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'''Jenny Rachel Manson''' ('']'' '''Salaman'''; born November 1948) is a ] activist, author, former civil servant, former ] ] for Colindale on ], and co-chair of ].

'''Jenny Rachel Manson''' (] '''Salaman'''; born November 1948) is a ] activist, author, former civil servant, former ] ] for ] on ], and Co-Chair of ].


==Early life== ==Early life==
Manson was born in ], Hertfordshire where, according to Manson, her family was the only ] family "and the only family that voted ]".<ref name="thejc2">{{cite news |last=Doherty|first=Rosa|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/jeremy-corbyn-s-devoted-defender-jewish-voice-for-labour-jenny-manson-1.465660|title=Meet Jeremy Corbyn's devoted Jewish defender: Jenny Manson|work=]|date=19 June 2018|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> Her parents were Labour Party supporters and ] (CND) activists.<ref name="hgs">{{cite news |url=http://www.hgs.org.uk/suburbnews/sn104/sn-7.pdf|title=What It Feels Like to Be Me|issue=104|publisher=Suburb News|year=2010|page=7|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> Manson was born in ], Hertfordshire where, according to Manson, her family was the only ] family "and the only family that voted ]".<ref name="thejc2">{{cite news |last=Doherty|first=Rosa|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/jeremy-corbyn-s-devoted-defender-jewish-voice-for-labour-jenny-manson-1.465660|title=Meet Jeremy Corbyn's devoted Jewish defender: Jenny Manson|work=]|date=19 June 2018|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> Her parents were Labour Party supporters and ] (CND) activists.<ref name="hgs">{{cite news |url=http://www.hgs.org.uk/suburbnews/sn104/sn-7.pdf|title=What It Feels Like to Be Me|issue=104|publisher=Suburb News|year=2010|page=7|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>


Her father, ]<ref name="thejc2"/> (1906–1993) was an engineer and lexicographer of craftsmen's hand-tools<ref name="independent1">{{cite news |last=Kessler|first=David|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-r-a-salaman-1399714.html|title=Obituary: R. A. Salaman|work=]|date=13 January 1994|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> who got news from ] and CND delivered, and would read the Bible to Manson.<ref name="thejc2"/> Her mother, Miriam Polianowsky (1914–2013),<ref name="hgs"/> escaped a ] in 1917 and left ]<ref name="independent2">{{cite news |last=Polak|first=Dolf|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryesther-salaman-1583261.html|title=OBITUARY:Esther Salaman|work=]|date=23 November 1995|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life">{{cite book |last=Niemann|first=Hans-Joachim|title=Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RTPpiAMuZRcC&pg=PA40|year=2014|publisher=]|page=40|isbn=978-3161532078}}</ref> for ]<ref name="hgs"/><ref name="theguardian2">{{cite news |last=Wordsworth|first=Saul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/15/saul-wordsworth-ukraine-grandmother|title=The adventures of Miriam|work=]|date=15 January 2011|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> where she lived in ] for 10 years before coming to England at the age of 15<ref name="thejc2"/> and lived in ].<ref name="hgs"/> Her father, ]<ref name="thejc2"/> (1906–1993) was an engineer and lexicographer of craftsmen's hand-tools<ref name="independent1">{{cite news |last=Kessler|first=David|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-r-a-salaman-1399714.html|title=Obituary: R. A. Salaman|work=]|date=13 January 1994|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> who got news from ] and CND delivered, and would read parts of the ] to Manson.<ref name="thejc2"/> Her mother, Miriam Polianowsky (1914–2013),<ref name="hgs"/> escaped a ] in 1917 and left ]<ref name="independent2">{{cite news |last=Polak|first=Dolf|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryesther-salaman-1583261.html|title=OBITUARY:Esther Salaman|work=]|date=23 November 1995|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life">{{cite book |last=Niemann|first=Hans-Joachim|title=Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTPpiAMuZRcC&pg=PA40|year=2014|publisher=]|page=40|isbn=978-3161532078}}</ref> for ]<ref name="hgs"/><ref name="theguardian2">{{cite news |last=Wordsworth|first=Saul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/15/saul-wordsworth-ukraine-grandmother|title=The adventures of Miriam|work=]|date=15 January 2011|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> where she lived in ] for 10 years before coming to England at the age of 15<ref name="thejc2"/> and lived in ].<ref name="hgs"/>


In 1969, at the age of 20,<ref name="hgs"/> Manson graduated with a degree in History from the ] where she studied at ].<ref name="whatitfeelsliketobeme">{{cite web |url=http://www.whatitfeelsliketobeme.com/about-the-author/|title=What It Feels Like To Be Me|publisher=Jenny Manson|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In 1969, at the age of 20,<ref name="hgs"/> Manson graduated with a degree in history from the ] where she studied at ].<ref name="whatitfeelsliketobeme">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatitfeelsliketobeme.com/about-the-author/|title=What It Feels Like To Be Me|publisher=Jenny Manson|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701054800/http://www.whatitfeelsliketobeme.com/about-the-author/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Background== ==Background==
Manson's family celebrated ] and observed ], and her father's family were members of ].<ref name="thejc2"/> Her paternal grandmother ] (1877–1925) was a ]<ref name="thejc2"/> ] and poet.<ref name="Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life"/> Her paternal grandmother's parents were Arthur Davis and Louisa Jonas. Arthur Davis' family were precision instrument makers who had lived in England since the early 19th century.<ref name="Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life"/><ref name="jwa">{{cite web |last=Endelman|first=Todd M.|url=https://www.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/salaman-nina-ruth-davis|title=Nina Ruth Davis Salaman|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> Manson's family celebrated ] and observed ], and her father's family were members of ].<ref name="thejc2"/> Her paternal grandmother ] (1877–1925) was a ]<ref name="thejc2"/> ] and poet.<ref name="Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life"/> Her paternal grandmother's parents were Arthur Davis and Louisa Jonas. Arthur Davis' family were precision instrument makers who had lived in England since the early 19th century.<ref name="Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life"/><ref name="jwa">{{cite web |last=Endelman|first=Todd M.|url=https://www.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/salaman-nina-ruth-davis|title=Nina Ruth Davis Salaman|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>


