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Richard Ferrer is a British journalist and editor of ''
Richard Ferrer is a British journalist and editor of ''Jewish News
The ''Jewish News'' is a free weekly newspaper, established in 1997, that serves the Jewish communities of Greater London – specifically Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Essex. In 2002, it won the ''Press Gazette'' free newspaper of the year.
In F ...
'' since 2009. The Society of Editors named the publication Free Weekly Newspaper of the Year in September 2021.
Ferrer attended the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, and began his career in journalism in 1995, writing for lifestyle magazines including FHM, Maxim and Vox. After working for the website totallyjewish.com from 2000 to 2004, he edited the Boston Jewish Advocate, America's oldest Jewish newspaper, returning to the UK the following year to become assistant editor at the ''Mail Online
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''. In 2008 he served as a sub-editor at the ''Daily Mirror
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''. He has written for the '' Daily Telegraph'' and ''Algemeiner
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History
In 1972, Gershon Jacobson founded the Yiddish-languag ...
'', and has been a regular contributor to the ''Independent
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''.
In 2012 he created and appeared on the Channel 4 programme "Jewish Mum of the Year". He has been a regular contributor to programmes on BBC Radio 4
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.
Controversies
In April 2018, Ferrer wrote an article in ''The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ...
'' titled, "Jeremy Corbyn cannot be trusted by the Jewish community". His article received much backlash. Ferrer has faced criticism for his paper's handling of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the pol ...
and Labour's anti-Semitism problem.
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