Spotify is slammed for hosting anti-Semitic songs attacking ‘paedophile Jews’

Founded as a small start-up firm just 14 years ago, Spotify has quickly risen to take the music world by storm. From its humble beginnings, the music streaming service, which boasts a library of 60million songs, now has a staggering 320million monthly active users and is worth an estimated $23billion. The meteoric rise began in … Read more

Hackney mayor tells ultra-Orthodox Jews to stop holding big weddings

The Mayor of Hackney has called on Orthodox Jews to stop holding massive weddings after a string of events breaking lockdown rules emerged. Police broke up a 150-strong gathering in Stamford Hill, north London, at a strict Orthodox Charedi Jewish school last Thursday. Guests fled from the wedding held at Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School … Read more

Hackney mayor says ultra-Orthodox Jews must stop holding massive weddings

The Mayor of Hackney has called on Orthodox Jews to stop holding massive weddings after a string of events breaking lockdown rules emerged. Police broke up a 150-strong gathering in Stamford Hill, north London, at a strict Orthodox Charedi Jewish school last Thursday. Guests fled from the wedding held at Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School … Read more

Amazon says it will investigate claims Alexa gives racist answers to questions about Jews

Alexa, are you an anti-Semite? Amazon says it will investigate claims virtual assistant device gives racist answers to questions about Jews MPs told Amazon they found examples of Alexa repeating anti-Semitic theories One shared an article by Jew Watch, adding that ‘Jews control the world’s media’ Findings reported by all-party parliamentary group against anti-Semitism MPs The … Read more

Book by Trump exec claims he ‘joked to Jews about ovens’ and ‘banned black people from his lobby’ 

A former longtime Trump executive has claimed the president once made her fire a woman for being pregnant, joked to Jewish businessmen about ‘the ovens’ and banned black people from the lobbies of his buildings.  Barbara Res has accused Donald Trump of a catalogue of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic behavior spanning the 18 years she worked … Read more

Jewish housing association can legally give homes to only Orthodox Jews says Supreme Court

Jewish housing association can legally give homes to only Orthodox Jews says Supreme Court after mother-of-four complained that they had property empty while she was on waiting list London-based Agudas Israel Housing Association can prioritise Orthodox Jews Five justices called the advantage for the Orthodox community ‘proportionate’  Court dismissed appeal by a mother-of-four, Z, who argued discrimination … Read more

About 80 Orthodox Jews protest over Cuomo’s restrictions in areas with COVID surges

About 80 people took to the streets Tuesday night in Brooklyn to protest Gov Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on nine New York City neighborhoods where COVID-19 rates are surging.  The group of Orthodox Jews gathered in Borough Park Brooklyn for the demonstration against the closure of schools and the banning of large religious gatherings. Footage from the … Read more

Two-thirds of US Millennials and Gen Z don’t know six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust

A new survey has found that two-thirds of American Millennials and members of Gen Z do not know that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The survey of adults ages 18 to 39 was commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, examining knowledge about the Holocaust among young Americans. The survey … Read more

2,000 Hasidic Jews gather at Ukraine’s border where they are barred entry from Belarus

Around 2,000 Hasidic Jews have gathered at Ukraine’s border with Belarus where their annual pilgrimage has been barred due to coronavirus restrictions. Kiev has accused President Alexander Lukashenko of manufacturing the crisis by giving the pilgrims hope that they could cross the frontier in retaliation for Ukraine’s support for the recent pro-democracy protests.   Despite Ukraine’s … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn couldn’t empathise with ‘prosperous’ Jews new book claims 

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn couldn’t empathise with today’s ‘prosperous’ Jewish community and stopped talking to shadow Chancellor John McDonnell for months, a new book claims.  Stunning new details from the party’s largest general election defeat since 1935 have come to light in Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour under Corbyn, written by two … Read more