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The Home Office recorded 3,162 religious hate crimes targeted at Jewish people in England and Wales in the year ending March 2026, a 10% increase from 2,874. Recent reports include an alleged bomb plot targeting Jewish sites in Manchester, for which two men were charged in early October; assaults causing minor injuries to at least three Jewish women in Clapton Common, Hackney, on October 19, which police are treating as a suspected antisemitic hate crime; and an October 24 disruption of a City Law School lecture in London about legal work for families of Gaza hostages, where activists shouted hostile slogans including “Israel, Israel, watch your back.” Use heightened awareness around Jewish sites and demonstrations, and follow local police and community security advice....
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Cities (59)
183
London
לונדון
43
Manchester
מנצ׳סטר
39
Brighton
ברייטון
8
Edinburgh
אדינבורו
8
Liverpool
ליברפול
5
Bristol
בריסטול
5
Glasgow
גלזגו
4
Birmingham
בירמינגהם
3
Aberdeen
3
Belfast
בלפסט
2
Coventry
2
Newcastle
2
Oxford
אוקספורד
1
Cambridge
1
Exeter
1
Leeds
לידס
1
Lewes
1
Margate
1
Salford
סלפורד
1
Sheffield
שפילד
1
Southampton
0
Basildon
0
Bath
0
Boston Spa
0
Bournemouth
בורנמות
0
Bury
0
Canterbury
קנטרברי
0
Cardiff
0
Derby
0
Durham
דורהם
Recent reports (420)
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A man at a Glasgow Film Theatre screening made antisemitic remarks, including that Jews were genetically predisposed to violence. Audience members jeered him, and the theatre said police were investigating.
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heraldscotland.com
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Demonstrators held a vigil outside the U.S. Consulate in Edinburgh in support of Palestine Action, a group banned by the U.K. as a terrorist organization. Police reported no arrests there.
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thehindu.com
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The Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign planned a march from Manzil Way to the Clarendon Building in support of Palestine Action, as part of coordinated demonstrations. Police warned that people supporting the proscribed group could be arrested.
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oxfordmail.co.uk
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The BBC acknowledged that its checks failed before inviting Bushra Shaikh, who had previously described Jews in derogatory terms, onto a television program. The broadcaster said it had reviewed and updated its contributor-vetting procedures.
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telegraph.co.uk
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A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public-order offence after posters depicting a Jewish man as a “monster” appeared in Tower Hamlets during local elections. He was released on bail pending further inquiries.
Source:
telegraph.co.uk
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An undercover KentOnline investigation recorded a priest denying the Holocaust and promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, while a worshipper said a former synagogue in Margate should be burned to the ground.
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kentonline.co.uk
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The Hind Rajab Foundation filed a complaint accusing an Israeli man visiting London of alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide during his IDF service in Gaza.
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jpost.com
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Pro-Palestinian activists called Israeli footballer Manor Solomon a “baby killer” and urged West Ham to remove him from the club. The report also describes a video recorded outside the London Stadium and hostile chants by some fans.
Source:
thesun.co.uk
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The Green Party has lost members after adopting a policy that defines Zionism as racist and supports replacing Israel with a single Palestinian state. Jewish and Zionist members are considering legal action over alleged discrimination and harassment.
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telegraph.co.uk
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The Jewish Chronicle opinion piece argues that the Bell review’s recommendations could prompt a more serious discussion of antisemitism in schools. It cites critical reactions to the review, including comments using phrases such as “Zionist Jewish supremacy.”...
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thejc.com
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Traveled from US to Manchester in June with black hat, jacket, beard, Brisker peyos and met many Charedi Jews who said England is Nazi Germany in the 1930s but BH had no instances at all of anything remotely antisemitic or even anti-Zionist either locally in Prestwich or in MAN and LHR Airports
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Menachem
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Caution at most. I've lived in England my whole life. Hiding Yarmulka and Tzitzis is never advised. (I walk streets, ride buses etc. all over England [or I know people who do on a daily basis] in full Chabad garb, and the most I get is someone screaming Free Palestine from a car or motorbike. If that is a serious concern for you, learn Jewish history.) Hashem is taking care of us and no one can do anything to you without Him allowing it. (Obviously don't walk into a Hamas tunnel with Yarmulka an
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Moshe
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Neo Nazis with nazi symbol (“SS” and swastika) tattoos spotted at an amusement park in Devon, UK.
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Robert
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Youngsters from the EU on the tube in London made antisemitic remark, but ran away. Visited two synagogues in London with heavy security. Keep your situational awareness.
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Reddit
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After 10/7 I decided to start tucking it into my shirt because I was spat on and harassed in London multiple times during a trip late last year, didn’t feel safe to wear it outside of very Jewish areas.
Shay
בכללי לא מומלץ ללבוש סממנים יהודיים ברחבי לונדון
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