Marcus Dysch was the JC’s Political Editor and Assistant News Editor until 2018
The actress was loudly cheered as she opened the programme and said she was “so happy to be here”.
Stan Polovets, chairman and co-founder of the Genesis Prize Foundation, said: “We Jews have for centuries suffered as refugees. Now it’s time to help others.”
But no pledge to ban Hezbollah in Home Secretary’s speech to Conservative Party conference
The prospect of the “absolute boy” pulling up outside Number 10 in that sleek Prime Ministerial Jaguar and walking through the front door is no longer as utterly bonkers as it previously seemed.
Mr Bolton was not a high-profile figure in the leadership race and is not known to have ever expressed any views on Jewish issues or the Middle East conflict.
Our political establishment is - of course - wholly consumed by the Brexit debate
Mr Crabb said he would reiterate Israel’s “impressive economic achievements and record on innovation and technology” but did not intend to “tear things up and reinvent the wheel”.
The Board of Deputies welcomed the new rule, with chief executive Gillian Merron saying it was “a step in the right direction”.
Jeremy Corbyn did not attend the Labour Friends of Israel event – the first such absence by a Labour leader in living memory.
Tuesday morning's row on the conference floor over how Labour will challenge and punish Jew-hatred was in equal parts shambolic and frightening.
Jewish Labour Movement's proposed antisemitism rule change was reportedly passed by delegates in Brighton
The session today also featured activists calling for the Jewish Labour Movement and Labour Friends of Israel to be 'kicked out' of the party
Elections will take place next May in areas with large Jewish populations, including every borough in London and for authorities covering Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Hertsmere and Epping Forest.
The most likely flashpoint is the potential debate over possible party rule changes on antisemitism which were proposed by the Jewish Labour Movement.
An outspoken critic of Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of antisemitism allegations, does the Labour Friends of Israel chair feel lessons have been learned from the scandal?
His party meets next week for its conference in Brighton.
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