Also in October: A selection of other antisemitic Incidents that we did not cover
A swastika was spray-painted on a sign near a Jewish school in Gateshead. The graffiti appeared on the corner of High West Street and Gladstone Terrace on 7th October. A swastika and the words “Lewis is a Jew” were carved into the glass panel of a bus stop in East Leeds. Anyone with information should […]
John Mann enters House of Lords as new independent antisemitism advisor
John Mann, the former MP who quit the Labour Party earlier this year as he accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of “giving a green light to the antisemites”, has been inducted into the House of Lords as a crossbench peer. Lord Mann, who was formerly the Chairman of All Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism, was […]
Birkenhead Labour Party, which rejected offer of antisemitism training, votes for Chris Williamson to be reinstated
Members of the Birkenhead Labour Party have overwhelmingly voted for disgraced MP Chris Williamson to be “immediately” reinstated. Of the fifty members in attendance, only a handful reportedly voiced opposition to the move. Mr Williamson has devoted much of his time as an MP to baiting Jews by dismissing allegations of antisemitism as “proxy wars […]
Senior Reform Rabbi Jonathan Romain urges congregants to shun Labour
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, a prominent rabbi and former chair of the Movement for Reform Judaism, has taken the unprecedented step of writing to all of his congregants urging them to vote tactically against Labour. Rabbi Romain, who is usually considered to be on the left-wing of the liberal Reform denomination, reportedly sent the letter […]
Alison Chabloz fails to overturn conviction over Holocaust denial at High Court, leaving no further avenue of appeal
Moments ago, notorious antisemite and Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz has had her application for a judicial review denied by the High Court following her landmark conviction on three charges of sending grossly offensive communications via a public communications network. Ms Chabloz had sought to overturn her conviction on technicalities relating to the meaning of what […]