{"id":1204147,"date":"2022-01-10T09:35:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204147"},"modified":"2022-01-10T09:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:36:02","slug":"top-british-rabbi-no-cure-for-antisemitism-at-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-british-rabbi-no-cure-for-antisemitism-at-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Top British Rabbi: No Cure for Antisemitism at BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-british-rabbi-no-cure-for-antisemitism-at-bbc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204147&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BBC-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A top British rabbi resigned from the BBC after 30 years last week, citing the broadcaster\u2019s incurable antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi YY Rubinstein, who freelanced for BBC World Service and numerous other news programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/opinion\/480345\/i-quit-the-bbc-after-30-years-because-of-antisemitism\/\">wrote<\/a> in an oped piece in the <em>Forward<\/em> that the broadcaster had been intolerably \u201cinfected with the cancer of antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is a well-documented culture of low-grade antisemitism that is present throughout the entire organization,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Rubinstein said \u201csomething in me simply snapped\u201d over the BBC\u2019s skewed reporting of an incident in which Jewish schoolchildren were threatened by anti-Semitic hooligans giving Nazi salutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the BBC first reported the story, they alleged that the Jewish kids had shouted an anti-Muslim slur at their attackers. Numerous forensic experts&nbsp;who listened to the recording said that this claim was a complete lie,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe BBC doubled down and defended their reporting,\u201d he went on. \u201cEven after the \u201cfullest account\u201d has been widely refuted, the BBC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10358117\/Jewish-leaders-set-confront-BBC-chief-Tim-Davie-demand-public-apology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">still refuses<\/a>&nbsp;to back down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Rubinstein, \u201cthe BBC cannot fix its antisemitism problem if they refuse to acknowledge that they have one. The BBC is simply unwilling to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>As Breitbart reported last week, the BBC was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2021\/12\/27\/bbc-ranks-third-on-most-antisemitic-list-after-only-iran-and-hamas\/\">ranked third<\/a> on a \u201cGlobal Antisemitism Top Ten\u201d list by a major Jewish group, beaten only by Iran and the Hamas terror group.<\/p>\n<p>The Simon Wiesenthal Center also cited&nbsp;the BBC\u2019s reporting of the attack against the Jewish teenagers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe BBC falsely reported that a victim on the bus used an anti-Muslim slur. But what was heard on tape was a distressed Jewish man speaking in Hebrew, appealing for help,\u201d SWC Head Marvin Hier said.<\/p>\n<p>SWC also cited&nbsp;a BBC journalist who in 2014 tweeted that \u201cHitler was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hier told the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10344671\/BBC-just-Hamas-respected-Jewish-organisations-antisemitic-list-shame.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Daily Mail<\/a>&nbsp;that \u201cpeople might be surprised to see the BBC on our list, but the decision to place the BBC at No. 3 came after months of intense debate and discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It appears that the BBC has a very serious case to answer here. Incorrectly accusing those experiencing antisemitism of being guilty of bigotry themselves is adding insult to injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6en7kq62v\">https:\/\/t.co\/N6en7kq62v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Board of Deputies of British Jews (@BoardofDeputies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoardofDeputies\/status\/1466788160306880523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the BBC has been guilty of several antisemitic incidents over the past year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople might think we would designate neo-Nazi groups on our list, but the BBC is there because when a globally recognized organization allows antisemitism to infiltrate its reporting, it makes it all the more insidious and dangerous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople all over the world trust the BBC and rely on it for truthful reporting on world events,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top British rabbi resigned from the BBC after 30 years last week, citing the broadcaster\u2019s incurable antisemitism. 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