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Michael Rainsbury

@mdrainsbury

Head of Adult Education, London School of Jewish Studies @LSJSeducation. Educator, tour guide with @JRootsJ and Sacks Scholar with @RabbiSacks Legacy

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This is pretty embarrassing watching, and sad too. The British government only hindered the current ceasefire deal - let alone playing 'a critical role'

Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The optics of the #AstonVilla ban are truly appalling. How can it be that there is enough policing every weekend to maintain public safety when tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters gather, but there isn’t when it’s maybe a 1000 Maccabi fans on the one night an Israeli

Yaakov Katz (@yaakovkatz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Israel has achieved remarkable strategic gains over the past two years, reshaping the Middle East in ways few thought possible. But calling this conflict “War of Redemption,” as Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו had the cabinet decide today, is an attempt to rewrite history. No rebranding can erase the

נדב איל Nadav Eyal (@nadav_eyal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Zuli Gee (Giongyosh), who adopted Abigail Idan and her two siblings after their parents, Smadar and Roee Idan, were murdered by Hamas on October 7, and Abigayil was kidnapped to Gaza, wrote this post in Hebrew. Roee worked for Ynet, as do I. I’m posting this because I see many

Zuli Gee (Giongyosh), who adopted Abigail Idan and her two siblings after their parents, Smadar and Roee Idan, were murdered by Hamas on October 7, and Abigayil was kidnapped to Gaza, wrote this post in Hebrew. Roee worked for Ynet, as do I.
 I’m posting this because I see many
Dave Rich (@daverich1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There's a lot to say about Louis Theroux's soft-soap interview with Bobby Vylan; I even started a long post detailing all the different problems with it. But then I stopped, because instead of always explaining, there needs to be a cost to antisemitism. Link in the next post.

There's a lot to say about Louis Theroux's soft-soap interview with Bobby Vylan; I even started a long post detailing all the different problems with it. But then I stopped, because instead of always explaining, there needs to be a cost to antisemitism. Link in the next post.
Michael Rainsbury (@mdrainsbury) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The freedom to speak carries the obligation to listen" We need more interventions like this for western society to recover from two years of intimidation and antisemitism from the pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas movements.

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll (@skjask) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last week, I received a message from an agunah saying that she was coming to Israel and wanted to arrange a bracha from a former hostage that she should be freed. "I davened for them to be freed for for two years. Maybe a bracha from them will help free me too." My heart

Amit Segal (@amitsegal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hadar Goldin’s team, who fought with him in Operation Protective Edge in 2014, happens to currently be on reserve duty for receiving dead hostages’ coffins (among other tasks), and they were given the coffin of Hadar — the teammate they have been waiting for for 11 years. An

Hadar Goldin’s team, who fought with him in Operation Protective Edge in 2014, happens to currently be on reserve duty for receiving dead hostages’ coffins (among other tasks), and they were given the coffin of Hadar — the teammate they have been waiting for for 11 years.  

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Yad Vashem (@yadvashem) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht) was an anti-Jewish assault that took place across Nazi Germany on 9-10 November 1938. During the pogrom, hundreds of Jews were murdered, more than 1,400 synagogues throughout Germany and Austria were damaged or burned down, and Jewish shops

The November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht) was an anti-Jewish assault that took place across Nazi Germany on 9-10 November 1938. During the pogrom, hundreds of Jews were murdered, more than 1,400 synagogues throughout Germany and Austria were damaged or burned down, and Jewish shops
Board of Deputies of British Jews (@boardofdeputies) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If the BBC is to get out of this hole, it must stop digging. The BBC must not waste the opportunity it has been afforded to get its house in order.

If the BBC is to get out of this hole, it must stop digging. The BBC must not waste the opportunity it has been afforded to get its house in order.
Stephen Pollard (@stephenpollard) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here's an extract from my The Telegraph column on the news that West Midlands police made up allegations against Maccabi fans, 'This should be a day of shame for the West Midlands Police' telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/2… The decision by West Midlands Police to ban Israelis from the recent

Hen Mazzig (@henmazzig) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“We asked him to come home to Thailand for a visit. He said he wanted to save a little more money, and then he would come home for good.” Sudthisak Rinthalak was murdered by Hamas terrorists and remains held in Gaza. He told his mom he was ready to come home just 10 days before

“We asked him to come home to Thailand for a visit. He said he wanted to save a little more money, and then he would come home for good.”

Sudthisak Rinthalak was murdered by Hamas terrorists and remains held in Gaza. He told his mom he was ready to come home just 10 days before
Kemi Badenoch (@kemibadenoch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am tired of standing before good Jewish people to offer condolences and expressions of solidarity. Words are not enough. We must do what is necessary to keep us all safe. We know the evil we face. We see it. We know how it operates, how it abuses our democracy, and subverts

I am tired of standing before good Jewish people to offer condolences and expressions of solidarity. Words are not enough. We must do what is necessary to keep us all safe.
  
We know the evil we face. We see it. We know how it operates, how it abuses our democracy, and subverts
Michael Rainsbury (@mdrainsbury) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is quite remarkable to see British Jews act like this towards an elected official - this is how strongly they feel about the UK govt. And amidst a speech of generic platitudes, It was also remarkable to see Dalton momentarily gaslight Jews for their response.

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Wow! This is excellent! I don't know anything about this organisation, but this statement is very impressive and important. I wish Starmer, Albanese and other world leaders would speak in these terms. And a reminder that the enemy we face is Islamist Jihadism, not Islam.

Yaakov Katz (@yaakovkatz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After watching the three-part interview with Eli Feldstein – one of the central figures in the leak of classified intelligence documents to BILD and the broader Qatargate affair – a few things become clear. Feldstein is a deeply problematic character, and these interviews were

Gabriel Pogrund (@gabriel_pogrund) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Since the Sunday Times’s first story last year, Craig Guildford has apologised for: — AI-generated fictitious football game — falsely claiming Birmingham Jews lobbied for the ban But he has never acknowledged the false claims about Amsterdam disorder which lay at the heart