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A British soccer team that had previously defended its fans’ self-designation as “yids” has for the first time asked they stop. Tottenham Hotspur, a prominent London team with a sizable Jewish fanbase and a reputation of being Jewish among fans of rival teams, made the request in a statement on its website Thursday. “It is time to move on from associating this term with our club,” the club wrote in the statement, which reflected the outcome of an inquiry that the team launched In the statement, the club described the use of “Yid army” and “Yiddo” by its fans as...

A Jewish surveyor received £20,000 ($30,206) in compensation today after a tribunal found that his bullying boss repeatedly taunted him and said he wanted to lock up and gas “Yids” like Apprentice star Lord Sugar’s son. Darren Feldman’s manager, Chris Oates, also repeatedly invited him to JuJu, an exclusive champagne bar on London’s King’s Road, and mocked Jewish Tottenham football fans. … Referring to Lord Sugar’s son Daniel, with whom he was negotiating a deal, Mr. Oates said: “Quite frankly, they’re all a bunch of Yids. I’d like to lock them in the building and gas them all.” A panel...