Manson's paternal grandfather was botanist and potato breeder Dr ] FRS (1874–1955) who wrote ''The History and Social Influence of the Potato''.<ref name="independent1"/> Redcliffe's parents, Sarah Solomon (1844–1931) and Myer Salaman (1836–1896), were merchants who traded in ostrich feathers during the height of the ].<ref name="oxforddnb">{{cite web |last=Palladino|first=Paolo|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/35911|title=Salaman, Redcliffe Nathan (1874–1955), geneticist and Jewish activist|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> The Salaman family are ],<ref name="theguardian3">{{cite news |last=Morrison|first=Blake|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/11/featuresreviews.guardianreview2|title=Generation gap|work=]|date=11 October 2013|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> who according to Manson's paternal grandfather, migrated to Britain from ] or the ] in the early 18th century.<ref name="Plumes">{{cite book |last=Stein|first=Sarah Abrevaya|title=Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ikHj7Xc9lJUC&pg=PA180&lpg=PA180|year=2010|publisher=]|page=180|isbn=978-0300168181}}</ref> Manson's paternal grandfather was botanist and potato breeder Dr ] FRS (1874–1955) who wrote ''The History and Social Influence of the Potato''.<ref name="independent1"/> Redcliffe's parents, Sarah Solomon (1844–1931) and Myer Salaman (1836–1896), were merchants who traded in ostrich feathers during the height of the ].<ref name="oxforddnb">{{cite web |last=Palladino|first=Paolo|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/35911|title=Salaman, Redcliffe Nathan (1874–1955), geneticist and Jewish activist|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> The Salaman family are ],<ref name="theguardian3">{{cite news |last=Morrison|first=Blake|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/11/featuresreviews.guardianreview2|title=Generation gap|work=]|date=11 October 2013|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> who according to Manson's paternal grandfather, migrated to Britain from ] or the ] in the early 18th century.<ref name="Plumes">{{cite book |last=Stein|first=Sarah Abrevaya|title=Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikHj7Xc9lJUC&pg=PA180|year=2010|publisher=]|page=180|isbn=978-0300168181}}</ref>


Manson's maternal aunt is writer ]<ref name="independent2"/> and her paternal aunt is singer ].<ref name="theguardian1">{{cite news |last=Miller|first=Jane|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/26/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Esther Salaman|work=]|date=26 October 2005|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> Manson's maternal aunt is writer ]<ref name="independent2"/> and her paternal aunt is singer ].<ref name="theguardian1">{{cite news |last=Miller|first=Jane|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/26/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Esther Salaman|work=]|date=26 October 2005|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
At the age of 21, Manson joined the ]<ref name="whatitfeelsliketobeme"/> where she worked as a tax inspector,<ref name="thejc2"/> retiring from ] (HMRC) in November 2011.<ref name="opendemocracy1">{{cite news |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/jenny-manson|title=About Jenny Manson|publisher=]|date=6 March 2015|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> She then worked in her husband's publishing company for two years, before retiring completely in 2014.<ref name="talkradio">{{cite news |last=Manson|first=Jenny|url=http://www.talkradio.co.uk/news/head-new-jewish-labour-party-we-should-be-focusing-islamophobia-not-punishing-ken-livingstone|title=Head of new Jewish Labour party: We should be focusing on Islamophobia, not punishing Ken Livingstone|publisher=]|date=6 October 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> At the age of 21, Manson joined the ]<ref name="whatitfeelsliketobeme"/> where she worked as a tax inspector,<ref name="thejc2"/> retiring from ] (HMRC) in November 2011.<ref name="opendemocracy1">{{cite news |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/jenny-manson|title=About Jenny Manson|publisher=]|date=6 March 2015|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> She then worked in her husband's publishing company for two years, before retiring completely in 2014.<ref name="talkradio">{{cite news |last=Manson|first=Jenny|url=http://www.talkradio.co.uk/news/head-new-jewish-labour-party-we-should-be-focusing-islamophobia-not-punishing-ken-livingstone|title=Head of new Jewish Labour party: We should be focusing on Islamophobia, not punishing Ken Livingstone|publisher=]|date=6 October 2017|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>


Manson is now a trustee of two local charities<ref name="opendemocracy1"/> and chairs Barnet Carers Centre.<ref name="thejc2"/> She was a governor of the Garden Suburb School and chair in North London of the ] charity.<ref name="hgs"/> Manson is now a trustee of two local charities<ref name="opendemocracy1"/> and chairs Barnet Carers Centre.<ref name="thejc2"/> She was a governor of the Garden Suburb School and chair in North London of the ] charity.<ref name="hgs"/>


