COVERAGE: The Telegraph - ‘Torrent of anti-Semitism’ at UCL must be investigated, say 500 alumni
“University College London is being urged to investigate an ‘‘appalling torrent of anti-Semitism’’ that former students claim has swept the institution, which was the first to accept Jewish students when it was established in 1826.
More than 500 alumni including Nadhim Zahawi, the former education secretary, have written to Dr Michael Spence, the provost, demanding action after material was posted on social media appearing to glorify the Oct 7 attacks.
Eight leading rabbis from the UK and around the world – all alumni of UCL – have also endorsed the letter, organised by The Pinsker Centre, a think tank which campaigns against anti-Semitism on British campuses.
They include Dayan Ivan Binstock, a senior Rabbinical judge of the London Beth Din and Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum, the dean of the London School of Jewish Studies, formerly Jews’ College.”
