how many people know this? Some people are suggesting it is a fraud and his wife is not really jewish.107,487 views1 Oct 2024There seems to be some doubt about the extent to which the Prime Minister’s wife and children are accepted as Jewish. This centres around her mother’s conversion to Judaism in the 1960s.
https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/i-have-relatives-in-israel-who-are-affected-by-the-war-says-starmer-ia4mcg4nThe Labour leader told journalist Charlotte Edwardes that his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer, and their two children are not Jewish according to Lady Victoria’s father’s family.
“No, no, they’re not Jewish for reasons I won’t bore you with. Bernard’s dad’s family didn’t accept that.”
The comment appeared to suggest an Orthodox definition of Judaism and hinted at historical issues around his Jewish father-in-law Bernard Alexander’s marriage to his late wife Barbara, who converted to Judaism.