After leaving university,<ref name="thejc2"/> she wrote a book of essays<ref name="opendemocracy1"/> about consciousness, '']'',<ref name="hgs"/> which was published in 2010.<ref name="times-series">{{cite news |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/leisure/books/8409228.Putting_a_face_on_life/|title=Putting a face on life|location=London|work=Times|date=23 September 2010|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> This led to Manson being invited by the ] to talk to ] ].<ref name="thejc2"/> She edited the 2012 book ''Public Service on the Brink'' about the dangers of managerialism from her period of being employed by HMRC.<ref name="opendemocracy2">{{cite news |last=Manson|first=Jenny|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/jenny-manson/what%E2%80%99s-gone-wrong-at-hmrc|title=What's gone wrong at HMRC?|publisher=]|date=6 March 2015|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> After leaving university,<ref name="thejc2"/> she wrote a book of essays<ref name="opendemocracy1"/> about consciousness, '']'',<ref name="hgs"/> which was published in 2010.<ref name="times-series">{{cite news |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/leisure/books/8409228.Putting_a_face_on_life/|title=Putting a face on life|location=London|work=Times|date=23 September 2010|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> This led to Manson being invited by the ] to talk to ] ].<ref name="thejc2"/> She edited the 2012 book ''Public Service on the Brink'' about the dangers of managerialism from her period of being employed by HMRC.<ref name="opendemocracy2">{{cite news |last=Manson|first=Jenny|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/jenny-manson/what%E2%80%99s-gone-wrong-at-hmrc|title=What's gone wrong at HMRC?|publisher=]|date=6 March 2015|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>


==Labour Party== ==Labour Party==
At the age of 16, Manson joined the ] and has been a member of the ]<ref name="thejc2"/> since 1969.<ref name="talkradio"/> In May 1986, in the ], she was elected councillor in ] until ].<ref name="hgs"/> In June 1987, she stood as a parliamentary candidate in ] in the ].<ref name="hgs"/> She was inspired to become politically active again after ] was ].<ref name="thejc2"/> Manson is a General Committee member of ] ].<ref name="thejc4"/> At the age of 16, Manson joined the ] and has been a member of the ]<ref name="thejc2"/> since 1969.<ref name="talkradio"/> In the May 1986 ], she was elected as a councillor for the Colindale ward, serving until ].<ref name="hgs"/> In June 1987, she unsuccessfully stood as a parliamentary candidate in ] at the ].<ref name="hgs"/> She was inspired to become politically active again after ] was ].<ref name="thejc2"/> Manson is a General Committee member of ] ].<ref name="thejc4"/>


In July 2017, Manson was elected chair of ].<ref name="thejc1">{{cite news |last=Sugarman|first=Daniel|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/new-jewish-group-launched-in-labour-1.443348|title=New Jewish group launched in Labour|work=]|date=25 August 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> She has said JVL was founded to advocate for Palestinian rights and “to tackle allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/09/jewish-voice-labour-group-has-rubbished-claims-anti-semitism/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxULZKEhN4g&feature=youtu.be</ref> She has stated that the organisation's mission is to "contribute to making the Labour party an open, democratic and inclusive party, encouraging all ethnic groups and cultures to join and participate freely.<ref name="theguardian4">{{cite news|last1=Manson|first1=Jenny|last2=Levy|first2=Raphael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/28/jewish-voice-for-labour-is-not-an-anti-zionist-group|title=Jewish Voice for Labour is not an anti-Zionist group|work=]|date=28 September 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-45402036</ref> In July 2017, Manson was elected chair of ].<ref name="thejc1">{{cite news |last=Sugarman|first=Daniel|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/new-jewish-group-launched-in-labour-1.443348|title=New Jewish group launched in Labour|work=]|date=25 August 2017|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> She has said JVL was founded to advocate for Palestinian rights and "to tackle allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party."<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Malnick|first=Edward|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/09/jewish-voice-labour-group-has-rubbished-claims-anti-semitism/|title=Jewish Voice for Labour founders 'completely secular', co-chair admits|work=]|date=18 June 2018|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> She has stated that the organisation's mission is to "contribute to making the Labour party an open, democratic and inclusive party, encouraging all ethnic groups and cultures to join and participate freely.<ref name="theguardian4">{{cite news|last1=Manson|first1=Jenny|last2=Levy|first2=Raphael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/28/jewish-voice-for-labour-is-not-an-anti-zionist-group|title=Jewish Voice for Labour is not an anti-Zionist group|work=]|date=28 September 2017|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-45402036|title=Labour's ruling body holds crunch anti-Semitism talks|work=BBC News|date=4 September 2018}}</ref>


