Board of Deputies of British Jews Vice President Marie van der Zyl says the latest resignation from Oxford University Labour Club amid allegations of anti-Semitism within the society should be a warning to people of all faiths that hateful sentiments are on the rise.
The club’s disabilities officer, Brahma Mohanty, stepped down after claiming the club forced members to “subscribe to a radical ideology of division and isolation,” the London-based Telegraph newspaper reported Friday.
Van der Zyl says in a statement: “While we await further details of what is behind the latest resignation at the Oxford University Labour Club, one can’t help thinking that Jews are perhaps once again the ‘canary in the coalmine’. When Jew-hatred goes unchecked, other elements of civilized society soon start to unravel.”
Last month, Alex Chalmers resigned as co-chair following claims that his colleagues “have some kind of problem with Jews.”
“This latest resignation should be the catalyst for serious soul-searching and action against hate, both at the OULC, and more widely in the Labour Party and on the left,” Can der Zyl says.
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