The Board of Guardians of British Jews is to issue an edict to withdraw all support for the Labour Party following Wednesday’s anti-Semitic attack by Labour’s self-styled suited and booted brigade on an 82-year-old Jewish man at its annual conference.

“We were shocked by the scene when Walter Wolfgang said ‘nonsense’ during Jack Straw’s speech and was hurled out. What the Labour Party failed to realise was that Mr Wolfgang was speaking in Yiddish and ‘nonsense’ actually means, ’speak up’,” said Board president Harry Greenberg. “Mr Wolfgang is a senior citizen who could not hear what was being said and only commented in Yiddish, his first language to ask Mr Straw to talk a bit louder.”

Until the Board gets a personal apology from the Labour Party attack on the whole Jewish community, it will issue a rabbinical edict which will be led by joint chief Rabbis Sir Jonathan Sacks of the Unity Movement and Rabbi Beryl Cohen of the Independent Synagogue Society.

“Our first withdrawal will be Lord Levy who will refuse to offer any help in fundraising for the Labour Party,” Mr Greenberg said. “We have also called on Peter Mandelson to work part-time and go on a work slow protest.”

The Board of Guardians is also calling on the Labour Party to be committed to equal understanding of languages and to treat Yiddish like it treats other languages.

“Had Mr Wolfgang said it in French or Italian, I doubt very much if he would have been thrown out, but just because he said it in Yiddish, everyone took it as meaning something else,” Mr Greenberg. “We call on the Labour Party to now include Yiddish in all its forms of communication.”

The Board of Guardians of British Jews has received instructions from entertainer Rachel Stevens to represent her in a Jewish court of law in order to get an apology from television presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood known as “Dick” and “Dom".

On 10 September, Rachel was seen on the BBC children’s show Dick and Dom In Da Bungalow in which she felt intimidated by the presenters and decided she did not want to continue appearing on the show. Refusing to be “gunged” after being told it contained unkosher ingredients, Rachel used the agreed stop word “oy” but the two presenters Dick and Dom tried to continue with the “gunging".

“Rachel came to us and when we heard what happened, we were truly stunned,” said Board president Harry Greenberg. “Never in our 38 years of existence have we had such a blatant abuse of one of our most beloved entertainers. Not only was the ‘gunge’ made from an unkosher animal which we understand consisted of Emu fat mixed with other ingredients, but the pre-recorded show went out on a Saturday morning which Rachel never agreed to and implied that Rachel was prepared to work on the Sabbath, which quite clearly is not true. Even after the show, McCourt and Wood mocked Rachel which is unacceptable.”

Under her real name, Rachel Steinetski, the Board has also sought guidance from Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks. “He has advised us that Rachel has a case somewhat like that of Bernie Winters in 1972 when broadcaster Anglia TV misled him over eating a sandwich which turned out not to be kosher,” said Board head of legal affairs, Miriam Lee. “The then Chief Rabbi, Lord Immanuel Jakobovits issued a powerful edict which got Bernie the apology he deserved.”

The edict in 1972 required anyone Jewish working at Anglia to resign. Over 420 people including the broadcaster’s sales director as well as actors and actresses left to join other broadcasters. It also resulted in the third series of Anglia’s Tales of the Unexpected being cancelled.

“The Chief Rabbi showed he could do it then, and the Chief Rabbi today has said an edict is a possibility unless Rachel gets an apology and a commitment from Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood to stop their verbal and on-screen attacks against her. If it means that Jews at the BBC resign en masse, then that is a clear possibility as once an edict is issued by the Chief Rabbi, every Jew must follow it.”

The court case is set for November 8 at Highbury Beth Din (Court of Law) in London.

A new Jewish TV station on Freeview, Sky and NTL is to be launched under the auspices of The Board of Guardians of British Jews.

Jew4, a partnership between Channel 4 and The Board, goes on air from October 29 and features a variety of programming from music shows and news to a sitcom and movies.

The community managed station will also feature a number of professional broadcasters and entertainers including: Lionel Blair, Matt Lucas, The Chief Rabbi, Sir Adam Harris, Lord Bloom of Hampstead and Rachel Stevens.

Rachel Stevens will present the weekly Jewish music show, while Lionel Blair will be the host of Come Klezmer Dancing, a dance show with a klezmer twist.

Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks will present Thought for the Week while Sacha Baron Cohen will present a daily cooking show - Oy Kosher.

“We are delighted to have such a talented team onboard for Jew4,” said Board president Harry Greenberg. “Our mix of showbiz, news, culture and religion we believe will have appeal both inside and outside the Jewish community.”

Since Channel 4 expanded its channels to include E4 and More4, the new Jew4 comes as broadcasters look to expand their range of programming aimed at diverse community groups.

The Board which already has a stake in four Jewish radio stations across the UK believes TV is a medium to reach out to Britain’s three million Jews.

“We have been approached by other TV broadcasters but Channel 4 made the best offer to us,” said Board president Harry Greenberg. “As a joint venture, we both help each other, Channel 4 with the transmission and us supplying the programming.”