestone of one thousand   OPINION: Counting the cost of the pandemic’s devastating impact BY MARIE VAN DER ZYL

JN Podcast: Condemning Bezalel Smotrich: did the Board of Deputies do the right thing? BY JEWISH NEWS PODCAST This week’s Jewish News Podcast discussing a bewildering week in communal politics

Voice of the Jewish News: Israel’s diaspora ties demand a new Jewish Agency chief now BY VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS

A Strawberry as big as your hand! Israeli grower scoops world record BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER The supersized fruit, clocking in at 289 grams (0.6 lb), emerged from multiple berries fusing together, and was grown by the Ariel family in Kadima-Zoran, Israel

Golda film producer admits to ‘stirring’ Jewish casting controversy   Board of Deputies holds first official talks with Pope BY RICHARD FERRER   Muslim groups in Indonesia demand closure of country’s first Holocaust exhibition

Middle East Mayfair BY LOUISA WALTERS Six Israeli restaurants have been ranked among the top 50 best dining establishments in the Middle East and North Africa. Louisa Walters visits the finest Israeli restaurant in London

Marvelous news for Mrs Maisel fans! Series four is coming soon BY BRIGIT GRANT   As ‘My Unorthodox Life’ Season 2 films, real divorce and drama hit the Haart family BY JTA   Spielberg, Gyllenhaal, Garfield among 2022 Jewish Oscar nominees BY JTA