London jewish community

Antisemitic hate crimes in London surge 72% in May 2026 compared to April

Most of the incidents in May 2026 were concentrated in the borough of Barnet, which is where the Jewish neighborhoods of Golders Green, Hendon, and Finchley are located.

PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.
An Orthodox Jew walks near the scene where a man was arrested on Wednesday following a stabbing incident in which two Jewish men were wounded in the Golders Green area, which is home to a large Jewish population, in London, Britain, April 30, 2026.

'I will kill you Jews,' man jailed for shouting death threats at Jews in London

Britain's King Charles III meets members of the Shomrin Jewish security group as he visits Golders Green in North London following the attack on Jewish residents, Britain, May 14, 2026.

King Charles vows to take urgent action against antisemitism, foreign threats, and extremism

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty as people attend a rally organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, opposite Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2026.

UK man convicted after assaulting people on the street while asking if they were Jewish


London police on high alert in Jewish communities ahead of High Holy Days

London police have a special "L'Shanah Tovah" message for the Jewish community.

An armed police officer attends to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London, Britain June 19, 2017

Couple plead guilty to antisemitic attack at wedding in London synagogue

The couple pushed and struck guests, and whipped them with a dog leash.

Clapton Common Synagogue Kehal Yetev Lev in East London

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UK watchdog: Record number of antisemitic incidents in first half of year

The organization reported 767 antisemitic incidents nationwide from January through June 2017, a 30% increase from the 589 during the first six months of 2016.

British Jews

UK synagogue membership at all-time low

Negative correlation found with rise of number of shuls.

A Jewish man and boys in London

Jewish Londoners need their mayor to do his job

When terrorist flags are being flown openly in your city and antisemitic slogans are being shouted from street corners, any mayor worth his salt should want to do something about it.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan

UK Jews look to long-term aid for London fire victims

Many of the residents were low-income families or disabled people.

Major blaze erupts in central London tower block

Row over same-sex love lecture 'alarming,' says top UK rabbi

The Sephardi community both in the UK and abroad is upset over one rabbi's lecture over same-sex love.

Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Thug with a crowbar yelled 'kill all the Jews' at London polling station

A Jewish man was the primary target of the abuse.

AN ISRAELI FLAG stained with fake blood at a pro-Palestinian rally in London.

As I See It: The West’s most fundamental and lethal divide

Even now people are minimizing, misunderstanding and misdiagnosing the threat – and attacking those who are calling it out.

POLICE OFFICERS sweep the street outside a restaurant in Borough Market, near the scene of the recent attack in London