London jewish community

Torah desecrated after break-in at London synagogue, police say vandalism not antisemitic

Vandals smashed the cabinets containing the religious texts of Gur Synagogue, and tore the books, scattering the pages across the floor.

Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.
 Mezuzah at Shalom Kosher

Blade-wielding man in Abbey Road sweatshirt cuts mezuzah from London Jewish home

Swastika found painted on the hood of BMW in Bristol, England on Yom Kippur.

'Nazi Jews': Antisemitic vandals target Jewish areas, businesses in London and Manchester

 Essex March for Palestine, 19 April 2025

'Deliberately antagonistic': Jewish community condemns Essex pro-Palestine march during Passover


Haredim hold prayer meeting in Stamford Hill in protest of bill threatening Yeshivas

Haredi campaigners have expressed fear that the Bill would lead to state interference in yeshivas and force them to teach secular subjects.

Asifas Tefilah, the prayer gathering, held in Stamford Hill in response to the Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

'F*** Israel': Attackers pelt London bus carrying Jewish school children

Four of the attackers jumped onto the bus and shouted at the JFS students.

A bus is driven across Westminster Bridge past the Houses of Parliament during foggy weather in London, Britain, February 7, 2023.

Jewish schoolgirls attacked by man hurling glass bottles in London, one badly wounded

The attack took place in Stamford Hill, which has a large Orthodox Jewish population.

 Police officers keep guard outside the Rolls Building of the High Court ahead of the appearance of Britain's Prince Harry in London, June 6, 2023.

Swastikas, Heil Hitler daubed in sand of Hendon Golf Club

Hendon Golf Club stated that it had been "the victim of race-related vandalism."

Antisemitic vandalism found at Hendon Golf Club, North London

London anti-Israel protesters applaud Hezbollah as antisemitism rises in the city

This comes as the number of antisemitic hate crimes in London overtake the number of Islamophobic incidents for the first time on record.

 Anti-Israel demonstrators express support for Hezbollah in London, 5 October 2024

UK Police investigating attempted kidnapping of haredi man in north London

Two men can be seen approaching a haredi man while another opens the trunk of their car which was stopped in the middle of the street.

British police officers stand watch at crime scene

Four wounded in possible antisemitic arson of London house, suspect arrested

The 60-year-old man arrested on suspicion of arson near the scene of the midday Hackney borough blaze reportedly made "a number of threatening comments, some of which were allegedly antisemitic."

Fire at B'Tselem building Jerusalem, January 10, 2016

Pro-Palestinian protest areas become no-go zones for Jews in London

Advisers to the British Home Office have warned that the British capital has become a "no-go zone for Jews" following pro-Palestinian demonstrations

 Antisemitic attack on Jewish London restaurant

Golders Green knifeman pleads guilty in London court, blames alcohol

Gabriel Abdullah's barrister claimed that the incident had occurred due to Abdullah trying to self-medicate his paranoid schizophrenia with alcohol.

 ‘Pro-Palestine graffiti in Golders Green, October 9.’ Illustrative

Leading British rabbi against Rafah invasion: ‘If I said nothing, I couldn’t live with myself'

"I write out of dread at the future hatred this is likely to engender, and out of fear that these actions may haunt us, and the good name of Israel and the Jewish People, for generations.”

 RABBI JONATHAN WITTENBERG,  co-founder, speaks at the Carbon  Zero event at the Jewish Museum,  Camden, London.

‘It is an obligation to remember the hostages’: Powerful London exhibit recreates Hamas tunnels

The exhibition is based on the testimonies of hostages who have been freed, returned home, and told their stories, as well as footage from Hamas.

 The search for tunnel shafts continues.