The study showed that Jews identified ignorance, verbal abuse and damage to property as the top three problems facing the community. The more fervently Orthodox segments of the Jewish population tend to support legislation to counter religious discrimination, but the mainstream is not convinced. We are a content group. As a result, Jews are reluctant to push for laws banning religious discrimination, the community figure added. Jews have been allowed to live in Britain for more than 300 years, and most British Jews have assimilated and tend not to be the subject of overt discrimination, said Neville Nagler, executive director of the Board of Deputies, the umbrella organization that represents most British Jews.
Society can handle our minor cultural differences.
Weller said that only Moslems among the survey respondents pushed consistently for a new law to address concerns about religious discrimination. Nagler is not surprised. The British Moslem community is flexing its muscles. Jews have to consider carefully whether it is in their interest to strengthen the Moslem community, the leader added. Specials Support Israel's soldiers in their time of need.