The Jewish Labour Movement has accused the Labour Party leadership of attempting to “censor” its antisemitism training sessions, amid reports that it has withdrawn from offering such sessions at the party’s conference.
Last week, the JC reported how the chair of the JLM, Ivor Caplin, had written to Jennie Formby, Labour's general secretary, warning that the group’s faith in the party leadership to deal with the crisis “has all but disappeared.” He said the JLM would reject any invitation to take part in Labour’s working group on antisemitism unless the party adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism in full.
Mr Caplin also noted that JLM, Labour’s official Jewish affiliate, was “incredibly disappointed” that its offer to provide antisemitism training to members of Labour’s NEC had been turned down.
As reported by the Independent, Mr Caplin has also written to Ms Formby confirming that the group has withdrawn from offering to deliver the "antisemitism awareness module” at next month’s conference in Liverpool. This was, he said, after some of the module was censored.
