The Rio Cinema's decision not to screen Eurovision because it features the world's only Jewish state was a disgrace – all the more so given its betrayal of the cinema's Jewish heritage.
Our polling shows that eight in ten British Jews consider themselves to be Zionists, and only six per cent do not. Boycotts and ostracism like this have real-world effects on the Jewish community. The Charity Commission's investigation must be thorough and robust. Antisemitism has no place in the charitable sector.
The Rio Cinema was founded by the Jewish woman Clara Ludski in 1909, daughter of Jewish immigrants from Prussia, starting with a screening room in the back of her auction shop in Dalston, north-east London.
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