In August 2017, Manson said that Jewish Voice for Labour would "provide a much-needed forum for Jews who want to celebrate and debate the long and proud history of Jewish involvement in socialist and trade-union activism." She added that they "invite everyone of Jewish heritage in the Labour Party to join us in continuing these great traditions."<ref name="electronicintifada">{{cite news |last=Winstanley|first=Asa|url=https://www.electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/new-jewish-group-labour-party-backs-right-bds|title=New Jewish group in Labour Party backs right to BDS|publisher=]|date=17 August 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In September, she clarified that the organisation is "not ]" but stated that it was "an alternative voice for Jewish members of Labour" who do not support the ]'s "profoundly ] orientation".<ref name="thejc1"/><ref name="theguardian4"/> In October, she added that the organisation was set up because "Jewish members of the Labour Party have been unrepresented in recent years" so it could "become the voice of Jewish Labour Party members and we will be able to say what we think about issues like ], ] and ]."<ref name="talkradio"/> In August 2017, Manson said that Jewish Voice for Labour would "provide a much-needed forum for Jews who want to celebrate and debate the long and proud history of Jewish involvement in socialist and trade-union activism." She added that they "invite everyone of Jewish heritage in the Labour Party to join us in continuing these great traditions."<ref name="electronicintifada">{{cite news |last=Winstanley|first=Asa|url=https://www.electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/new-jewish-group-labour-party-backs-right-bds|title=New Jewish group in Labour Party backs right to BDS|publisher=]|date=17 August 2017|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> In September, she clarified that the organisation is "not ]" but stated that it was "an alternative voice for Jewish members of Labour" who do not support the ]'s "profoundly ] orientation".<ref name="thejc1"/><ref name="theguardian4"/> In October of that year, she added that the organisation was set up because "Jewish members of the Labour Party have been unrepresented in recent years" so it could "become the voice of Jewish Labour Party members and we will be able to say what we think about issues like ], ] and ]."<ref name="talkradio"/>


==Views== ==Views==
Manson identifies as ].<ref name="thejc2"/> Manson identifies as ].<ref name="thejc2"/>


===Israel and Palestine=== ===Israel and Palestine===
In June 2018, she told the '']'' "my views on Israel and ] have moved quite a lot in the last 20 or 30 years, like many people I suppose." In 1966, she visited Israel during her gap year where she stayed with her cousins on a ]. She said about the visit, "I was shocked then by the way ] were talked about in Israel. I was most happy on the kibbutz because they had dialogue with ]. I remember them coming in for secret conversations in the night" and that she felt "desperately frightened" for Israel during the ]. She said, "I don't think as a family we discussed or questioned Zionism. It had sort of just happened."<ref name="thejc2"/> In 2001, she joined ],<ref name="jewishnews">{{cite news |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/mcdonnell-to-speak-at-jewish-voice-for-labour-event-in-barnet/|title=McDonnell to speak at Jewish Voice for Labour event in Barnet|publisher=]|date=1 October 2018|accessdate=1 November 2018}}</ref> and in 2016, she visited Israel with ] and "met with groups like ] and got a worrying impression from them that they were fearing for their security from other Jews for speaking up against the current situation."<ref name="thejc2"/> In April 2018, ''The Jewish Chronicle'' quoted Manson as saying she "began to identify as a Jew in order to argue against the state of Israel<ref name="jc5">{{cite news |last=Welch|first=Ben|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/what-is-jewish-voice-for-labour-jvl-1.462012|title=What is JVL?|work=]|date=3 April 2018|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> and its conduct..." She later stated, "I was saying that in the context of Jewish political activity I only identified with Jewish organisations as my concerns about Israel's activities grew intense..."<ref name="thesundaytelegraph">{{cite news |last=Malnick|first=Edward|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20180610/281496456983815|title=Confession of Labour anti-Semitism group|work=]|date=10 June 2018|accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref> In June 2018, she told '']'' "my views on Israel and ] have moved quite a lot in the last 20 or 30 years, like many people I suppose." In 1966, she visited Israel during her gap year where she stayed with her cousins on a ]. She said about the visit, "I was shocked then by the way ] were talked about in Israel. I was most happy on the kibbutz because they had dialogue with ]. I remember them coming in for secret conversations in the night" and that she felt "desperately frightened" for Israel during the ]. She said, "I don't think as a family we discussed or questioned Zionism. It had sort of just happened."<ref name="thejc2"/>


In 2001, she joined ],<ref name="jewishnews">{{cite news |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/mcdonnell-to-speak-at-jewish-voice-for-labour-event-in-barnet/|title=McDonnell to speak at Jewish Voice for Labour event in Barnet|publisher=]|date=1 October 2018|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> and in 2016, she visited Israel with ] and "met with groups like ] and got a worrying impression from them that they were fearing for their security from other Jews for speaking up against the current situation."<ref name="thejc2"/>
In July 2018, Manson was criticised for comparing the ] (IHRA) ] with ]. She subsequently apologised for her "clumsy" analogy, which she claimed had been "misunderstood" by clarifying that she was "making a speech on the impact IHRA has in shutting down discussion" and "making the point that section 28 was a policy which acted as a deterrent, without there ever being a case where it was enacted."<ref name="thejc4">{{cite news |last1=Harpin|first1=Lee|last2=Doherty|first2=Rosa|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jvl-chair-jenny-manson-antisemitism-ihra-section-28-1.467643|title=JVL chair sparks fury by comparing IHRA definition of antisemitism to homophobic Section 28|work=]|date=26 July 2018|accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>


