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Brewery owner apologises for post condemning ‘death to the IDF’ chant at Glastonbury

The founder of the Moor Beer company joked about a ‘repeat’ of the Nova festival massacre at the event

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July 3, 2025 10:45

To the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bob Vylan performed on the West Holts Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury festival. Police are now investigating his set after he led chants of "death to the IDF" and went on a tirade against his former "Zionist" boss (Photo: Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Calendar

Shabbat times from November 28 to December 5

Shabbat times for the week

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November 27, 2025 14:36

Shabbat times from November 28 to December 5

Glastonbury Festival

Who are Bob Vylan, the punk duo who led a ‘death to the IDF’ chant at Glastonbury?

The controversial set will not be available to rewatch on BBC iPlayer but was broadcast live by the corporation

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June 29, 2025 10:04

Bobby Vylan, lead singer of Bob Vylan, performing at Glastonbury 2025 (Image: Getty)

Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury’s death cult: When ‘progressive’ Britain turns its back on Jews

The sight of hundreds chanting for ‘death to the IDF’ crossed a line that should never be blurred

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June 29, 2025 12:12

Bob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan led a Glastonbury crowd in chants of 'death, death to the IDF' (Image: Getty)

How Manchester forged Chaim Weizmann and modern Zionism

My old hometown is far from being a mere backdrop to recent trauma – it played a decisive role in shaping the Jewish state’s first president, the Balfour Declaration, and ultimately the founding of the State of Israel

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November 27, 2025 15:11

Chaim Weizmann (with raised hand), taking the oath of office after being elected the first president of the State of Israel. (Image: Getty)

Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury organisers condemn ‘unacceptable’ death to the IDF chant

Police have confirmed they are ‘assessing’ the performance

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June 29, 2025 10:51

Glastonbury organisers have condemned the 'death to the IDF chant' led by punk duo Bob Vylan as 'unacceptable' (Image: Getty)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Vayetze

“She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my disgrace’” Genesis 30:23

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November 27, 2025 15:11

Detail from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's portrait of Rachel and Leah (Wikimedia Commons)

Glastonbury Festival

BBC staff said our Glastonbury set was ‘fantastic’, Bob Vylan frontman tells Louis Theroux

Vylan also told Theroux that ‘white supremacy is displayed so vividly in Zionism’

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October 21, 2025 08:32

Loius Theroux interviewed Bob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan for the latest episode of his podcast (Picture: Getty)

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

In his podcast with Bob Vylan, Theroux claimed that Jews in Israel – where the majority are not white – provide the ‘prototype’ for ‘white identitarians’

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October 21, 2025 13:39

Theroux during his podcast with Vylan (Image: YouTube)

Heaton park synagogue attack

MPs back Jewish group’s plea to call off Bob Vylan Manchester gig

Manchester Academy has not even responded to the request, despite Thursday’s attack the JRC said

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October 6, 2025 11:11

Bobby Vylan has called for people to find "[Zionists] on the street" (Image: Getty)

Among flares, chants, and Palestinian flags, Glastonbury’s Jews gathered in quiet defiance

What it was like being Jewish at this year’s Glastonbury festival

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June 30, 2025 19:21

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: A member of the crowd ahead of Kneecap during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Airing of ‘vile Jew-hate’ at Glastonbury was a moment of ‘national shame’, says Chief Rabbi

Sir Ephraim Mirvis condemns ‘outright incitement to violence and hatred’ at the festival

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July 1, 2025 13:10

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has warned "Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society," following the BBC's broadcast of Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury performance. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Glastonbury Festival

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

The culture secretary also said that ‘violence, hate speech or antisemitism’ was not art

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July 1, 2025 10:22

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

BBC

BBC regrets failing to cut live feed of Bob Vylan’s ‘antisemitic’ chant at Glastonbury

Bob Vylan’s chants of ‘death to the IDF’ were ‘utterly unacceptable and have no place on our airwaves’ the BBC said

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June 30, 2025 12:18

Bob Vylan performing at Glastonbury (L), and the offices of the BBC (R)

Antizionism

Bob Vylan’s US visas revoked after ‘death to the IDF’ chant

The band will not be able to attend an upcoming tour in October

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June 30, 2025 14:49

Punk duo Bob Vylan could reportedly be denied access to the US for its upcoming tour after its frontman led a chant of 'death, death to the IDF' at Glastonbury (Image: Getty)

Kneecap

Bob Vylan and Kneecap under ‘criminal investigation’ over Glastonbury performances

The bands faced police scrutiny after one led a ‘death to the IDF’ chant and the other allegedly called on fans to ‘start a riot' at an upcoming court appearance

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June 30, 2025 16:10

Both Bob Vylan and Kneecap are under 'criminal investigation' related to their Glastonbury performances (Pictured: Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan (L) and DJ Próvaí of Kneecap (R))

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