"The abuse and threats being directed at the Jewish Chaplain and his wife and at Jewish students at Leeds University is antisemitism," Leeds Central Labour MP Hilary Benn said.
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An apology should be issued to Jewish, Israeli and Zionist students for having had to endure an educator’s continued harassment.
(JNS) In 2018, fellow Leeds Jewish Society committee members recommended that the University of Leeds adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. It refused.
The consequences of this decision have never been more evident than over this past week. Ray Bush, a professor of African studies and development politics, has been found to have shared multiple anti-Semitic posts, and the university has no clear or binding checklist to use to investigate and discipline him accordingly, nor have they yet stated any intention to do so.