British Jewry

British woman questioned by police over pro-Israel advocacy, referred to counterterror org.

Holly Passmore told the Telegraph that the officers asked her about her recent trip to Israel, telling her that she may be "at risk of manipulation."

Holly Passmore
The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025 in Taunton, England.

CAA probe names five NHS workers over social media posts containing alleged antisemitic rhetoric

The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025 in Taunton, England.

Campaign Against Antisemitism documentary exposes antisemitism in British healthcare system

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.

Two arrested in London over suspected Iran-linked national security offenses


The Somme, 110 years on: The Jewish soldiers who fought and died

The Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest and most infamous battles in history, was intended to break the German lines and bring World War I closer to an Allied victory.

British infantry soldiers running out of their trenches at the signal to assault  the Somme, France, 1916.

UK medical org. to investigate NHS use of IHRA antisemitism definition over free speech claims

The British Medical Association has passed a motion calling for an investigation into the use of the IHRA antisemitism definition in the NHS, citing concerns over free expression among staff.

The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025.

UK MPs dismiss petition targeting Israeli control over politics as rooted in antisemitic tropes

UK MPs rejected an e-petition calling for an inquiry into alleged “pro-Israel influence” on British politics, warning it echoed antisemitic conspiracy theories.

A view of the House of Commons during a rain storm following the State Opening of Parliament on May 13, 2026 in London; illustrative.

Britain's Jewish Culture Month aims to move conversation beyond October 7

The month, which wrapped up Tuesday, sought to make clear that British Jewish identity is, and always has been, about far more than conflict. “We’re not defined as a community by pain,” Ma’anit said.

PAUL COLLINS, far left, keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, delivered an address on Ancient Israel and Judah as part of Britain's Jewish Culture Month, June 11, 2026. The talk had been rescheduled after concerns that ticket-holders had intended to disrupt the event.

British Museum delays Jewish Culture Month event after learning of planned protest

The British Museum postponed its Jewish Culture Month talk on Ancient Israel and Judah after learning some registered attendees intended to deliberately disrupt the event.

London, England, General view of the British Museum with visitors, Bloomsbury, March 2025.

The city on a hill and the dignity of office - opinion

Israel can no longer be counted on as a beacon of democracy.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir reacts as flotilla activists are detained by Israeli forces, in Ashdod Port, Israel, in this screen grab taken from a video released on May 20, 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.

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.

'It's like the Holocaust': Golders Green gang-beating victim tells 'Post' - interview

Ben Yakar was assaulted on Monday morning. The Metropolitan Police told the Post that no arrests had been made by Monday night, but that the assault was being treated as an antisemetic hate crime.

:ocal residents look on from outside a cordoned-off area in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London last month, following the stabbing of two people nearby.

Jewish man gang-beaten in antisemitic hate crime in Golders Green

The man, in his 20s, had to go to a hospital for injuries to his face and back.

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.

'Power with Purpose': Gordon Brown, the British PM who ‘saved the world’ - review

For the last half a century – before, in, and after high office – Brown has embraced unpopular and underpublicized causes and spoken truth to power.

THEN-UK FOREIGN SECRETARY Boris Johnson meets then-UN special envoy for global education Gordon Brown in London, May 2018.