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Hanukkah begins for Birmingham’s Jewish community amid COVID-19 restrictions
Staff Reporter
December 11, 2020
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah - also spelt 'Chanukah' - began last night for Judaism's faithful followers across the world, and it was no different in Birmingham and the West…
Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour party over antisemitism, challenges decision
Staff Reporter
October 29, 2020
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the party following a report on his handling of antisemitism, but has vowed to challenge the decision. The Member of Parliament for…
Jewish and Muslim women join forces to remove antisemitic graffiti in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
July 6, 2020
A group of Jewish and Muslim women, including the city's only female rabbi, have defiantly come together to remove antisemitic graffiti which appeared overnight on a wall in Billesley in…
Soweto Kinch, Salma Yaqoob, Maz Saleem and Lowkey pledge support for pro-Palestine rally
Staff Reporter
May 10, 2019
Birmingham activists, literature and arts personalities and politicians are to join a national demonstration in London tomorrow, marching through the capital in support of the Palestinian people. To mark the beginning…
Birmingham poet Benjamin Zephaniah backs national demonstration for Palestine
Alex Bratu
May 7, 2019
Birmingham literary icon Benjamin Zephaniah will be in London this Saturday for the National Demonstration for Palestine, and has urged others to join him. The famous poet and author is backing the…