Rabbi vows to defy far-right harassment of Jewish-based refugee support work

Rabbi David Mason and the Rev Guli Francis-Dehqani at the Refugee Shabbat event in London. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

A leading Jewish refugee advocate has vowed that solidarity work with asylum seekers will continue despite growing harassment from far-right activists targeting Jewish organisations supporting refugees.

Rabbi David Mason, the executive director of the UK Jewish refugee charity HIAS+JCORE, said groups such as theirs had increasingly faced antisemitic abuse and conspiracy theories from far-right activists, most notably online.