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BBC acts over Apprentice contestant who made antisemitic remarks, following Board of Deputies letter
Following antisemitic remarks by Apprentice contestant Asif Munaf, the BBC confirmed yesterday in a letter to Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl that they had deleted content featuring him from The Apprentice - You're Fired, scheduled to be broadcast this evening.
Our comment: "Following the Board of Deputies President's urgent letter to the BBC Director-General Tim Davie and the BBC Chairman this morning, we have been notified that the BBC has significantly edited all content relating to BBC 2's You're Fired concerning Asif Munaf. We hope that the BBC will apologise publicly to the Jewish community for their handling of this sorry situation and send the people responsible for antisemitism awareness training."
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New figures show 2023 was the worst year for antisemitism since records began
The Board of Deputies has reacted to figures from the Community Security Trust which show unambiguously that 2023 was by far the worst year in the UK for antisemitism since records began. "It is long past time for everyone else in the UK to wake up to this fact, and stand with us against this bigotry."
You can listen to Marie van der Zyl's interview on Radio 4's Today programme this morning here.
Click below to read the full CST Antisemitic Incidents Report.
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Labour 'made the right decision' to withdraw support from Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali
The Board of Deputies this week backed Labour's decision to withdraw support from its prospective parliamentary candidate for Rochdale, Azhar Ali, following his antisemitic remarks at a meeting.
Our comment: "Any party with a genuine dedication to fighting bigotry cannot support candidates espousing vile conspiracy theories. Labour have made the right decision in withdrawing support for Mr Ali."
The Board of Deputies had previously rejected Azhar Ali's apology: “It is clear to us that Mr Ali is not apologising out of a genuine sense of remorse. Despite what he says in his apology, we do not see how we could possibly engage with him at this time, and we believe other leading Jewish communal groups will feel similarly.”
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Confronting hate at Leeds University
Board of Deputies President, Marie van der Zyl, was in Leeds this to visit the Hillel House which had been defaced, and to speak to the Leeds JSoc President, the Interim Vice Chancellor and the Jewish Chaplaincy couple who have been targeted by death threats. We are determined to confront and defeat this mindless hate.
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Joy as synagogue involved in Adopt a Hostage campaign receives wonderful news
The rabbi of a synagogue that is part of our ‘Adopt a Hostage’ scheme this week shared the wonderful news that their adopted hostage – Fernando Simon Marman – had been rescued. Click on the image to play the video.
More than 75 synagogues/organisations have now joined the campaign. If your synagogue/organisation would like to Adopt a Hostage. please contact Sara at sara.radivan@bod.org.uk.
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Education
A spring term online mini-conference was held for Jewish SACRE representatives on the theme of antisemitism (following Holocaust Memorial Day). The presenters were Cate Hollis, founder of ‘Voices of the Holocaust’ the only specialist Holocaust theatre and education company of its kind in Europe and Dave Rich, Director of Policy for the CST, who spoke on the history of antisemitism. The conference was facilitated by Deputy Sheila Gewolb and Education Officer Anna Silver and was also attended by Director of Education and Communities Dawn Waterman.
Director of Education and Communities Dawn Waterman and Education Officer Anna Silver met the Anne Frank Trust’s Director of Education Sarah Nuzum and her colleague to explore opportunities to work together.
Education Officer Anna Silver had an introductory meeting with the new Director of Education for Solutions not sides, Josh Dubell.
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