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punkture in reply to @fat_freddys_cat
ok, maybe it is for someone who may not be Jewish(?) and hasn't followed this issue in depth for years. But as a Jew who has followed this closely and, like many other Jews (of course not all and I don't speak for everyone) but:
1. As a general community it is clear that we feel attacked and many people do not feel that they can vote Labour because it is not a friendly place to be as a Jew. That seems to be greeted with a great shrug from many people who bizarrely simultaneously define themselves as 'For the Many not the Few'. Shameful.
2. Saying that the press unequally weight it as an issue is majorly problematic. You must be aware of the antisemitic trope that Jews control the media right? So is it the Jews who are behind this devious unequal weighting in the media? Whats the reason for it? Why are the media controlling Jews so hellbent on attacking Corbyn? Or does it just plain not exist and race hate towards Jews is a grave problem that should be given as much airtime as possible
3. Why can't people just believe us and support us instead of telling us to prove ourselves first? It is not acceptable usually to go around telling other minorities that 'actually, no you are not the subject of race hate, stop being hyperbolic'. That would be unacceptable to other minorities so why to Jews? It was a major finding in the Stephen Lawrence case that recognised that minorities have the right and are always best placed to define their racism, due to the insidiousness and blurred, undefinable lines that are often inherent in racism, so why is this not applied to us?

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tbc in reply to @punkture

I have no arguments for 1 and 3, because I don't think there are any.

But I think it is not an exaggeration to say that Corbyn has had a much harder time in the press in general than the Conservatives have, on any issue.

And I don't think that any kind of conspiracy is behind that, just the fact that he is not very popular, and that he has made no effort to make himself more popular. Which is partly admirable and partly pig-headed and short-sighted.

But it has also meant that where criticism is due, such as Labour's handling of the Anti-Semitism, both real and perceived in the party, there has not been a lot of perspective - e.g. with Hodge's accusations, or with the anti-racism activist who said an MP he did not know was Jewish was working "hand-in-hand with the media."

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