The Jewish Chronicle is reporting that the University and College Union, a higher-education trade union in the U.K. with 120,000 members, apologized after leaving Jews off of its list of Holocaust victims for Holocaust Memorial Day.
University and College Union apologises after failing to include Jews on list of groups of Holocaust victims – The Jewish Chronicle https://t.co/dK62lvf8Va
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 3, 2019
The UCU had sent out an e-mail to branch and local association secretaries, in which chapters of the union were encouraged to observe HMD 2020, which takes place on January 27.
It described how the Nazis had persecuted groups such as “trade unions, including social democrats and Communists”, “Europe’s Roma and Sinti people”, “Black people”, “disabled people”, “freemasons”, “gay and lesbian people”, “Jehovah’s witnesses” and “’asocials’, which included beggars, alcoholics, drug addicts prostitutes and pacifists” were persecuted by the Nazi regime.
It also specifically mentioned “non-Jewish Poles and Slavic POWs”. However, it made no mention of Jews, the primary targets of the Holocaust.
So the union managed to include non-Jewish Poles, but left out Jews?
Shocker:
Worth noting the group also boycotts Israeli academics — another example of the close relationship of BDS and anti-semitism. https://t.co/o1OcfXLa8u
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 3, 2019
This is a stunning case of anti-Semitism by erasing Jews from the Holocaust but making sure every group that still matters in identity politics is included
I can't even fathom how that can happen, but it's a good reminder of the priorities of the Left https://t.co/oubgVCKKvF
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) October 3, 2019
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Seriously? Unreal.
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) October 3, 2019
Not a fun time for Jews in the UK
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 3, 2019
It included as Holocaust victim groups: disabled people, freemasons and "asocials," but forgot Jews.
Folks. https://t.co/TpGz6ukvyU
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) October 3, 2019
How…how do you 'forget' Jews in discussing the Holocaust? How is that even remotely possible? https://t.co/deDIJZ8sUj
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) October 3, 2019
Easy oversight. https://t.co/9c0iilGHZo
— trick-or-treater (@neontaster) October 3, 2019
Yeah, there's no way that wasn't intentional https://t.co/pBCYijVjNZ
— Darth Paul (@PaulGofSec2814) October 3, 2019
I beg your pardon but WHAT THE EVER LOVING HELL? https://t.co/0FOwPg4BXD
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) October 3, 2019
They . . . didn’t include . . . Jews as victims of the holocaust!?!? https://t.co/JxMUoRi73K pic.twitter.com/Fkr22uPnob
— Tyler (@geaux_tiguhs) October 3, 2019
— Spike Auroboros (@SpikeTheLucario) October 3, 2019
They didn’t “forget”, this is shameful… https://t.co/IZIGBq5WZo
— Milko (@milkotri) October 3, 2019
???
No way is this unintentional! https://t.co/gtNGUZxBwd
— Todd Schlichter (@schlichter1) October 3, 2019
This is like failing to include African Americans when talking about slavery. Inconceivable. https://t.co/nwq8x57hQ4
— Michele Chabin (@MicheleChabin1) October 3, 2019
It's almost as if colleges aren't, at least in part, about teaching the truth about history… https://t.co/34amCIWVA1
— Þe Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) October 3, 2019
As true intersectionalists they did include disabled trans women of color thoughhttps://t.co/LJhw9r5OkY
— Yeyo (@RealYeyoZa) October 3, 2019
this is what happens when an organisation is flooded with "equality officers"
— Espen Bjerke (@colher23) October 3, 2019
Let me guess — they included communists and gays — "people of color" but "forgot" to include the over 6 million Jews murdered. Why am I not surprised? Left is virulently antisemitic & British/American Jews who continue to support Dems & Labour enable rabid Jew hating @samstein
— TwittaChicca (@TwittaChicca) October 3, 2019
I don’t even know how in the world to respond to this…I mean Holocaust is basically synonymous with Jewish People. I am daily reminded that our children are not being educated. This deeply concerns me. I love children and I am concerned we are failing them.
— rosalokeyorbe (@rosalokeyorbe) October 3, 2019
England, man
— S.P. Bailey (@spbailey) October 3, 2019
I had to reread this to make sure I didn’t misread it.
— Lisa (@kittywhisperer7) October 3, 2019
— TiViNarb (@TiViNarb65) October 3, 2019
The Jewish Chronicle reports that after a backlash, the union’s “equality support official” sent an email apologizing for what it called “drafting errors” in its initial message.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 16, 2019
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