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The next major Jewish action is on behalf of Uighurs April 6, 2021 10:39 am Protesters against China's policies toward the Uighurs demonstrate outside United Nations headquarters in New York City, March 22, 2021. The protester in the foreground is wearing a kippah. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — When Rayhan Asat attended a Passover seder last month, its contours seemed familiar and different at once — especially the tradition of leaving a seat empty at the table. It reminded Asat, a lawyer, of leaving a seat empty for her b...

Follow Dec. 25, 2020 LONDON – Every Tuesday and Wednesday night, rain or shine, he’s there: an Orthodox Jewish man holding a protest sign in front of a Chinese Embassy building in Hampstead, an affluent neighborhood in northwest London. He’s demonstrating against the alleged atrocities taking place in China’s far-west Xinjiang province, where millions of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are reportedly being detained in camps or used as forced labor. Andrew, a northwest London resident, prefers to be identified only by his first name. He’s a businessman in his 50s, married with ch...