Statement from Jews in the Labour Party
We are Jews in the Labour Party currently actively campaigning for Labour in local elections. We are appalled by the actions and statements of the Board of Deputies. They do not represent us or the many Jews in the Party who share Jeremy Corbyn’s vision for social justice and fairness. Jeremy’s consistent commitment to anti-racism is all the more needed now.
As the British people call time on May and the Tories, they are getting more desperate. We would hope that any organisation claiming to represent Jews would be calling them to account when, to cite two examples in the last two months, the Prime Minister‘s ex Chief of Staff uses a national newspaper to dredge up an antisemitic conspiracy theory, and Havering Conservative party issues a dogwhistle leaflet hoping to mobilise racism in their local election campaign. The Board of Deputies has been silent on both. It also says nothing on the global rise of the far right and the toxic anti-immigrant rhetoric of the tabloid press, despite the imperative from Jewish history to speak out against racism and fascism.
The Board of Deputies and those supporting them must be aware that this is an attempt to influence local elections and has nothing to do with the real and necessary task of challenging racism and anti-semitism at all levels of political life. We call on them to stop playing politics and start representing what our community needs. We believe that is best represented by the politics we fight for and hope to see win on May 3rd.
Signed
Jenny Manson and Leah Levane co-chairs of JVL, on behalf of Jewish Voice for Labour
Jewish Socialist Group
Sue Lukes Labour council candidate, Islington North CLP
Joseph Finlay Enfield Southgate CLP
Lev Taylor Camberwell and Peckham CLP
Stephen Marks Oxford District Labour Party
Richard Kuper Holborn & St Pancras CLP
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Chingford and Woodford Green CLP
Cllr Mike Howard Hastings & Rye CLP
Glyn Secker
Dave Rosenberg Islington North CLP Convenor Cable Street 80
Julia Bard Islington North CLP
Ian Saville, Brent Central CLP
Lara Johnson. Bracknell CLP
Ivor Dembina Vauxhall CLP
Pam Laurance, Brent Central CLP
Pauline Laurance, Finchley and Golders Green CLP
Miriam Yagud Stroud CLP
Miri Franklin
Dorothy Macedo Worthing West CLP
Alice Bondi, Penrith and the Border CLP
Sue Hughes Hornsey & Wood Green. CLP
Angie Mindel Nottingham East CLP
Paul Halas Stroud CLP
Ruth Appleton, Holborn & St Pancras CLP
Daniel Vulkan, Hornsey & Wood Green CLP
Susan Pashkoff, Leyton and Wanstead CLP
Professor Lynne Segal Islington North CLP
Brian Warshaw Labour International
John Goodman Rugby CLP
Mica Nava Islington North CLP
Professor David Epstein, FRS. Kenilworth & Southam CLP
Diana Neslen Ilford South CLP
Roland Rance, Walthamstow CLP
Eran Cohen, Finchley and Golders Green CLP
Annabelle Sreberny Islington North CLP
Mark Findlay, Brighton Pavilion CLP
Inbar Tamari Walthamstow CLP
Rebecca Lissak Bristol East CLP
Cllr Barry Lewis Thanet North CLP
Professor Judith Suissa Finchley and Golders Green CLP
Ivan Wels, Nottingham East CLP
Riva Joffe, Holborn and St Pancras CLP
Ruth Lukom Walthamstow CLP
Mike Gerber Walthamstow CLP
Sue Shaw Henley CLP
Deborah Maccoby Leeds North-East CLP
Alex Scott-Samuel Liverpool Wavertree CLP
Professor Andrew Samuels Islington North CLP
Rosamine Hayeem Harrow East CLP
Abe Hayeem Harrow East CLP
Cllr Barry Kushner Liverpool Garston and Halewood CLP
Professor Miriam E David Hornsey and Wood Green CLP
Shlomit Ferguson Enfield CLP
Jay Blackwood Bristol East CLP
Max Kane Hove CLP
Councillor Barry Buitekant, Haggerston Ward, Hackney South and Shoreditch CLP
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