Board of Deputies calls for BBC to apologise over bus abuse report Article suggested victims of Oxford Street antisemitism had used an anti-Muslim slur Sun Dec 05 12:43:19 GMT 2021Sun Dec 05 12:43:36 GMT 2021 The Board of Deputies has called on the BBC to apologise over its reporting that Jewish victims of antisemitic abuse aboard a bus on Oxford Street had used an anti-Muslim slur. The Met Police is treating Monday’s incident, captured in a widely shared video this week, as a possible hate crime. A line in the BBC’s coverage read: “A slur about Muslims can also be heard from inside the bus. T ..read more

Miss Puerto Rico stuns Yad Vashem staff with revelation she lost relatives to Shoah Michelle Colón appeared overcome by emotion as she visited Yad Vashem this week Sun Dec 05 12:40:52 GMT 2021Sun Dec 05 12:44:30 GMT 2021 Miss Puerto Rico stunned Yad Vashem staff on Thursday as she revealed that some of her relatives were murdered during the Holocaust. Michelle Colón appeared overcome by emotion as she said that her great grandfather, Rodolfo Cohn, was a survivor who had lost all his relatives during the Shoah. The 21 year-old added that her ancestors were “watching over me.” The revelatio ..read more

Large majority of Jewish Labour members say they find branches unwelcoming, according to report Survey was carried out by left-wing think tank the Fabian Society in August Sun Dec 05 12:25:25 GMT 2021Sun Dec 05 12:28:16 GMT 2021 Sixty five per cent of Jews in the Labour Party disagree with the claim that other local members are all friendly and welcoming, a new report has found. Jewish people were the group least likely to find their branches welcoming, followed by lesbian, gay and bisexual members, people under the age of 35, women and ethnic minorities, according to the survey published last ..read more

Palestinian launches frenzied knife attack on 21-year-old Israeli The Charedi victim, who survived the attack, said the terrorist ‘tried to stab me everywhere on my body’ Sun Dec 05 11:49:52 GMT 2021Sun Dec 05 11:49:52 GMT 2021 A strictly-Orthodox man was stabbed at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Saturday by a Palestinian assailant who was shot dead by police.  Israeli Police said on Saturday that the victim was wounded and “evacuated for medical care in a moderate to severe condition.” The victim - identified by Israeli media as  21-year-old Avraham Elimelich - said he went prayi ..read more

Bristolians are getting closer through food The Mizrahi Food Project is bringing Jews of all backgrounds together to share their cuisines Fri Dec 03 18:36:20 GMT 2021Fri Dec 03 18:43:20 GMT 2021 Growing up in the suburbs of Toronto, Michal Nahman thought her family were unique — an island of Sephardi Judaism living in an overwhelmingly Ashkenazi community. Now she’s running Bristol’s Mizrahi Food Project, bringing Jews of all backgrounds together to share her family’s cuisine, develop cultural links and combat antisemitism. “From what I’ve observed here in Bristol, our Jewish communities are v ..read more

Far-right leader ‘suggested Mein Kampf to followers’ Former BNP activist Mark Collett now runs Britain's 'most active' far-right group Fri Dec 03 18:21:59 GMT 2021Fri Dec 03 18:31:52 GMT 2021 The leader of a British far-right party promoted Mein Kampf to thousands of followers online, according to anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate. Mark Collett — who was once tipped as the likely successor to British National Party leader (BNP) Nick Griffin — allegedly recommended Hitler’s notorious screed to more than 12,000 followers on messaging app Telegram. It is claimed that members of his group Patriotic ..read more

Tory MP ‘should lose the whip’ for his ‘disgraceful’ views on Hamas Crispin Blunt seemed to suggest the terror group had a right to attack Israel Fri Dec 03 18:21:54 GMT 2021Fri Dec 03 18:27:42 GMT 2021 Conservative MP Crispin Blunt is facing calls to have the whip removed after he suggested that terrorist group Hamas had a right to hit “legitimate targets” in Israel during a parliamentary debate last week. Mr Blunt drew stinging criticism from party colleagues for his comments during a Commons debate ahead of a vote on banning the political wing of Hamas. Politicians on all sides of the House ..read more

Fury as defender of Professor Miller delivers lecture at Oxford University Tariq Modood described the controversial academic's work as 'valuable' Fri Dec 03 18:21:36 GMT 2021Fri Dec 03 18:25:21 GMT 2021 Oxford University is embroiled in fresh controversy after asking a professor who defended David Miller to give a legal lecture on “equality and diversity”. Tariq Modood spoke at Oxford on Tuesday, just weeks after the university caused “distress” to its Jewish students by accepting a donation from the family of Oswald Mosley. In March, Modood defended Miller, a fellow Bristol University profess ..read more

Conservative Party offices in Aberdeen hit by swastika vandals MSP Liam Kerr said his staff who encountered the Nazi symbols earlier today ‘shouldn’t have to face this nonsense’  Fri Dec 03 18:16:34 GMT 2021Fri Dec 03 18:16:34 GMT 2021 Nazi symbols have been daubed on two Conservative Party offices in Aberdeen, in the north east of Scotland.  It is not known why the premises were targeted with swastikas, though Tory members of the Scottish Parliament have recently been involved in the development of hate crime legislation.  North east Scotland MSP Douglas Lumsden posted pictures ..read more

BBC amend article suggesting victims of Oxford street antisemitism used racial slurs The teens were harassed in central London earlier this week Fri Dec 03 17:02:10 GMT 2021Fri Dec 03 17:02:10 GMT 2021  The BBC has changed an article on its website suggesting that the Jewish victims of the now-viral Oxford Street antisemitism incident used anti-Muslim racial slurs.    The original piece stated that “some racial slurs can be heard from inside the bus.”    When approached for comment on this by the JC, a spokesman from the BBC said that the article had been amended to re ..read more