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Jonathan Sacerdoti
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist and campaigner
AwardsOxTalent Award, Oxford University ; Herzl Award, WZO

Jonathan Sacerdoti is a British journalist based in the United Kingdom. He covers stories relating to the UK and Europe, as well as terrorism and extremism stories, race relations,[1] Middle East analysis[2] and the British royal family.[3] He is also a campaigner against antisemitism.

Career and education

Sacerdoti is a graduate of Oxford University[4] having studied English Language and Literature at Balliol College, Oxford. He has appeared as a reporter or expert analyst on international TV channels including Sky News, BBC News, ITV news, Channel 4 News, Al Jazeera English, Fox News, NDTV and France 24. He had his first byline in a national newspaper when he was 17 years old, writing for The Daily Telegraph.[5][6] He is a Special Correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle newspaper,[7] covering investigations[8] and major news stories.[9]

He worked as a television producer on the Channel 4 breakfast news programme RI:SE[10] and on the Channel 5 news discussion programme The Wright Stuff.[11] He also worked as a development producer for various production companies, including Endemol, where he worked on the development of the UK version of Deal or No Deal.[12] Between 2005 and 2006, he worked at ITV, and then at Shine TV until 2007.[13] He also set up his own communications and design practice, Sacerdoti Creative Consultancy.[14]

In 2020, Sacerdoti was part of consortium of business and media figures [15][16] which acquired the London-based Jewish Chronicle newspaper. The newspaper was founded in 1841 and is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world.[17] It had announced its intention to seek a creditor’s voluntary liquidation, with 54 journalists and support staff told they would be made redundant, an outcome which was avoided through the consortium’s acquisition of the newspaper.[18]

Sacerdoti briefly worked as director of public affairs at the Zionist Federation in 2010[19] before working in 2011-2012 as a director of the now-defunct Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy.

Sacerdoti has appeared regularly as the UK correspondent for Israeli news channel i24news[20] and also the American channel Cheddar News.[21][22][23]

In America he is a regular guest commentator on E! Channel’s Daily Pop as a UK expert and royal commentator.[24] He has also appeared regularly as a co-host and guest on the American publication Us Weekly’s podcast Royally Us.[25]

Voluntary work and campaigning

He was a founding trustee of the charity Campaign Against Antisemitism and its Director of Communications until August 2016.[26][27][28][29]

Sacerdoti is a trustee of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's United Kingdom branch.[30]

He is on the council of The Montefiore Endowment, a charity which administers the endowment of the 19th-century British philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore.[31] He also represented the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation on the Board of Deputies of British Jews and has been a member of its International Division.[32]

Antiracism

As a journalist and a campaigner Sacerdoti has made many high profile public statements about antisemitism and other racisms, as well as about the Holocaust.[33][34][35] He has spoken about the racial persecution his father experienced as a child under the Italian Racial Laws[36],and written about the members of the Florentine Catholic Church who hid and saved his father as a child during the Shoah.[37][38][39] He argues that true anti-racism requires individuals to act fairly to protect each other, using the example of the Catholic priests and nuns who saved his father’s life: “When faced with the question of what our duty is as citizens of the world, each of us can choose to make a difference, just as they did.”[40]

He is critical of the use of the acronyms BAME and BIPOC because they exclude Jewish, Gypsy, Roma and Travellers of Irish Heritage groups, and because they create “linguistic opacity.”[41]

He was also critical of Whoopi Goldberg’s comments on The View when she said that the Holocaust was not about race, calling her comments “absolute nonsense” and “outrageous”.[42] He questioned Goldberg’s claims of being Jewish and argued against her use of a Jewish stage name, as well as her writing racist anti-black jokes for a white comedian to deliver in blackface.[43] Sacerdoti also criticised Children’s author Roald Dahl’s anti-Jewish racism, suggesting that his “antisemitic attitudes were, and probably remain, widespread among some parts of British society.”[44]

