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Momentum founder Jon Lansman 'upset' by 'one-sided' Chief Rabbi's intervention

'I'm very upset by this. I'm disappointed in the one-sidedness of the overall message. I think it diminishes anti-racism'

November 26, 2019 17:46
Jon Lansman
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Momentum founder Jon Lansman has said he agrees with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis over the "importance of countering racism" - but says he has been left "upset" by the "one-sided" nature of his intervention.

Speaking to the JC at Labour's Race and Faith manifesto launch, Mr Lansman said: "It upsets me as a Jew that the Chief Rabbi intervened in a way that lacks balance."

The veteran left winger said he believed Rabbi Mirvis had wanted to issue a wider warning about "the importance of countering racism - whoever says it and whoever is the victim."

But he added: "I'm sorry he didn't put what he had said on this in a more balanced way."

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