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Far-right activists infiltrate London shul's online service with antisemitic messages

Viewers of Alyth service and 'shocked and upset' by racist comments

March 30, 2020 13:21
Alyth Congregants told the far-right activists posting racist and antisemitic abuse during its Zoom Shabbat service that they would report them to police
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A Friday night service screened online by North Western Reform Synagogue (Alyth) in Golders Green was infiltrated by far-right extremists who wrote antisemitic and racist messages on the official group chat space.

Around 250 members of the congregation were online for the broadcast on Zoom listening to Rabbi Josh Levy’s Kabbalat Shabbat service when the comments, made by up to five individuals, began to appear onscreen.

Messages included tropes about world Jewish domination and a vulgar description of black people using the "N" word and an expletive.

The infiltration of the chat space continued for around five minutes and the incident has been reported to the police.