He has also written extensively about antisemitism in Arabic language TV broadcasts[45][46][47] as well as about positive interactions between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East.[48][49]

Lectures

Sacerdoti has spoken both as a keynote speaker and as a panellist at international conferences organised by Harvard University, National Chengchi University in Taiwan, the American University in Dubai and Keio University in Tokyo.[50][51] He has given lectures on the nature of terrorism in Europe.[52] He has debated at the Oxford and Cambridge Union.[53]

BBC News

He has appeared regularly on BBC News programmes, including on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme[54] and The Moral Maze.[55][56] He is a regular panellist on BBC World’s Dateline London.[57][58][59][60][61]

Awards

In 2001 Sacerdoti was awarded the Oxford University OxTALENT prize for IT and literature.[13]

In 2010 he was awarded the World Zionist Organization's "Herzl Award".[32]

References

  1. ^ Puente, Maria (22 March 2021). "Harry & Meghan crisis finds monarchy at reckoning". Life. USA TODAY. p. 5b.
  2. ^ Jonathan Sacerdoti (2015-01-23), "Jonathan Sacerdoti on Sky News: the death of Saudi King Abdullah and implications for the future", Sky News, retrieved 2018-04-06 – via YouTube
  3. ^ Kaonga, Gerrard (2021-07-05). "King Charles will struggle to replace the Queen as monarch: 'Hard act to follow!'". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  4. ^ "Ones to Watch: 40 Under 40". Jewish News. Times of Israel. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  5. ^ Sacerdoti, Jonathan (26 May 1997). "When the going gets tough, Sir Ron gets going". The Daily Telegraph.
  6. ^ IMDB, "Jonathan Sacerdoti Biography", IMDb
  7. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/jakewsimons/status/1471509016752783371. Retrieved 2022-01-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/exposed-sleeper-cell-of-evangelical-christians-posing-as-orthodox-rabbis-1.521679. Retrieved 2022-01-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/education-minister-i-want-every-pupil-to-see-auschwitz-1.522511. Retrieved 2022-01-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ IMDB, "RI:SE Full Cast & Crew", IMDB
  11. ^ IMDB, "The Wright Stuff Full Cast & Crew", IMDB
  12. ^ IMDB, "Deal or No Deal, Full Cast & Crew", IMDB
  13. ^ a b "Jonathan Sacerdoti - Creative Consultant and TV development Producer". www.yatedo.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  14. ^ "Sacerdoti Creative Consultancy". www.sacerdoti.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  15. ^ Twitter, Charlotte Tobitt (2020-04-23). "Jewish Chronicle under new ownership as consortium's 'very generous' offer accepted". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2021-03-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ "Jewish Chronicle saved by consortium after messy takeover battle". the Guardian. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  17. ^ http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521019133 The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991
  18. ^ "Fury at emergence of rival bid for Jewish Chronicle". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  19. ^ "ZIONIST FEDERATION CONDEMNS TUC CONGRESS APPROVAL OF DISCRIMINATORY BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI GOODS". zionistfederation.blogspot.co.uk. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  20. ^ "Jonathan Sacerdoti on the UK attack | i24news - See beyond". i24news. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  21. ^ Boris Johnson recovers after hospital and France continues lockdown, retrieved 2021-03-30
  22. ^ Boris Johnson leaves intensive care but remains in hospital, retrieved 2021-03-30
  23. ^ UK government announces £750 million funding for charities hit by COVID-19 crisis., retrieved 2021-03-30
  24. ^ 2021 In Review: Meghan Markle & Prince Harry's Bombshell Interview | Daily Pop | E! News, retrieved 2022-01-05
  25. ^ Prince Harry Ex Attends Family Event & Prince Charles On Queen Elizabeth II Health | Royally Us, retrieved 2022-01-05
  26. ^ Jewish News Syndicate "UK’s Jeremy Corbyn says ‘Zionists’ don’t understand British culture", 23 August 2018.
  27. ^ Ynet News "Corbyn in 2013: ‘British Zionists don’t get British irony’", Ynet, Israel, 24 August 2018.
  28. ^ "Welcome Stephen and Binyomin, farewell Jonathan and Angela". Campaign Against Antisemitism. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  29. ^ Puente, Maria (22 March 2021). "Harry & Meghan crisis finds monarchy at reckoning". USA TODAY. p. Life 5b.
