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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood at the CST dinner March 2026
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August 5, 2026, 8:54 pm

2026 shows the resilience and resolve of the Jewish community continues to be tested

Each of these incidents is an attempt to intimidate, undermine and undo Jewish life in the UK. But each of these incidents also shows somebody who confronts this hostility

By Dave Rich

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August 5, 2026, 7:08 am

CST records sharp rise in antisemitism for first half of 2026

The period saw a record number of antisemitic assaults and incidents of online Jew hate

By JN Reporter

People attend a "face down" antisemitism rally in Whitehall, central London, following a series of arson attacks and two people being stabbed in Golders Green, north-west London on April 29. Picture date: Sunday May 10, 2026.

Pic Lucy North PA

July 21, 2026, 10:48 am

Security alone will not defeat antisemitism

The role of the state should not end with protecting Jewish communities from hate. It should include creating the conditions in which Jewish life can flourish openly and proudly.

By Scott Saunders

July 17, 2026, 3:32 pm

Over 1,000 UK Jews sign letter backing ban on trade with Israeli settlements

Philanthropist Dame Vivian Duffield among signatories of letter sent to government

By Lee Harpin

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosts a reception at number 10 Downing Street, Westminster, London, to thank the Jewish community
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Suzanne Plunket PA

July 15, 2026, 3:19 pm

The government has been delivering on its promise to help protect our community

Whether on the streets or in civil society, antisemitism will be confronted and driven out

By Sarah Sackman MP

A young Jewish boy sits on his fathers shoulders waving a British Union flag.

July 15, 2026, 11:02 am

British Jews moving to Israel should do so out of love, not fear

If people want to make aliyah there are many good reasons to do so; the lifestyle, the economy, the sense of Jewish fulfilment. Despair about Britain must not be one of them

By Josh Glancy

July 14, 2026, 5:30 pm

The new Labour government must continue efforts to confront forces fostering hatred

Keir Starmer's last days as Prime Minister have been marked by some positive steps for British Jews - it is to be hoped this direction of travel will continue under Andy Burnham

By Adrian Cohen

Union Jack and the Flag of England (Creative Commons/ Thor)

July 14, 2026, 5:05 pm

Should we spend £250 million building a ghetto? Or a Britain that protects us all?

We need is a confident, inclusive Britishness that provides a shared instinct for moderation and resilience against fanatical ideology

By Marc Cave

Victor Levinson (left), Jonathan Metliss (centre) and Alex Brummer at Brummer's daughter Jessica's engagement in 2004.

July 14, 2026, 2:25 pm

Ordinary Zionist who embodied Israel’s extraordinary spirit

Alex Brummer pays tribute to lifelong friend Victor Levinson, whose optimism, service and devotion to Israel inspired everyone around him

By Alex Brummer

Police officers patrol at a cordon near to an incident at the Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north-west London, where an attempted arson attackcaused minor smoke damage to an internal room but no injuries or significant structural damage

July 13, 2026, 10:41 am

My message to Britain’s Jewish community: We hear your fear

Chief constables pledge increased patrols and renewed partnership with Jewish communities following unprecedented government security investment

By Chief Constable Gavin Stephens

Counter-terror officers warn hostile states are using children as proxies to target Britain and Jewish communities. Photo: Wikipedia

July 10, 2026, 10:45 am

Teenagers as young as 15 being arrested in hostile state probes, police say

Counter-terror police warn Iran, Russia and China are exploiting vulnerable young people to carry out hostile acts in Britain

By JN Reporter

July 9, 2026, 2:06 pm

Jews seen as Britain’s least safe minority, warns Dame Sara Khan report

New research links rising antisemitism, conspiracy theories and collapsing trust in institutions to wider threat facing British democracy

By Annabel Sinclair

July 6, 2026, 5:03 pm

When professionals are living through the same trauma as the people they support

The last few years have had a profound psychological impact on many British Jews; for many, this shows little sign of easing

By Caroline Ratner

The ARM was held in Brighton this year (BMA)

June 28, 2026, 12:28 am

This year’s BMA conference: obsessed with opposing the IHRA antisemitism definition

Professor David Katz writes about his experience of the British Medical Association's Annual Representative Meeting

By David Katz

June 26, 2026, 1:28 pm

Staff at Waitrose store reportedly refuse to call police after ‘F*** the Jews’ shopper tirade

An Orthodox Jewish woman was reportedly targeted by a man shopping in the store who is also said to have shouted 'kill Zionist Jews'

By JN Reporter

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