Laurence Brass Interview Row
Laurence Brass was elected Treasurer to the Board of Deputies of British Jews in May 2009. So when he visited Southport, to give the keynote speech at the AJEX presentation evening, I interviewed him for the Jewish Hour on BBC Radio Manchester.
The interview aired the following Monday, 30th Nov… and since then the air has turned blue in apoplexy with a stream of complaints about some of Laurence’s views. None directly to the BBC though. Phone calls to the Board of Deputies were followed by many column inches in the Jewish press and internet Blogs, both in the UK and Israel.
Below are links to several of the articles that were written about or in response to the row.
Isi Leibler blog
(after my interview with him 14/12/09)
also
Britanniaradio Blogspot
JewPI [Jewish Press International]
photo: Board of Deputies honorary officers 2009 - Lawrence Brass fourth from left