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Germany

“Jewish life is no longer safe in Germany,” says the country’s Chancellor

Friedrich Merz says he will do “everything possible” to protect Jewish communities

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Friedrich Merz, attends a press conference in Berlin on September 21, 2026, the day after state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. The CDU fared disastrously in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, finishing way behind the winning far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In Berlin, the CDU finished second behind the leftist Die Linke party. (Photo Getty Images)

Antisemitism

‘Antisemitism and antizionism at work’ survey launched for Jewish employees

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

Fish & Chips

Former museum director takes novel approach to dishing out British values

By Alma Green

3 min read

Elstree & Borehamwood Synagogue. (credit-Google Street View)

Antisemitism

‘Heil Hitler’ and swastika graffiti sprayed in Elstree field

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Prizewinning: David Nirenberg (photo: Sameer A Khan/Wikimedia Commons)

jewish studies

Jewish studies scholar awarded major academic prize worth nearly £700,000

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Saul Freeman in a CAA documentary about antisemitism in the NHS (Credit: CAA)

CAA

‘Jews shoot children for fun’ in Gaza, surgeon allegedly tells Jewish patient during operation

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Children in class in a stock image (Getty)

Antisemitism

Jewish pupils hiding their identity as hatred spreads through schools, parents warn

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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We will do everything to make sure you can live proudly, safely and free from fear

The Secretary of State for Communities pledges the government will tackle antisemitism wherever it is found as she sends New Year greetings

1 min read

September 11, 2026 00:01

Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation's Rabbi Daniel Walker at the communal memorial service for the terror attack that killed Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby (Photo: Gaby Wine)

London bookshop that sold Mein Kampf stocks book calling Jews ‘evil’ and promoting Protocols conspiracy

Aafaq Bookstore in Westminster, which is close to a synagogue, is selling a book that portrays Jews as inherently wicked and presents the antisemitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion as fact

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

September 10, 2026 12:05

The Afaq Bookstore (Credit: Google Earth)

Government announces Cabinet committee on antisemitism ahead of West Bank sanctions

Andy Burnham discusses measures targeting settlements with Jewish leaders in first roundtable with community representatives

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

September 3, 2026 19:08

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham (4R) and Britain's Housing Secretary Angela Rayner (3L) meet with Jewish community leaders inside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 3, 2026. (Photo by Jack Taylor / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

European rabbis launch manifesto to combat ‘great wave of violent hatred’ sweeping the Continent

Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, presents seven measures to tackle antisemitism

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

September 3, 2026 18:49

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt (Leonhard Simon/Getty Images)

Antisemitic incidents in Spain rose 15 per cent last year, new study finds

One community leader warned that ‘hostility towards Jews becomes further entrenched in everyday life’

By Phoebe Black

1 min read

September 3, 2026 16:43

Members of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain demonstrate, hostages held by Hamas, in front of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on October 22, 2023 (Getty Images)

Met cancels Galliano exhibition amid backlash over historic antisemitism

The fashion designer has previously apologised for saying he “loved” Hitler and told a Jewish woman she would have been ‘f***ing gassed’ while he was drunk in a Paris restaurant

By Phoebe Black

1 min read

September 2, 2026 11:04

John Galliano next to Anna Wintour (C) during 'Vogue World: Paris' at Place Vendôme in Paris, France, on June 23, 2024 (Getty Images)

By David Harris

How the UN’s 2001 ‘anti-racism’ conference in Durban helped shape today’s hatred of Israel

Twenty-five years ago, a gathering meant to combat prejudice and champion human rights became a watershed for the campaign to demonise, delegitimise and isolate the Jewish state and Jewish people

4 min read

August 31, 2026 15:35

Vice-president of the World Jewish Congress, Lord Janner of Braunstone, holds up a leaflet featuring a picture of Hitler and the question 'What if I had won?', with no Israel listed among the supposed benefits, at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban on September 3, 2001. (Image: Getty Images)

Nearly three-quarters of Jewish teachers’ union members self-censor over antisemtic or antizionist hostility

Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League said the finding revealed a ‘structural and cultural failure’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 28, 2026 11:18

(Illustrative) A teacher sets up her classroom at Freedom Preparatory Academy in in Provo, Utah, on August 13, 2020 (Getty Images)

Exclusive: ‘Khaybar’ T-shirt under police investigation sold on American site offering hateful clothing

US retailer Now Best T-Shirts also lists an ‘antisemite club’ hoodie and ‘free America from Israel’ shirt among its stock

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

August 28, 2026 11:02

One of the offensive products available on Now Best T-Shirts (nowbesttshirt.com)

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“Jewish life is no longer safe in Germany,” says the country’s Chancellor

‘Antisemitism and antizionism at work’ survey launched for Jewish employees

Former museum director takes novel approach to dishing out British values

‘Heil Hitler’ and swastika graffiti sprayed in Elstree field

Jewish studies scholar awarded major academic prize worth nearly £700,000

‘Jews shoot children for fun’ in Gaza, surgeon allegedly tells Jewish patient during operation

Jewish pupils hiding their identity as hatred spreads through schools, parents warn

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