In April 2018, ''The Jewish Chronicle'' quoted Manson as saying she "began to identify as a Jew in order to argue against the state of Israel<ref name="jc5">{{cite news |last=Welch|first=Ben|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/what-is-jewish-voice-for-labour-jvl-1.462012|title=What is JVL?|work=]|date=3 April 2018|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> and its conduct..." She later stated, "I was saying that in the context of Jewish political activity I only identified with Jewish organisations as my concerns about Israel's activities grew intense..."<ref name="thesundaytelegraph">{{cite news |last=Malnick|first=Edward|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20180610/281496456983815|title=Confession of Labour anti-Semitism group|work=]|date=10 June 2018|access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
In August 2019, she was a signatory of an open letter to '']'' stating that ]'s refusal to host an annual charity bike ride event in aid of Palestinian children in Gaza has vindicated concerns raised about the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and that it "demonstrates that freedom of expression on Palestine in this country is now being suppressed".<ref name="theguardian5">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/13/freedom-of-expression-on-palestine-is-being-suppressed|title=Freedom of expression on Palestine is being suppressed|work=]|date=13 August 2019|accessdate=1 September 2019}}</ref>


===Allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party=== ===IHRA working definition of antisemitism===
In July 2018, Manson was criticised for comparing the ] (IHRA) ] with ]. She subsequently apologised for her "clumsy" analogy, which she claimed had been "misunderstood" by clarifying that she was "making a speech on the impact IHRA has in shutting down discussion" and "making the point that section 28 was a policy which acted as a deterrent, without there ever being a case where it was enacted."<ref name="thejc4">{{cite news |last1=Harpin|first1=Lee|last2=Doherty|first2=Rosa|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jvl-chair-jenny-manson-antisemitism-ihra-section-28-1.467643|title=JVL chair sparks fury by comparing IHRA definition of antisemitism to homophobic Section 28|work=]|date=26 July 2018|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>


In March 2018, Manson said on ]'s '']'' that ] had taken "enormously strong action" to deal with ].<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-43546693/daily-politics-guests-debate-whether-jeremy-corbyn-has-tackled-anti-semitism|title=Daily Politics guests debate whether Jeremy Corbyn has tackled anti-Semitism|publisher=]|date=26 March 2018|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In April, Manson said on ]'s '']'', referring to a survey conducted by ]: "Evidence including very recent evidence commissioned by a Jewish body suggests the very worst antisemitism is still on the ], on the ] and always has been."<ref name="thejc3">{{cite news |last=Harpin|first=Lee|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/antisemitism-is-worse-on-the-right-says-jewish-voice-for-labour-s-jenny-manson-1.462994|title=Antisemitism is worse on the right says chair of Jewish Voice for Labour group|work=]|date=24 April 2018|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In August 2019, she was a signatory of an open letter to '']'' stating that ]'s refusal to host an annual charity bike ride event in aid of Palestinian children in Gaza has vindicated concerns raised about the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and that it "demonstrates that freedom of expression on Palestine in this country is now being suppressed".<ref name="theguardian5">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/13/freedom-of-expression-on-palestine-is-being-suppressed|title=Freedom of expression on Palestine is being suppressed|work=]|date=13 August 2019|access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref>
===Allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party===
In March 2018, Manson said on ]'s '']'' that ] had taken "enormously strong action" to deal with ].<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-43546693/daily-politics-guests-debate-whether-jeremy-corbyn-has-tackled-anti-semitism|title=Daily Politics guests debate whether Jeremy Corbyn has tackled anti-Semitism|work=]|date=26 March 2018|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> In April, Manson said on ]'s '']'', referring to a survey conducted by ]: "Evidence including very recent evidence commissioned by a Jewish body suggests the very worst antisemitism is still on the ], on the ] and always has been."<ref name="thejc3">{{cite news |last=Harpin|first=Lee|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/antisemitism-is-worse-on-the-right-says-jewish-voice-for-labour-s-jenny-manson-1.462994|title=Antisemitism is worse on the right says chair of Jewish Voice for Labour group|work=]|date=24 April 2018|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>


In November 2019, Manson dismissed Chief Rabbi ]' comments that the Labour Party was "incompatible" with British values. She told ] that she had "never been happier than now" to be a Jew in the Labour Party, defended Corbyn and said that the Mirvis did not represent all Jewish people.<ref name="itv">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-26/jeremy-corbyn-says-anti-semitism-has-no-place-in-labour-after-chief-rabbi-warns-soul-of-the-nation-at-risk/|title=Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to apologise to Jewish community in wake of Chief Rabbi's anti-Semitism warning|work=ITV News|date=26 November 2019|accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref> In November 2019, Manson dismissed Chief Rabbi ]' comments that the Labour Party was "incompatible" with British values. She told ] that she had "never been happier than now" to be a Jew in the Labour Party, defended Corbyn and said that the Mirvis did not represent all Jewish people.<ref name="itv">{{cite news |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-26/jeremy-corbyn-says-anti-semitism-has-no-place-in-labour-after-chief-rabbi-warns-soul-of-the-nation-at-risk/|title=Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to apologise to Jewish community in wake of Chief Rabbi's anti-Semitism warning|work=ITV News|date=26 November 2019|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>


