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Campaigners for Britain’s leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, prepare signs before his arrival in London on September 12, 2026. (Toby Shepheard/ AFP)
October 25, 2026, 8:10 pm
Top UK Jewish group declares Green Party racist after it rules Zionism is racism
Board of Deputies of British Jews passes motion 118-1, and will now consider any party cooperating with the Greens as failing to take antisemitism seriously
By Zev Stub
Illustration: British Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson speaks to the class during a visit to meet students at the All Saints School in Anfield, Liverpool, January 16, 2025. (Peter Byrne, Pool Photo via AP)
October 22, 2026, 11:52 pm
UK adopts sweeping plan against antisemitism in schools; teachers union pushes back
Union accuses Israel of genocide; program includes training, education on Jewish life and improved incident reporting
By JTA, Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Students march and wave Palestinian flags during an anti-Israel inter-university march in London on the second anniversary of the Hamas onslaught that sparked the war in Gaza, October 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
October 21, 2026, 8:52 pm
Review finds nearly 3 in 5 Jewish students in England report antisemitism
Government accepts 27 recommendations to strengthen student protection, teacher training and schools’ responses to anti-Jewish prejudice
By Zev Stub
Members of the Jewish community comfort each other following a deadly terror attack during Yom Kippur services at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, northern England, October 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
October 13, 2026, 1:03 am
Anti-Jewish hate crimes rise 10% in England and Wales, according to government data
Home Office figures show Jews and Muslims most targeted in religiously motivated hate crimes, with 3,162 incidents targeting Jewish community between March 2025 and March 2026
By Lianne Kolirin
Britain’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski attends a Green Party conference in Brighton, Britain, October 2, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)
October 5, 2026, 11:09 am
UK Jews ‘appalled’ as Green Party brands Zionism as racism, calls to erase Israel
Leading organizations describe the resolution as an ‘antisemitic platform’ and an ‘attack on the Jewish community,’ accuse the party of embracing extremism
By Zev Stub
A demonstrator is taken away under arrest by police officers after a mounted baton charge, in East London, on October 4, 1936, to stop fighting between anti-fascists and Sir Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts. (AP Photo/Worth)
October 4, 2026, 7:37 am
90 years on, why are British Jews being erased from the heroic Battle of Cable Street?
Surging antisemitism and rise of far-right color anniversary, alongside schism with British left that conveniently leaves Jews out of their own historical stand against the police to take on fascism
By Robert Philpot
Selfie taken by British anti-Semitic activist Joshua Bonehill-Paine, January 16, 2015. (Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)
August 5, 2026, 4:00 pm
UK Jewish groups reject offer to meet former neo-Nazi Conservative council candidate
Organizations say Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s crimes against Jewish former Labour MP Luciana Berger are too severe for political office, urge party to withdraw his candidacy
By ToI Staff
Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party's new leader and the country's next prime minister, during 'Labour's Special Conference' in central London, July 17, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
July 17, 2026, 5:15 pm
Andy Burnham poised to become UK’s next prime minister after winning Labour vote
Former Manchester mayor, who urged ‘more pressure’ on Israel after alleging apparent Gaza war crimes, will take over from Starmer on Monday, pledges economic growth
By Jill Lawless
File: Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally is greeted by Rabbi Charley Baginsky (center) and Rabbi Josh Levy as she arrives for a visit to the to Sternberg Centre to meet with the Jewish community in Finchley, London, May 14, 2026 (Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images, JTA)
July 14, 2026, 11:07 am
Church of England urges study of Palestinian Christian document accusing Israel of genocide
Text ‘risks undermining decades of careful relationship-building’ between Christians and Jews, warns UK’s chief rabbi
By Kelly Hartog
UK Labour MP Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester, England, on June 29, 2026.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
July 10, 2026, 5:41 pm
Jewish groups push back against likely next UK PM Burnham over Israel comments
After Labour MP urges ‘more pressure’ on Israeli government, Jewish organizations say ‘distorted’ criticisms of Jewish state are one driver of antisemitism, all must be addressed
By Zev Stub
Pro-Israel counter-protesters face the main protest against the Great Israeli Real Estate Event at Edgware United Synagogue on June 14, 2026 in London. (Denise Baker/Getty Images via JTA)
June 18, 2026, 12:37 pm
UK organizers of Israel real estate fair apologize after West Bank properties surface
Real estate agent says anti-Israel activists set her up by emailing requests for Ma’ale Adumim flyers, which she handed over ‘under the table’; 14 protesters arrested outside venue
By Kelly Hartog
Jewish Culture Month mascot Mr. Pickle hops onto the psychotherapy couch at the event launch party in London, May 2026. (Sophie Shaw)
June 17, 2026, 3:33 pm
Touting ‘Less Oy, More Joy,’ UK Jewish Culture Month celebrates Jewish creators others shun
Organizers admit that first-ever festival is response to antisemitic blacklisting in wake of Oct. 7, while achievements are so numerous tours can be crafted around existing museum installations
By Florit Shoihet
illustrative: An ambulance leaves a hospital in London, March 5, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)
June 4, 2026, 4:36 pm
In antisemitism crackdown, UK will bar NHS workers from wearing political badges
The new rules, based on recommendations by Lord John Mann, come in the wake of ‘shocking’ cases of intimidation and abuse within the health service
By Zev Stub
Britain's newly announced leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, reacts after being announced as the party's new leader, at a media event in central London on September 2, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
June 4, 2026, 8:29 am
UK Greens’ Jewish, anti-Israel leader backs ‘monitoring’ British-Israeli IDF soldiers
Zack Polanski signs open letter citing ‘public interest’ to demand disclosure of service in IDF, potential extra screening for all travelers with Israeli documents or arriving from Israel
By ToI Staff
IMAGE: Michael Wegier (courtesy) / Protesters gather near Downing Street during a 'national emergency' rally organized by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, following a knife attack in Golders Green, in London, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
May 14, 2026, 6:25 pm
Michael Wegier: British Jews aren’t living in fear, but they’re certainly anxious
The CEO of Anglo-Jewry’s main representative group says the community is worried but resilient amid hostility to Israel, violent antisemitism, and rapidly shifting national politics
By David Horovitz and Michael Wegier
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