After Reform politicians were cheered and progressive rabbis booed at rally against antisemitism, some fear longstanding alliances are fracturing
Rabbi Charley Baginsky, the co-leader of Progressive Judaism, admitted she felt apprehensive before speaking at last weekend’s central London rally against antisemitism.
As she addressed the crowd, there were some boos. It wasn’t the first time – last year, on a similar stage outside Downing Street, Baginsky and her fellow co-lead, Rabbi Josh Levy, were jeered off stage.
While even some who disagreed understood the booing of the government minister Pat McFadden as the product of a view that Labour had not done enough to take on antisemitism, some of the same attenders were dismayed by the same treatment for the Liberal Democrats’ Ed Davey before the event’s MC intervened.
Meanwhile, Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, was warmly received by parts of the crowd, as was the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch.
