It seems that, far too often, Jews need to point out obvious examples of egregious racism directed at them. The fact that we need to do this in supposedly liberal, anti-racist spaces makes it all the more appalling. Martin Rowson’s cartoon (Journal, 29 April), which he has fully apologised for, contained trope after trope – Jews with grotesque features, money, power and puppeteering. We are tired of calling this out.
We will never really know what led Rowson to draw this cartoon. Neither will we know the precise process that led to its publication. However, in the meantime, the Jewish community is left in despair as to why, despite all the history, we still need to expose and fight anti-Jewish racism.
Keith Black
Chair, Jewish Leadership Council
