There is a joke that English antisemitism is: hating Jews more than is absolutely necessary. On Jan. 3, 2022, I resigned from the BBC, where I have been a freelance broadcaster for over 30 years. I appeared regularly on the BBC World Service and on BBC Radio’s Terry Wogan Show, in addition to countless other…
A Jewish contributor to the BBC has resigned, citing antisemitism in the network’s coverage of a recent attack on Jewish passengers on a Chabad bus in London. In his resignation letter, which he posted on Facebook, Rabbi YY Rubinstein wrote that the BBC’s coverage of the bus attack “attempts to turn the victims of the…
(JTA) — The BBC is being accused of covering up Palestinian anti-Semitism after it mistranslated in subtitles the word for “Jew” to “Israeli” several times in one documentary. The film “One Day in Gaza,” about last year’s Gaza border protests against the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, aired Monday night on the BBC…
(JTA) — The new BBC miniseries “McMafia” has been accused of making “gratuitous slurs” against Israeli businessmen. The show, a drama about the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss, also focuses on members of the Russian-Israeli mob. It is based on a 2008 book by journalist Misha Glenny. The group UK Lawyers For Israel on its…
(JTA) — A BBC host passed up a holiday special after saying that musicians today are no longer managed by some “random fat Jewish guy from northwest London.” Reggie Yates, a Radio 1 host and TV presenter, said Monday on Twitter that he would not be hosting the popular “Top of the Charts” holiday special…
(JTA) — A BBC host has apologized for saying it is “great” that music artists are no longer being managed by “some random fat Jewish guy from northwest London.” “I am hugely apologetic for this flippant comment,” Reggie Yates, a Radio 1 host and TV presenter, said Monday in his apology. “It was not my…
The British newspaper The Sunday Times has apologized after publishing a column in its Irish edition on Sunday claiming that some BBC television hosts earned high salaries because they are Jewish. The piece has been taken off the newspaper’s website and the paper’s editor issued an apology. The article, by Kevin Myers, was prompted by…
Have you ever wanted to know what your favorite author was listening to? What your favorite musician was reading? What your favorite chef considered to be a luxury item? Well, now you find out thanks to an archival project by the BBC. The network has recently digitized the entire catalogue of the Desert Island Discs…
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