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Mar 9, 2021, 11:47 PM

Bristol is not news

Freedom of expression is not freedom to tell lies The last week has seen a considerable amount of exposure of a certain professor at the University of Bristol in the UK who has published various comments said by some to...

Jul 1, 2020, 3:21 AM

Slavery is not a matter of history

Passover is the time of year when Jews remember how they were slaves to the Pharaoh in Egypt and how through God’s efforts, they escaped from slavery to the promised land. The story of Passover is told in a...

May 31, 2020, 3:12 PM

Shouting at the wrong people

Usually I write on my own behalf. Today is different. I am writing as President of the Zionist Central Council – the ZCC – which is based in Manchester and whose aims are to promote and defend the democratic...

Apr 15, 2020, 5:22 AM

Hugs will have to wait

With condolence visits out, this pandemic has upended the mourning process. Zoom and WhatsApp will have to do for now

Dec 12, 2019, 4:36 AM

It’s only the Jews

It is now just over 10 hours to the British General Election, arguably the most important since the Second World War and likely to be as significant as that of 1979, which saw the election of Margaret Thatcher. I...

Oct 31, 2018, 7:04 PM

My friend David

I hadn’t seen my friend David for some years, and in 2015, after a period of over 30 years I saw him again when I stayed with him at his home one Shabbat . It was for me a change...

Sep 9, 2018, 1:30 AM

Should we – shouldn’t we?

For some time now, the UK Jewish community has been calling for the Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition to apologise for his past failings, so that there can be a meaningful dialogue with him. There have been additional calls...

May 24, 2018, 5:39 PM

The generation gap

A group of Jews gather in Parliament Square, London, to recite kaddish for 62 Palestinians killed in Gaza, on May 16, 2018. (Screen capture: Facebook)

If you have no memory of the palpable risk of Israel's destruction, you might just say kaddish for terrorists

Mar 7, 2018, 4:53 AM

If they lift the carpet for chametz, will they find anything else?

We write this blog as two lawyers, Brian is a barrister and I am a solicitor. We are also deputies representing our own organisations at the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Here in the UK there has been, for...

Nov 12, 2017, 4:49 PM

So how was your trip to Poland?

For some time now, there have been regular trips to the remains of the Concentration Camps in Europe made by Jews from all over the world. My friend Wendi Cooper, from North Manchester in the UK recently went and...

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About Me

Robert Festenstein is a solicitor based in Manchester with considerable experience in Court actions. He is active in representing groups opposing BDS and fighting the increase in anti-Semitism, particularly amongst the left-wing in the UK.