In December 2019, in a letter to BBC director-general ] ] and the BBC's news and current affairs director ], Manson along with JVL co-chair Leah Levane wrote: "In the closing stages of an acrimonious election campaign, the BBC’s coverage of anti-semitism charges against the Labour Party has been both unbalanced and uncritical."<ref name="Lazenby">{{cite news |last=Lazenby |first=Peter |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/jewish-labour-supporters-protest-against-bbc-bias |title=Jewish Labour supporters protest against BBC bias|work=]date=8 December 2019|accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref> The following month, in a letter to ] ] and the BBC's news and current affairs director ], Manson along with JVL co-chair Leah Levane wrote: "In the closing stages of an acrimonious election campaign, the BBC's coverage of anti-semitism charges against the Labour Party has been both unbalanced and uncritical."<ref name="Lazenby">{{cite news |last=Lazenby |first=Peter |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/jewish-labour-supporters-protest-against-bbc-bias |title=Jewish Labour supporters protest against BBC bias|work=]|date=8 December 2019|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>


In January 2020, Manson along with JVL co-chair Leah Levane expressed concerns over the impact of the ] (BOD)'s 10-point pledge "to tackle the anti-semitism crisis" - backed by leadership candidates ], ], ] and ] as well as eventual winner ] - suggesting they would silence hundreds of their members and those who hold views that differ from the BoD. <ref name="Rielly">{{cite news |last=Rielly |first=Bethany |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/socialist-jews-challenge-labour-leadership-candidates-for-supporting-bod-10-point-pledges |title=Socialist Jews challenge Labour leadership candidates for supporting BoD's 10-point pledges |work=]|date=14 January 2020|accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref> In January 2020, Manson, along with JVL co-chair Leah Levane, expressed concerns over the impact of the ] (BOD)'s 10-point pledge "to tackle the anti-semitism crisis" suggesting they would silence hundreds of their members and those who hold views that differ from the BoD.<ref name="Rielly">{{cite news |last=Rielly |first=Bethany |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/socialist-jews-challenge-labour-leadership-candidates-for-supporting-bod-10-point-pledges |title=Socialist Jews challenge Labour leadership candidates for supporting BoD's 10-point pledges |work=]|date=14 January 2020|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>


In May 2020, she said regarding ]'s submission to the ] (EHRC) in response to its investigation into institutional antisemitism in the Labour Party: "We find overwhelmingly that fails to establish its case that Labour 'is no longer a safe space for Jewish people or for those who stand up against anti-semitism'."<ref name="Sabin">{{cite news |last=Sabin|first=Lamiat|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/starmer-mets-with-jewish-groups-vowing-to-tackle-the-party-alleged-anti-semitism|title=Evidence ‘full of distortion’ in EHRC Probe|work=]|date=4 May 2020|accessdate=5 May 2020}}</ref> In May 2020, she said regarding ]'s submission to the ] (EHRC) in response to its investigation into institutional antisemitism in the Labour Party: "We find overwhelmingly that fails to establish its case that Labour 'is no longer a safe space for Jewish people or for those who stand up against anti-semitism'."<ref name="Sabin">{{cite news |last=Sabin|first=Lamiat|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/starmer-mets-with-jewish-groups-vowing-to-tackle-the-party-alleged-anti-semitism|title=Evidence 'full of distortion' in EHRC Probe|work=]|date=4 May 2020|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Manson is a ].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Malnick|first=Edward|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/09/jewish-voice-labour-group-has-rubbished-claims-anti-semitism/|title=Jewish Voice for Labour founders 'completely secular', co-chair admits|work=]|date=18 June 2018|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> She cites her family connection to ] as influencing her views on Israel and the ].<ref name="thejc2"/> In 1969, after graduating from university,<ref name="hgs"/> Manson moved to London and married Michael Manson, a medical and veterinary book publisher.<ref name="whatitfeelsliketobeme"/> They have lived in the same house in ] since 1973 and have two daughters, Jessica and Lydia, who both attended the Garden Suburb School.<ref name="hgs"/> Manson is a ].<ref name="telegraph"/> She cites her family connection to ] as influencing her views on Israel and the ].<ref name="thejc2"/> In 1969, after graduating from university,<ref name="hgs"/> Manson moved to London and married Michael Manson, a medical and veterinary book publisher.<ref name="whatitfeelsliketobeme"/> They have lived in the same house in ] since 1973 and have two daughters, Jessica and Lydia, who both attended the Garden Suburb School.<ref name="hgs"/>


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British Jewish activist (born 1948)

Jenny Manson
Co-Chair of Jewish Voice for Labour
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 July 2017
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Barnet London Borough Council
for Colindale
In office
8 May 1986 – 3 May 1990
Personal details
BornJenny Rachel Salaman
November 1948 (age 76)
Harpenden, England, UK
Political partyLabour
Spouse Michael Manson ​(m. 1969)
Children2
RelativesRaphael Salaman (father)
Redcliffe Salaman (paternal grandfather)
Nina Salaman (paternal grandmother)
Esther Salaman (maternal aunt)
EducationSomerville College, Oxford (BA)

Jenny Rachel Manson (née Salaman; born November 1948) is a British Jewish activist, author, former civil servant, former Labour Party councillor for Colindale on Barnet London Borough Council, and co-chair of Jewish Voice for Labour.

Early life

Manson was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire where, according to Manson, her family was the only Jewish family "and the only family that voted Labour". Her parents were Labour Party supporters and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) activists.

