In Depth:  Colin Nevin

Dear Letters Page,

The recent outcry by the Jewish community of the British Isles about the level of anti-Sem-itism being fostered by the likes of Jeremy Corbyn and previously by former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and others shows that anti-Semitism, or the irrational hatred or dislike of Jews, is truly alive and well on a global scale. I worked as a chef in Tel-Aviv for ten years as a non-Jew, but after my return to the UK I was alarmed by the anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli sentiments that I encountered on a regular basis.

Dear en,

The subject of immigration has been filling our television screens raising grave concerns about what is going on in the world. Some feel Europe cannot cope with this number of migrants and others feel that we should open the doors wide out of humanitarian compassion, and both viewpoints have a valid argument.

Dear Letters Page,

On Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) I attended an evening commemoration which very poignantly recalled 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Poems were recited, a cantor sang, and survivors’ stories were read, making the whole event an appropriate and dignified tribute to the memory of those who suffered and perished in the Nazi death camps and honouring those who survived.

Dear Letters Page,

The world is reeling from yet another intentional and hate-filled attack on the Jewish people at the Kosher Supermarket in Paris. We must in the democratic nations seek to always condemn and root out any vestiges of anti-Semitism.