UK’s chief rabbi says Bob Vylan Glastonbury chant was ‘vile Jew-hatred’

Bob Vylan performing on the West Holts stage during the Glastonbury Festival. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The UK’s chief rabbi has condemned the BBC’s handling of Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury festival performance, while also calling the group’s actions “vile Jew-hatred”.

Ephraim Mirvis said the controversy around the British rap-punk duo’s appearance at the Somerset festival was “a time of national shame”.