The Church of England is apologising for medieval antisemitism – why now?

By Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton

The Church of England has confirmed plans to apologise to UK Jews for medieval antisemitic laws, put in place centuries before the church itself existed.

The anticipated apology is a curious one, especially as the modern British Jewish community has not been actively calling for it.

The measures in question, put in place by the Synod of Oxford in 1222 (a gathering of leading bishops and church leaders) and Archbishop…

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