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.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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

Tavius Jean-Charles, 36, made repeated threats between October 2025 and March 2026, with the incidents occurring near synagogues in an area of north London with a large Jewish community, police said.

|ByREUTERS
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

The King’s Speech is the centerpiece of the State Opening of Parliament in the UK, where the monarch reads a speech written by the government.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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

Thirty-four-year-old Dylan Ossei was convicted of religiously aggravated assault, religiously aggravated fear of violence, and religiously aggravated harassment when he appeared in court.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Man waving meat cleaver and threatening Jews arrested in London

The man allegedly ran out toward two Jewish girls shouting “You Jews run away from here before I kill you.”

MAY 9, 2017ByJTA
JEWISH MEN share a conversation in Golders Green, London, in January 2015.

Despite protests, Israeli ambassador speaks at London university

The ambassador’s invite from the school’s Jewish and United Nations societies had been a subject of huge controversy among the university’s students and faculty.

APRIL 30, 2017ByJOSH DELL
Protesters and counter-protesters gather outside London’s School of Oriental and African Studies

Ken Livingstone repeats claim that 'Hitler supported Zionism'

Fresh comments come as former London mayor faces expulsion from Labour.

MARCH 30, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone speaks to the media after giving an interview to the LBC radio station in London in which he refused to apologize for comments suggesting Adolf Hitler supported Zionism

In Plain Language: The power of one

Good will always conquer evil; light will always dispel darkness.

MARCH 30, 2017ByANTHONY WEISS
Members are allowed to return following a bomb threat at the Jewish Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month

Jewish groups slam decision to drop Oxford Labour club antisemitism probe

Two students were cleared after 11-month inquiry.

JANUARY 18, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Flags are seen above a souvenir kiosk near Big Ben clock at the Houses of Parliament in central London

Blurry Lines: Anti-Zionism and antisemitism on UK campuses

Free speech and open disagreement is something quintessentially British. It is sad to see these concepts eroding in the very institutions that have always proudly claimed to uphold them.

JANUARY 15, 2017ByHANNES JÖBSTL
AN ISRAELI FLAG stained with fake blood at a pro-Palestinian rally in London.

Did Al Jazeera infiltrate a UK Labour forum via misled Israeli help?

The story behind Al Jazeera's confidential documentary series, "The Lobby."

JANUARY 15, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Flags are seen above a souvenir kiosk near Big Ben clock at the Houses of Parliament in central London

Gas canisters, Nazi slogans hurled at 4 London Jews

“They were just going about their daily life but they were scared about what would happen next. Jewish people have to face this anti-Semitism on a daily basis."

JANUARY 14, 2017ByJTA
JEWISH MEN share a conversation in Golders Green, London, in January 2015.

Mind the gap year!

High-school graduates bring Israel to Jewish communities abroad.

DECEMBER 29, 2016ByCARMIT SAPIR WEITZ
Rael Goodman, the head of the Jewish Agency’s Delegation in the UK

Will Brexit open door to new BDS campaigns?

After Germany, the UK has been one of the strongest supporters of Israel in all the interlocking institutions of the EU.

NOVEMBER 16, 2016ByDENIS MACSHANE
THEN-British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who the author refers to as a ‘philosemite,’ greets Ariel Sharon during a reception in Jerusalem in May 1986