Mick Hartley

More of that everyday antisemitism that’s gradually becoming the norm – From Jewish News:

A group of 16-year-old Orthodox Jewish girls from Stamford Hill who were attending New City College in Hackney to sit A-level exams were targeted by antisemitic comments, leading to a second group of students subsequently attending the site to be chaperoned by college staff.

Due to an arrangement with NCC Hackney, students from the Be’er Miriam seminary were scheduled to take A-level exams at the college’s Clapton site 12 days ago, with some sitting a geography exam and others due to sit an English exam later.

According to reports, there were two separate incidents involving strictly- Orthodox girls who had come to sit their geography A-level. The first took place in the toilets, where some of the Jewish girls were reportedly told, “We’re surprised people like you are allowed into here”. In the second, another group of the girls were followed by an NCC Hackney student, who repeatedly chanted “Jew, Jew, Jew” at them….

Levi Schapiro from the JCC of Stamford Hill said: “This is an unacceptable situation. The college should never have allowed this to happen. Orthodox Jewish girls should feel safe wherever they go in London without being harassed for being Jewish. We expect the college to provide a full report about the disciplinary action they took and how they will work hard to prevent this from happening again.”

Well yes, of course. It should never have happened. Unfortunately we seem now to be past that point, and these incidents are, more and more, becoming a regular feature….