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Police stand outside the scene of an antisemitic arson attack in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London, on March 24, 2026. (Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)
June 3, 2026, 11:57 am
Jewish apartment building in London’s Golders Green targeted in suspected arson, no injuries
Police are investigating Tuesday morning attack believed to be latest in a string of assaults on local Jewish community
By Zev Stub
The Shomrim neighborhood defense group in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, September 15, 2021. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2026, 1:03 pm
‘Eyes and ears of the Jewish community’: NYC’s Shomrim watch groups take up counter-terrorism
Once only trained to prevent street crime, teams now receive lessons on counter-terror tactics and spotting threats, bringing the local patrollers deeper into overall Jewish security network
By Luke Tress
CCTV footage shows a terrorist stabbing attack on two Jewish people in Golders Green, London, April 29, 2026. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2026, 4:56 pm
Two Jewish men badly wounded in terrorist stabbing attack in London’s Golders Green; assailant arrested
Somali-born UK national, 45, stabs septuagenarian in throat, stabs another man in his 30s; Met Police declare it as terror incident, Iran-linked group claims responsibility; Starmer condemns it as ‘appalling,’ Israel says his statements ‘no substitute’ for combating anti-Jewish hate
By ToI Staff and Stav Levaton
A woman walks next to damaged and burnt out ambulances (R) in the Golders Green area of north London on March 23, 2026, after volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organization were set on fire overnight. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)
March 23, 2026, 9:21 am
Four London Jewish community ambulances set ablaze outside synagogue in hate crime
Police looking for three suspects seen in footage pouring gasoline on Hatzola emergency vehicles parked at Golders Green’s Machzike Hadath Synagogue, setting them on fire; no injuries reported
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A screenshot from security camera footage of the suspect in attacks on Jewish institutions in London. (Shomrim/Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 9, 2025, 1:49 pm
London police say synagogues, Jewish school targeted in ‘revolting’ attacks
Authorities still seeking a man who allegedly smeared urine and feces on four Jewish institutions in the Golders Green neighborhood
By Zev Stub
Chaim Rotter, arrested on suspicion of numerous sex offenses, at a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2025 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 5:44 pm
Confidant to Haredi patrol chief suspected of sexual assault to be kept in custody
Chaim Rotter, head of Shomrim organization in Bnei Brak, is suspected of assaulting women and minors over decades
By Charlie Summers
An IDF soldier stands over a Palestinian suspect in Gaza in undated footage uploaded to social media on February 2, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
April 10, 2025, 8:42 am
Amassing troops’ own clips from Gaza, anti-Israel activists are keeping heat on soldiers
Databases exposing soldiers are being compiled using networks to ensure they can’t be squelched as alleged evidence for war crimes charges. Is Israel doing enough to protect its veterans?
By MILAN CZERNY and Shomrim
Residents in the Israeli Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights celebrate on December 9, 2024, after Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 6:08 am
Taboo no more: One in five Golan Druze now holds Israeli citizenship
Requests for naturalization hit an all-time high as communities warm to the idea. While future trends are unpredictable, developments in Syria will have a huge impact
By Fadi Amun in partnership with Shomrim
Jewish man uses grocery store trolley (R) to fend off knife-wielding pro-Palestinian assailant at Kay's Local kosher supermarket in Golders Green, London, on January 29, 2024. (Social media/X; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 30, 2024, 10:31 am
Man brandishes knife at London kosher store: ‘Do you support Israel or Palestine?’
Police arrest assailant on suspicion of ‘racially aggravated affray’ after he is tackled by shoppers and Jewish watch group volunteers in Golders Green supermarket
By Jacob Judah
Footage showing the violent robbery of a Jewish woman in London, December 7, 2023. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 9, 2023, 8:33 pm
London police probing whether beating of Jewish woman a hate crime
Shomrim security group says attackers kicked unconscious victim, laughed that she was ‘dead’; footage appears to show passerby ignoring attack, others arriving to help
By ToI Staff
An undated image of Jacob Daskal, the president of the Shomrim Brooklyn South Safety Patrol. (screen capture: New York Daily News)
July 16, 2023, 6:00 am
Ex-leader of Shomrim patrol in Brooklyn pleads guilty to sexual abuse of teen girl
Plea allows Jacob Daskal to avoid trial in case that alleges he groomed a 15-year-old for sex; he faces a minimum prison sentence of 14 years
By AP and ToI Staff
An attack on two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in north London, January 26, 2022 (Screenshot via Twitter)
January 27, 2022, 5:01 pm
2 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men assaulted on London street, 18-year-old arrested
Attack on the eve of International Holocaust Memorial day condemned by prime minister as ‘a terrible reminder’ of the present-day threat of antisemitism and hatred
By ToI Staff
Two men assault a Jewish man on his way to synagogue, July 16, 2021 (Screen grab/Shomrim)
July 17, 2021, 9:36 am
Jewish man beaten, robbed on his way to synagogue in Brooklyn
NYPD’s Hate Crimes Division investigating attack by 2 masked assailants
By ToI Staff
An undated image of Jacob Daskal, the president of the Shomrim Brooklyn South Safety Patrol. (screen capture: New York Daily News)
March 4, 2021, 10:50 pm
Brooklyn Jewish patrol founder charged federally for rape of 15-year-old
Jacob Daskal already facing state-level indictment from 2018 over alleged sexual assaults, though those charges likely to be dropped in place of new, more severe ones
By Jacob Magid
Screen capture from video of an incident in which a man appeared to through a Molotov cocktail near a London synagogue, February 2, 2021. (YouTube)
February 2, 2021, 6:34 pm
Molotov cocktail thrown near London synagogue; terrorism not suspected
Police say man detained; no reports of injuries or damage outside Golders Green site
By Stuart Winer
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