Former Starbucks CEO invokes Holocaust in discussion over unionisation
The former CEO and chairman of Starbucks bizarrely invoked the Holocaust in a discussion over unionisation. Howard Schultz, who is himself Jewish and who has previously toyed with a Presidential run as a third-party candidate, was meeting with employees of the coffee chain in Buffalo, New York, last week, to discuss their plans to unionise. According to […]
Labour councillor in Redbridge reportedly has whip withdrawn after “offensive, misogynistic, antisemitic” conduct
It has been reported that a Labour councillor in Redbridge has had the whip removed after he was accused of being “offensive, misogynistic [and] antisemitic.” Cllr Khaled Noor’s conduct “has fallen below the high standard we expect of our members,” according to a spokesperson for Redbridge Labour. The primary incident in question was a meeting of the Labour Group […]
On Kristallnacht anniversary, Austria dedicates new memorial to murdered Jews
Austria dedicated a new memorial to murdered Jews this week, on the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht. The Shoah Wall of Names Memorial is Austria’s first public Holocaust memorial and is seen as a gesture that the European country is finally taking public responsibility for its past – something Austria has been notorious for avoiding for decades. The […]
New survey finds that over half of Britons do not know that six million Jews were murdered in Holocaust but a majority believe it could happen again
A new survey has found that just over half of Britons do not know that six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. The survey, commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, found that under a quarter of the 2,000 UK adults who were asked thought that two million Jews or fewer perished in the […]
Murderer of French Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll jailed for life, while his accomplice and mother also sent to prison
Yacine Mihoub, 32, has been convicted of stabbing 85-year-old Mireille Knoll eleven times and has been sentenced to life in prison. Ms Knoll, a Holocaust survivor, was murdered during a botched robbery in March 2018 that also saw her body set alight in an effort by the perpetrators to burn her apartment. Alex Carrimbacus, 25, who was Mr Mihoub’s […]