During a discussion with the Chief Rabbi, the Most Rev Justin Welby said it was “excellent” that MPs and peers in the party had accepted the international definition of anti-Semitism “without any riders or caveats of any kind”.
The move by the Parliamentary Labour Party was in contrast to the ruling National Executive Committee’s decision to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s description with an additional statement saying the move would not prevent criticism of Israel.
Archbishop Justin said the Jewish community had gone through a very demanding few months and hit out at the “unspeakable” trolling of Jews on social media.
Visiting Ephraim Mirvis at his home to mark Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, Mr Welby said: “You’ve gone through in the last few months a very demanding, stressful time in some ways, over the last few years, I think, with the increase in anti-Jewish attacks across the country, on synagogues, on cemeteries, on individuals and the unspeakable trolling through social media.”
The Chief Rabbi said the Jewish community was in a worse position than 12 months ago because at that time it had hope but the position now has “deteriorated”.
He added: “What we’ve found particularly upsetting is that after three years of inaction during which we have waited for the Labour Party to show they are actually serious about tackling…
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