John Mann, Chaim Chesler and Yoram Dori
John Mann, Chaim Chesler and Yoram Dori
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Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Anti-Semitism, John Mann MP:

"Britain has 3 forms of anti-Semitism: Traditional anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism of the left and anti-Semitism from the Muslim community"

About the controversial anti-Semitic statements by a member of his party Gerald Kaufman said Mann: " Kaufman is a disgrace to parliament, a disgrace to the Labour Party and it’s a disgrace he is called the Father of the House"

Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Anti-Semitism and Labour party MP, John Mann, spoke yesterday (Monday) at a Limmud UK conference participated by 3,000 young Jewish people and addressed the issue of rising anti-Semitism in Britain and in Europe all together: " There is a bigger danger of understating, rather than overstating the danger of anti-Semitism in Europe”.

Mann also mentioned that he believed Britain today has 3 forms of anti-Semitism: "Traditional anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism of the left and anti-Semitism from the Muslim community", and all three of them are to be condemned.

Mann also referred to the anti-Semitic remarks made by another member of his party, Jerald Kaufman, who talked of "the Jewish money” bribing parliament members on behalf of Israel and causing the state to cooperate with a government that hurts the Palestinians on a daily basis.

Kaufman's statements arouse a public storm in Britain, and were also condemned by head of the Labour party, Jeremy Korbyn. Mann condemned Kaufman firmly and said he should have retired years ago, and that Kaufman is “a disgrace to parliament, a disgrace to the Labour Party and it’s a disgrace he is called the Father of the House"

Later on the day Mann saluted outgoing Limmud Chair Kevin Sefton and incoming Limmud Chair David Hoffman during the festive launch of “From Vilna Street in Vishnyeva to President’s Street in Jerusalem,” an exhibit highlighting the life and times of former Israeli President Shimon Peres.
The exhibit was created by Limmud FSU Founder and Director Chaim Chesler and curated by Shimon Peres senior advisor Yoram Dori.

(From l-r): Limmud FSU Founder Chaim Chesler, outgoing Limmud Chair Kevin Sefton, MP John Mann, Conference Programming Co-Chair Debs Blausten, Curator Yoram Dori, and Limmud International Steering Committee Chair David Bilchitz).

Photo credit- Batya Dori

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