A new report in Antisemitism has determined several recommendations, including that what NHS found was “the specific uncontrolled issue of antismitism”.
Launched by the depot division of British Jews in 2024, the report made 10 recommendations after taking evidence from several organizations including NHS, Arts Industry and Police.
Lord John Mann, an independent advisor of the government on antisemitism, who led the review with pre-citizen cabinet minister Dame Penny Mordant, stated that the commission heard the “shocking experience”.
He said it was “unacceptable”, which he had called “Antisemitism attack” in Britain from 7 October.
He said he hoped that recommendations would provide guidance and action.
On 7 October 2023, about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas -led attacks on Southern Israel, while 251 others were taken hostage.
The Israeli army started an ongoing campaign in Gaza in response to the attack. According to the Hamas-Interested Health Ministry of the region, at least 57,823 people have been killed in Gaza since then.
Most of the recommendations in the report pointed to antisemitism training in various capabilities.
One was the creation of a “antisemitism training qualification” for those called “contemporary antismitism”.
It was explained that the Jewish communal organizations wanted to increase knowledge on anti-Jewish discrimination, which could be done on the standard training given by the “reliable provider”.
On the Jewish identity, it was stated that Judaism should “always be seen and understood … as a religion with an ethnicity”, which the Commission said that it would ensure that antisementism is properly dealt with.
The report found that many Jewish employees within the NHS felt that antisemitism was not being addressed in the workplace, as well as some Jewish patients were “feeling uncomfortable using service”.
In its recommendations, NHS should hold a summit to deal with the “specific undressed issue of antisemitism” within the healthcare.
It also suggested that antismitism should be included in all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) training, stating that it would increase the number of people “educated” and “confidence in dealing with it”.
Dame Penny said, “Any person should not face misbehavior or discrimination while going about his business, whether he is chasing his career or reaching public services,” said Dame Penny.
On education, the report claims that some Christian primary school teachers in subjects such as religious studies have found evidence of “inadvertently using antisemtic trops”.
It said that it welcomed the Winchester province and an initiative proposed by the local Jewish community to taught teachers to avoid doing so, and recommended that it be evaluated and applied in all confidence schools.
The Board of Deputy said that while it believes that “everyone should have the right to express their opinions and confidence”, who “plays the role of welfare, security or safety … is an additional duty to make sure people feel that people feel capable of asking for their help”.
Other recommendations asked that Jewish members of the art industry and unions are considered equally.
Another major recommendation was to create a “consistent approach” to deal with policing and antisemic offenses.
Chairman of the Board of Deputy Phil Rosenberg said that the report can be “summarized as a failure to correctly apply security to the Jewish people on the same positions”.
