
Employers Have a ‘Blind Spot’ When it Comes to Anti-Semitism, Claims Eric Salama
Published on December 4, 2023
The former chief executive of the consulting firm Kantar, Eric Salama—who quit as chairman of Comic Relief last month—has said many employers have a “blind spot” when it comes to dealing with anti-Semitism. Mr. Salama—whose parents were Egyptian Jewish immigrants— told The Times many Jewish people in Britain felt “threatened and vulnerable in a way I’ve not seen before” after a huge rise in anti-Semitic incidents since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in October. But he said many companies had failed to recognise the concerns of their Jewish employees in the same way they had during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020....
