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Yorkshire Pub Apologizes After Antisemitic Quiz Team Name Accepted

The case underscores worries that casual anti-Jewish abuse faces too few checks in everyday venues.

Overview

  • The Crown in Boston Spa accepted the team name "Golders Green should be Golders Greed" at its quiz on May 4 and later apologized after a local complaint.
  • Pub management said staff did not grasp the slur’s implications at the time and is reviewing checks with quiz organizers to block offensive entries.
  • The complainant, who is not Jewish, called the name outrageous and said it made Jewish customers feel unwelcome and unsafe.
  • Campaign Against Antisemitism called the episode plainly racist and cited it as evidence that abuse of Jews has become normalized in ordinary settings.
  • The quiz followed the April 29 stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, and the accused, Essa Suleiman, remains in custody with an Old Bailey hearing due May 15.