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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
Footage posted to social media by Jewish volunteer security organization Shomrim showing an assault on Jewish women in Stamford Hill, north London, October 20, 2026. (Screenshot/Shomrim via X)
October 20, 2026, 8:55 pm
At least three Jewish women attacked in north London in alleged hate crime
Suspect arrested after being detained by Jewish security volunteers who quickly arrived on scene; victims, including mother with baby, believe they were assaulted due to their faith
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: A view is of St Thomas’ Hospital in central London on April 11, 2020 (Niklas HALLE’N/AFP)
October 10, 2026, 7:28 pm
5 UK health workers spread hate against Jews and Israel, one cheered Oct. 7 — report
Daily Mail further details antisemitic posts made by current and former NHS doctors and staff, including calling Zionism an ‘ideology of terror’ and saying Australia’s Bondi attack was a ‘false flag’
By ToI Staff
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
British journalist Esther Rantzen arrives to attend a service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of late British singer Dame Vera Lynn, at Westminster Abbey, in central London, on March 21, 2022. (Hollie Adams/AFP)
October 1, 2026, 1:38 am
Campaigning British Jewish broadcaster Esther Rantzen dies at 86
Rantzen became a tireless champion of legalizing assisted suicide, after rising to prominence for her work on the BBC show ‘That’s Life!’
By Agencies
Former star striker Wayne Rooney stands on the pitch before the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Liverpool, England, November 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
September 24, 2026, 3:13 pm
British soccer legend Wayne Rooney reveals Jewish ancestry
Raised Catholic and once interested in becoming a priest, former England striker learns his great-grandmother fled Poland for Liverpool
By ToI Staff
An illustration taken on July 7, 2024, shows the National Health Service (NHS) logo displayed on a screen backdropped by the Union Jack flag. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
September 15, 2026, 2:53 pm
British healthcare system rife with ‘malignant’ antisemitism, watchdog alleges
Film by Campaign Against Antisemitism shares several anecdotes, including surgeon telling patient during a procedure that Jews kill Palestinian kids ‘for fun,’ nurse doing Nazi salute for colleague
By Michael Horovitz
Britain’s leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, addresses supporters, one of whom is holding a Palestinian flag, during a rally in south London, on June 24, 2026. (Henry NICHOLLS/AFP)
September 11, 2026, 2:25 pm
Anti-Israel Green leader Polanski will contest Starmer’s old seat in UK Parliament
Jewish head of party embroiled in antisemitism scandals will run in Holborn and St. Pancras by-election on Oct. 8; two years ago, an independent anti-Israel candidate got 19% of the vote there, and Greens got 10%
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man works on a fence at a Palestinian-Bedouin family’s house to try to prevent attacks from Israeli settlers on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, September 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
September 10, 2026, 2:44 pm
Progressive UK rabbis say West Bank sanctions necessary to combat settler violence
Welcoming measures, several religious leaders denounce ‘repugnant’ violence as counter to Jewish values, in contrast to UK’s chief rabbi, who called announcement a ‘dark day’
By Michael Horovitz
People demonstrate ahead of the Europa League soccer match between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham, England, November 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Darren Staples)
August 26, 2026, 7:36 pm
UK police officers probed for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans from 2025 match
Watchdog investigates ex-police chief and 3 other officers over decision to bar Israeli fans from Aston Villa game, after inquiries found force relied on inaccurate intelligence
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Elisheva Levy at Kumkum Tea House, 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
August 16, 2026, 6:01 am
Elisheva Levy, Jerusalem’s fairy godmother
On this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a woman who has made a home for everyone in her whimsical British tea house
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
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
Green Party leader Zack Polanski (right) celebrates with the Greens' Zoe Garbett after she was declared the winner in the 2026 London Borough of Hackney mayoral election at Hackney Service Centre, east London, May 8, 2026. (Reuters via PA)
July 30, 2026, 10:59 am
London’s Hackney council gives initial nod to end 58-year twin city deal with Haifa
After emotional debate, Greens’-controlled council in heavily Jewish borough votes to sever ties with Israeli port city, though some argued move punishes people for actions of their government
By Kelly Hartog
Ed Miliband, Britain’s Foreign Secretary arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, July 21, 2026. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
July 24, 2026, 4:27 pm
10 clues on how new UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband could deal with Israel
The Jewish politician has a long, uneasy relationship with UK Jewry. From denunciations of Israel to warm words, how has Miliband got on with the Jewish state and British Jews — so far
By Robert Philpot
Jihad al-Shamie, who carried out a deadly terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, UK, on Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025. (Image circulated on social media)
July 23, 2026, 12:31 pm
Manchester synagogue terrorist plotted to kill Israeli soldiers at a UK military school
Attacker discussed ‘violent jihad’ with friend from mosque who is now convicted of espionage, plotting to storm UK Defence Academy on assumption Israeli soldiers were present
By ToI Staff
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