Her father, Raphael Arthur Salaman (1906–1993) was an engineer and lexicographer of craftsmen's hand-tools who got news from Amnesty and CND delivered, and would read parts of the Bible to Manson. Her mother, Miriam Polianowsky (1914–2013), escaped a pogrom in 1917 and left Ukraine for Palestine where she lived in Haifa for 10 years before coming to England at the age of 15 and lived in Hampstead Garden Suburb.

In 1969, at the age of 20, Manson graduated with a degree in history from the University of Oxford where she studied at Somerville College.

Background

Manson's family celebrated Passover and observed Yom Kippur, and her father's family were members of Bevis Marks Synagogue. Her paternal grandmother Nina Ruth Davis (1877–1925) was a Hebrew Hebraist and poet. Her paternal grandmother's parents were Arthur Davis and Louisa Jonas. Arthur Davis' family were precision instrument makers who had lived in England since the early 19th century.

Manson's paternal grandfather was botanist and potato breeder Dr Redcliffe Nathan Salaman FRS (1874–1955) who wrote The History and Social Influence of the Potato. Redcliffe's parents, Sarah Solomon (1844–1931) and Myer Salaman (1836–1896), were merchants who traded in ostrich feathers during the height of the plume trade. The Salaman family are Ashkenazi Jews, who according to Manson's paternal grandfather, migrated to Britain from Holland or the Rhineland in the early 18th century.

Manson's maternal aunt is writer Esther Salaman (née Polianowski) and her paternal aunt is singer Esther Salaman.

Career

At the age of 21, Manson joined the Inland Revenue where she worked as a tax inspector, retiring from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in November 2011. She then worked in her husband's publishing company for two years, before retiring completely in 2014.

Manson is now a trustee of two local charities and chairs Barnet Carers Centre. She was a governor of the Garden Suburb School and chair in North London of the Save the Children charity.

After leaving university, she wrote a book of essays about consciousness, What It Feels Like to Be Me, which was published in 2010. This led to Manson being invited by the Association of Jewish Refugees to talk to Holocaust survivors. She edited the 2012 book Public Service on the Brink about the dangers of managerialism from her period of being employed by HMRC.

Labour Party

At the age of 16, Manson joined the Young Socialists and has been a member of the Labour Party since 1969. In the May 1986 Barnet London Borough Council election, she was elected as a councillor for the Colindale ward, serving until 1990. In June 1987, she unsuccessfully stood as a parliamentary candidate in Hendon North at the UK general election. She was inspired to become politically active again after Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party in 2015. Manson is a General Committee member of Finchley and Golders Green Constituency Labour Party.

In July 2017, Manson was elected chair of Jewish Voice for Labour. She has said JVL was founded to advocate for Palestinian rights and "to tackle allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party." She has stated that the organisation's mission is to "contribute to making the Labour party an open, democratic and inclusive party, encouraging all ethnic groups and cultures to join and participate freely.

In August 2017, Manson said that Jewish Voice for Labour would "provide a much-needed forum for Jews who want to celebrate and debate the long and proud history of Jewish involvement in socialist and trade-union activism." She added that they "invite everyone of Jewish heritage in the Labour Party to join us in continuing these great traditions." In September, she clarified that the organisation is "not anti-Zionist" but stated that it was "an alternative voice for Jewish members of Labour" who do not support the Jewish Labour Movement's "profoundly Zionist orientation". In October of that year, she added that the organisation was set up because "Jewish members of the Labour Party have been unrepresented in recent years" so it could "become the voice of Jewish Labour Party members and we will be able to say what we think about issues like racism, free speech and Israel-Palestine."

Views

Manson identifies as anti-racist.

Israel and Palestine

In June 2018, she told The Jewish Chronicle "my views on Israel and Palestine have moved quite a lot in the last 20 or 30 years, like many people I suppose." In 1966, she visited Israel during her gap year where she stayed with her cousins on a kibbutz. She said about the visit, "I was shocked then by the way Arabs were talked about in Israel. I was most happy on the kibbutz because they had dialogue with Palestinians. I remember them coming in for secret conversations in the night" and that she felt "desperately frightened" for Israel during the Six-Day War. She said, "I don't think as a family we discussed or questioned Zionism. It had sort of just happened."

In 2001, she joined Jews for Justice for Palestinians, and in 2016, she visited Israel with Yachad and "met with groups like Breaking the Silence and got a worrying impression from them that they were fearing for their security from other Jews for speaking up against the current situation."

In April 2018, The Jewish Chronicle quoted Manson as saying she "began to identify as a Jew in order to argue against the state of Israel and its conduct..." She later stated, "I was saying that in the context of Jewish political activity I only identified with Jewish organisations as my concerns about Israel's activities grew intense..."

IHRA working definition of antisemitism

In July 2018, Manson was criticised for comparing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism with Section 28. She subsequently apologised for her "clumsy" analogy, which she claimed had been "misunderstood" by clarifying that she was "making a speech on the impact IHRA has in shutting down discussion" and "making the point that section 28 was a policy which acted as a deterrent, without there ever being a case where it was enacted."

In August 2019, she was a signatory of an open letter to The Guardian stating that Tower Hamlets London Borough Council's refusal to host an annual charity bike ride event in aid of Palestinian children in Gaza has vindicated concerns raised about the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and that it "demonstrates that freedom of expression on Palestine in this country is now being suppressed".

Allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party

In March 2018, Manson said on BBC's Daily Politics that Jeremy Corbyn had taken "enormously strong action" to deal with antisemitism in the Labour Party. In April, Manson said on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, referring to a survey conducted by Campaign Against Antisemitism: "Evidence including very recent evidence commissioned by a Jewish body suggests the very worst antisemitism is still on the right, on the far right and always has been."

In November 2019, Manson dismissed Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis' comments that the Labour Party was "incompatible" with British values. She told ITV News that she had "never been happier than now" to be a Jew in the Labour Party, defended Corbyn and said that the Mirvis did not represent all Jewish people.

The following month, in a letter to Director-General of the BBC Tony Hall and the BBC's news and current affairs director Francesca Unsworth, Manson along with JVL co-chair Leah Levane wrote: "In the closing stages of an acrimonious election campaign, the BBC's coverage of anti-semitism charges against the Labour Party has been both unbalanced and uncritical."

In January 2020, Manson, along with JVL co-chair Leah Levane, expressed concerns over the impact of the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BOD)'s 10-point pledge "to tackle the anti-semitism crisis" suggesting they would silence hundreds of their members and those who hold views that differ from the BoD.

In May 2020, she said regarding Jewish Labour Movement's submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in response to its investigation into institutional antisemitism in the Labour Party: "We find overwhelmingly that fails to establish its case that Labour 'is no longer a safe space for Jewish people or for those who stand up against anti-semitism'."

Personal life

Manson is a secular Jew. She cites her family connection to Israel as influencing her views on Israel and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In 1969, after graduating from university, Manson moved to London and married Michael Manson, a medical and veterinary book publisher. They have lived in the same house in Hampstead Garden Suburb since 1973 and have two daughters, Jessica and Lydia, who both attended the Garden Suburb School.

Books

Year Title Credit Publisher ISBN
2010 What It Feels Like to Be Me Author Psyche Books 978-1846943621
2012 Public Service on the Brink Editor Imprint Academic 978-1845403065

See also

References

  1. ^ Doherty, Rosa (19 June 2018). "Meet Jeremy Corbyn's devoted Jewish defender: Jenny Manson". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "What It Feels Like to Be Me" (PDF). No. 104. Suburb News. 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ^ Kessler, David (13 January 1994). "Obituary: R. A. Salaman". The Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ Polak, Dolf (23 November 1995). "OBITUARY:Esther Salaman". The Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. ^ Niemann, Hans-Joachim (2014). Karl Popper and the Two New Secrets of Life. Mohr Siebeck. p. 40. ISBN 978-3161532078.
  6. Wordsworth, Saul (15 January 2011). "The adventures of Miriam". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. ^ "What It Feels Like To Be Me". Jenny Manson. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  8. Endelman, Todd M. "Nina Ruth Davis Salaman". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  9. Palladino, Paolo. "Salaman, Redcliffe Nathan (1874–1955), geneticist and Jewish activist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  10. Morrison, Blake (11 October 2013). "Generation gap". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  11. Stein, Sarah Abrevaya (2010). Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce. Yale University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0300168181.
  12. Miller, Jane (26 October 2005). "Esther Salaman". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  13. ^ "About Jenny Manson". openDemocracy. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  14. ^ Manson, Jenny (6 October 2017). "Head of new Jewish Labour party: We should be focusing on Islamophobia, not punishing Ken Livingstone". Talkradio. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  15. "Putting a face on life". Times. London. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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  17. ^ Harpin, Lee; Doherty, Rosa (26 July 2018). "JVL chair sparks fury by comparing IHRA definition of antisemitism to homophobic Section 28". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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  19. ^ Malnick, Edward (18 June 2018). "Jewish Voice for Labour founders 'completely secular', co-chair admits". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  20. ^ Manson, Jenny; Levy, Raphael (28 September 2017). "Jewish Voice for Labour is not an anti-Zionist group". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  21. "Labour's ruling body holds crunch anti-Semitism talks". BBC News. 4 September 2018.
  22. Winstanley, Asa (17 August 2017). "New Jewish group in Labour Party backs right to BDS". The Electronic Intifada. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  23. "McDonnell to speak at Jewish Voice for Labour event in Barnet". Jewish News. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  24. Welch, Ben (3 April 2018). "What is JVL?". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  25. Malnick, Edward (10 June 2018). "Confession of Labour anti-Semitism group". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  26. "Freedom of expression on Palestine is being suppressed". The Guardian. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  27. "Daily Politics guests debate whether Jeremy Corbyn has tackled anti-Semitism". BBC News. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  28. Harpin, Lee (24 April 2018). "Antisemitism is worse on the right says chair of Jewish Voice for Labour group". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  29. "Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to apologise to Jewish community in wake of Chief Rabbi's anti-Semitism warning". ITV News. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  30. Lazenby, Peter (8 December 2019). "Jewish Labour supporters protest against BBC bias". Morning Star. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  31. Rielly, Bethany (14 January 2020). "Socialist Jews challenge Labour leadership candidates for supporting BoD's 10-point pledges". Morning Star. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  32. Sabin, Lamiat (4 May 2020). "Evidence 'full of distortion' in EHRC Probe". Morning Star. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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