Daniel Sugarman, at The Blogs

Sep 20, 2015, 1:08 AM

Faith is an integral part of Orthodox Judaism. Whether it's circumcising one's eight day old son, not eating certain foods, or keeping the Sabbath day, the natural question - 'why' – is, at the core of every discussion on...

Sep 13, 2015, 4:00 AM

Spare a Thought for the UK’s Jewish Labour Voters; They Now Have An Agonising Decision to Make

So it happened. It actually happened. Two hundred and fifty thousand members of the Labour Party voted for Jeremy Corbyn, giving him a clear win in the first round. A quarter of a million people, and well over half...

Aug 31, 2015, 10:58 PM

The Independent is right: Jeremy Corbyn’s remarks on Bin-Laden are out of context

Hold the front page! The newspapers, Twitter and the blogosphere have been analysing Jeremy Corbyn’s comments on Press TV in the wake of Bin-Laden’s death; in particular, there has been focus on the fact that Jeremy Corbyn called the...

Aug 31, 2015, 12:10 AM

If You’re Gauging Levels of Anti-Semitism, Ask Religious Jews

Last year, in the aftermath of the latest Gaza conflict, prominent non-religious Jews in the UK (most notably the director of the BBC, Danny Cohen) seemed to be queueing up to express their angst and general unease over the...

Aug 23, 2015, 9:41 PM

Corbyn and the UK Left Have a Major Blind Spot

Anyone who has even the slightest interest in UK politics will not have failed to notice the recent rise of ‘Corbynmania’. Of the four contestants for the leadership of the UK Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn is the most left-wing....

About Me

Daniel Sugarman is a twenty-something North West Londoner. He has been described as a fanatic, but only in the sense of being a film fanatic. Daniel blogs about the UK and Israel, as well as the Jewish Community and Culture in general.