  30. ^ "Charity Details". beta.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  31. ^ "The Montefiore Endowment – Montefiore Endowment". www.montefioreendowment.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  32. ^ a b "MJC Calendar". www.liverpooljewish.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  33. ^ "Jonathan Sacerdoti". UK Jewish Film. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  34. ^ Sacerdoti, Jonathan. "Should we judge Roald Dahl's work by his anti-Semitism? | The Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  35. ^ Sacerdoti, Jonathan. "The trouble with 'BAME' | The Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  36. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1488442354155540480. Retrieved 2022-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  37. ^ "How should we honor the 'angels' of the Holocaust when they're gone?". The Spectator World. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  38. ^ cruxnow.com https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2021/04/holocausts-righteous-need-to-be-remembered-too-survivors-son-says. Retrieved 2022-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  39. ^ "Holocaust's 'righteous' need to be remembered, too, survivor's son says | The Long Island Catholic". licatholic.org. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  40. ^ "How should we honor the 'angels' of the Holocaust when they're gone?". The Spectator World. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  41. ^ "The trouble with 'BAME' | The Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  42. ^ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  43. ^ www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/all/will-the-real-whoopi-goldberg-please-stand-up-6Ztn3FgEDRbzFL4cBQPk0B. Retrieved 2022-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  44. ^ Sacerdoti, Jonathan. "Should we judge Roald Dahl's work by his anti-Semitism? | The Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  45. ^ www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/news/news/bbc-journalist-praised-the-%27exquisite-journalism%27-of-holocaust-revisionist-7pHOuKXwCVOBFhO9KK3P02. Retrieved 2022-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  46. ^ "Systematic BBC Arabic bias revealed". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  47. ^ "BBC Arabic anchor defends David Miller". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  48. ^ www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/news/news/meet-the-arab-zionists-a-new-generation-of-online-pioneers-5b63osaAHhUP9zlIFZi3XM. Retrieved 2022-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  49. ^ www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/news/world/pioneering-israeli-journalist-is-first-to-land-a-job-at-emirati-paper-35H67DrHz1WFGd9sY8DSUw. Retrieved 2022-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  50. ^ http://christinapaschyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013_HPAIR_ACONF_Handbook_Compressed-1.pdf [dead link‍]
  51. ^ "Jonathan Sacerdoti". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  52. ^ "Funzing Talks | Terrorism in Europe". uk.funzing.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  53. ^ The Cambridge Union (2013-04-29), This House Believes it is Western Hypocrisy to Condemn Iran's Nuclear Aspirations, retrieved 2018-04-06
  54. ^ Jonathan Sacerdoti on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, discussing Saturday night TV, retrieved 2021-03-30
  55. ^ "The Moral Maze: boycotts". Harry's Place. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  56. ^ ethanrmorgan (2016-02-23). "On the Proposal to Ban Boycotting by Public Bodies". University of York's English Pen Society. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  57. ^ Sela, Hadar (2021-02-15). "BBC clarifies inaccurate 'Dateline London' claim about Oslo Accords and Palestinian healthcare". CAMERA UK. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  58. ^ Jonathan Sacerdoti on BBC Dateline London, 2nd August 2014, retrieved 2021-03-30
  59. ^ Salisbury, Josh. "BBC backtracks over claim Israel is responsible for vaccinating Palestinians". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  60. ^ BBC Dateline London, with Jonathan Sacerdoti, Stephanie Baker, Janet Daley and Mustapha Karkouti, retrieved 2021-03-30
  61. ^ Dateline London 1 February 2020, the Trump peace plan and Brexit Day, retrieved 2021-03-30
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