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It is with a mix of pride and sadness that I look back on 2023: pride that our charity has risen to the challenge facing our community, but sadness that we had to.
It feels like an eternity ago, but there was a time before October 7.
The day before our world changed, we could look back on a string of legal successes. On campuses, there was the finding that NUS had tolerated a “hostile environment” for Jewish students, the departure of an academic we exposed at Birkbeck, and more.
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Protestors wear flags of Israel on their backs as they march against anti-Semitism on November 26, 2023 in London, England. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has sparked a wave of protests across Europe, and heightened concerns over anti-Semitism among Jewish communities. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)Getty Images
We continued to assist victims like the young Jewish employee who was unfairly dismissed and the teacher whom we helped reach a settlement with their school. Our policy advocacy secured the retention of a key criminal offence in the draft online harms bill.There was the first-ever national billboard campaign raising awareness of antisemitism and our documentary exposing Roger Waters was watched by hundreds of thousands.
