{"id":30167,"date":"2016-05-24T17:56:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=30167"},"modified":"2016-05-24T17:56:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:56:15","slug":"uk-golf-full-of-anti-semitism-jewish-ex-bbc-chair-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/uk-golf-full-of-anti-semitism-jewish-ex-bbc-chair-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"UK golf ‘full’ of anti-Semitism, Jewish ex-BBC chair claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

(JTA) \u2014 A British media mogul who headed the BBC has accused the United Kingdom\u2019s golf scene of being \u201cfull\u201d of anti-Semitism, saying a prominent club banned him in the 1980s because he is Jewish.<\/p>\n

Michael Grade, 73, who served as BBC chairman from 2004 to 2006, told the UK\u2019s Telegraph that he learned to \u201csteer clear of any clubs that have a reputation for being anti-Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muirfeld, the Scottish club that allegedly excluded Grade, has come under fire recently for voting to continue its ban on female members.<\/p>\n

Grade said he was invited to play at Muirfeld, but then had the invitation rescinded after the club learned that his \u201chome club\u201d was Coombe Hill, a Surrey club known for having a mostly Jewish membership, according to the Telegraph.<\/p>\n

\u201cGolf is full of that,\u201d Grade said. \u201cA friend of mine once asked me if I wanted to join another club which was said to have a \u2018No Jews\u2019 policy. He said he wanted to test them out, so he put my name forward and I was turned down.”<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Muirfield told the Telegraph it does not discriminate on the basis of religious background, which is illegal.<\/p>\n

Along with chairing the BBC, Grade has headed numerous other British media organizations and companies.<\/p>\n

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