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The scene of the blaze near Kosher Kingdom in Golders Green on Wednesday morning. Photo: X
May 27, 2026, 12:49 pm
Fire at Kosher Kingdom caused by electrical fault, police confirm
Police say blaze behind Golders Green supermarket is not being treated as suspicious after major emergency response
By Annabel Sinclair
An attempted arson attack on Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was the 4th antisemitic arson attack on the Jewish community in North West London in less than a month. A boarded window shows where a firebomb was thrown through a front window of the synagogue late on Saturday night. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (HAYI), a new Islamist militant group linked to Iran, claimed responsibility. Credit: Amanda Rose/Alamy Live News
May 7, 2026, 9:24 am
Two Fires and a Press Conference
What does it say about leadership, when, after years of equivocation, the response arrives only once the flames are already visible?
By Leo Pearlman
Flames rise from a building beside a synagogue on Cazenove Road in Stamford Hill as emergency crews respond to the blaze on Thursday afternoon. Photo credit: The Yeshiva World News / X screenshot
April 30, 2026, 6:23 pm
Fire breaks out beside synagogue in Stamford Hill as emergency crews respond
Large blaze near synagogue and Jewish school prompts road closures as volunteers assist emergency services
By Annabel Sinclair
The bar where the fire is believed to have taken place (Credit: Creative Commons: Mapillary 167899455252675)
January 2, 2026, 11:22 am
Israel offers assistance to Switzerland in the aftermath of deadly resort blaze
40 people are believed to have been killed by a bar fire in the town of Crans-Montana on New Years Eve
By Jewish News Reporter
Congregation Beth El, in Rutherford, New Jersey - prior to the blaze
August 8, 2025, 1:14 pm
Historic New Jersey Synagogue destroyed by fire
Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, New Jersey, housing Chabad of Meadowlands, was engulfed by the blaze, with the Rabbi and his family managing to escape
By Daniel Sugarman
Labour leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive in Liverpool for the start of the party's 2022 annual conference
May 13, 2025, 9:25 am
Police arrest man, 21, over ‘arson attacks’ at Keir Starmer’s £2m North London home
Suspect arrested in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life
By Lee Harpin and PA
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and his wife, Victoria Starmer, after casting their votes in the local and London Mayoral election. Picture date: Thursday May 2, 2024
May 12, 2025, 4:15 pm
Police launch probe into fire at Keir Starmer’s north London home
Police and Fire brigade responded to reports of a fire at 1.11am on Monday
By Lee Harpin
Fire damage to Governor Shapiro's home (pic X)
April 14, 2025, 12:53 pm
Man arrested after suspected arson attack at Jewish governor’s home
US Governor Josh Shapiro's Pennsylvania Residence was ablaze only hours after he marked Passover with his family
By Jewish News Reporter
Ian Pitkin, 64, set his ground-floor flat on Newick Road ablaze in March
September 13, 2024, 11:38 am
Hackney arsonist jailed for life over act ‘motivated by hostility towards Jews’
Ian Pitkin, 64, endangered the lives of a Jewish family, including a young child, after starting a blaze in a property in Lower Clapton in March
By Lee Harpin
French Police (Photo by Paul MARSAN on Unsplash)
May 17, 2024, 10:40 am
French police shoot man trying to burn down a synagogue
Man armed with knife and iron attempted to burn down a synagogue in the north-western French city of Rouen
By Lee Harpin
Hackney house fire (pic LFB)
March 24, 2024, 5:42 pm
Man charged with arson and carrying a fake gun after Hackney house fire
Ian Pitkin, 63, will appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday
By Jewish News Reporter
The Met Police said the fire happened in a shed at the former MP’s office at Ballards Lane in Finchley.
January 4, 2024, 12:15 pm
Two charged over fire at MP Mike Freer’s office
In a statement the Metropolitan Police said they had 'carefully assessed the evidence' in relation to the December 24th incident 'and we can confirm it is not being treated as a hate crime'
By Lee Harpin
May 16, 2023, 4:13 pm
FLAMING MORONS: Golders Green synagogue holds Lag BaOmer bonfire celebration INDOORS
WATCH: Flames three-feet high, lit by Rabbi Dovid Halpern, brother of Rabbi Chaim Halpern, soar inside the main Charedi synagogue on Golders Green Road as children watch on.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Picture of fire damage from a menorah, posted by Manchester Fire service
December 17, 2017, 3:24 pm
Fire safety warning after two blazes caused by Chanukah lights
Greater Manchester Fire service urge Jewish families celebrating not to leave menorahs unattended
Screenshot from video taken by Alex Hoods Credit: @HoodsAlex on Twitter
August 15, 2017, 2:02 pm
JW3 security guards heralded as ‘utter mensches’ for tackling bus blaze
Emilio and Marius grabbed fire extinguishers from the Jewish community centre and helped put out flames coming from a 113 bus
By Jewish News Reporter
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