- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, December 21, 1962 — 42 — .61111111111/Wip How Deep Is Anti-Semitism in England? By SAMUEL J. GOLDSMITH, tial danger in times of social JTA Correspondent in London stress or economic recession. (Copyright 1962, Jewish Telegraphic Now we have for the first Agency, Inc.) LONDON — There has never time something approaching a been a scientific survey of anti- scientific survey. Far from com- Semitism in Britain. Anti-Semi- plete; here and there wrongly tism, or whatever there is of it, pitched; but it is an honest was resisted in various ways by piece of work by people who Jews and non-Jews, but there know about the subject. Some of the points in this was never an attempt to discover how deeply rooted it is, which survey are valid for all coun- strata of the population it af- tries of t h e Diaspora, of fects, what concrete forms it course. 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They would not be permitted to preach anti- Semitism within the party, but the party does not take action against them. Thus: a Labor party member would be up be- fore the executive committee and probably expelled after a warning, if he was, say, a Corn- munist or Fascist. But he would be left alone if he was an anti- Semite. This same goes for the other two parties. In other words, anti-Semitism is not an offense against the party rules. T h e avowed anti-Semites are concentrated in the Brit- ish National-Socialist Move- ment, the League of Empire Loyalists, the Northern Eur- opean Ring. As to Mosley's National Union of Fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley himself has stated that he no longer has any quarrel with the Jews as a group. However, many of his followers are known anti-Semites. None of these anti-Semitic groups has any political influ- ence. In fact, they have no member of Parliament between them, nor even an Alderman or Councillor on any of the local authorities. Economic anti - Semitism i s more of a problem for British Jews, though not a pressing one. The Trades Advisory Council, a Jewish body designed to fight discrimination in trade (as well as to guide its Jewish mem- bers), has some figures to offer on this score. During the last 15 years, there were an average of •16 recorded cases of economic discrimination against Jews in Britain, such as refusal to employ Jews, or refusal to deal with Jews. The Arab boycott does not come within this bracket. There are some firms who adhere to the rules of the boycott, but they do so to obtain contracts; they cannot be classified as anti- Semites in the ordinary sense. There is much more social discrimination than econom- ic. Its main area is the lower middle class. A number of suburban golf clubs and tennis clubs do not accept Jews as members, but you will find that the most exclusive social clubs and sports clubs do not bar Jews. The captain of the Royal and Ancient, the most exalted golf club in the world, is a Jew. The survey is touchy about anti-Semitism on the stage, in films and in literature. Some British Jews are even sensitive about Shakespeare and Dickens. It is generally accepted that nothing could possibly be done in England about Shakespeare and Dickens, even if Shylock and Fagin were doing harm, which is a debatable point. Those who tried to bowlderize Shakespeare became figures of fun and derision. Shakespeare does not spare the English and the Scots, and we too have got to live with the Bard. The same goes for Dickens. All in all, the situation in England is not as bad as it would seem from the press re- p o r t s of violence in public places, court cases and deputa- tions to members of the Gov- ernment by Jewish leaders. In reality these are isolated cases, as are occasional daubings on synagogues walls. 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