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(Jewish Group) Only 30, Charlotte Nichols could soon be the UK Labour Party's only Jewish woman...
Only 30, Charlotte Nichols could soon be the UK Labour Party’s only Jewish woman in parliament
Labour lawmaker Charlotte Nichols delighted British Jews when she became perhaps the first person to reference Jewish terms like “mitzvot” and the Passover Haggadah in the United Kingdom’s centuries-old House of Commons.
Nichols, who delivered the milestone moment in a speech on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January 2020, is a rising star in the Labour Party best known for speaking her mind on a range of topics — from social justice to women’s issues to whether it’s ok to beat up Nazis.
But if her Jewish identity is often overlooked, it is not because she isn’t a proud and leading Jewish voice in a party still reckoning with years of antisemitism accusations during the tenure of its previous leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
Nichols’ rabbi, for one, who found the speech empowering, wasn’t surprised that she made some history.
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