Rabbi rebuffs Bristol Uni over Miller

A rabbi has rebuffed an approach from Bristol University to help with a research project in protest at the institution’s stance over controversial academic Professor David Miller. 

Professor Miller, a sociologist, has been under investigation by the university since March after labelling Jewish society members “pawns” of a “racist foreign regime” but is due to teach next term. 

Rabbi Maurice Michaels, who ministers to Bournemouth Reform Synagogue, says he was asked by an organiser of the Bristol-based project, which is looking at families where the parents are separated, to circulate a poster about it to encourage people to take part. 

It had received the “ethical approval” of the university, he was told.