London jewish community

London Mayor Sadiq Khan backs police arrests over 'globalize the intifada' chants

The Met began arresting individuals using the phrase “globalize the intifada” in December. Khan said the language has had a direct impact on Jewish communities in London.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
London Mayor Sadiq Khan speaks during the 'Eid On The Square' event in London on June 8, 2025; illustrative.
A DEMONSTRATION calling for stronger UK government action against antisemitism takes place in London last month. ‘More than 1,500 antisemitic incidents in the first half of 2025 – almost certainly an undercount, as many people no longer report,’ says the writer.

The legal vacuum: Why Britain’s laws fail to shield Jews - opinion

Tell people to shrink, and they will: disappearing from certain streets, days, and conversations

|ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
Police officers surround a pro-Israel supporter during a protest in London in July 2025.

Nearly 500 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for supporting terror org., PM calls for sensitivity

UK PM Keir Starmer called for pro-Palestinian protesters to be sensitive to Jewish grief after the Manchester synagogue attack and ahead of the anniversary of October 7.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Shomrim responded to a male shouting vile #antisemitic abuse at Finchley Rd & Bridge Lane. The male was detained by Shomrim and subsequently arrested by police.

Feces and urine smeared on synagogues, Jewish school in five Golders Green incidents

Five Jewish sites in Golders Green were defaced with excrement in a week, in what police and Shomrim called a targeted antisemitic campaign under investigation.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

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.

JUNE 8, 2017ByMELANIE PHILLIPS
POLICE OFFICERS sweep the street outside a restaurant in Borough Market, near the scene of the recent attack in London

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