Sarah Sackman, the Labour MP for Finchley and Golders Green, said: “This shocking attempt to harm a local synagogue follows a series of alarming attacks on the Jewish community in Finchley and Golders Green.”
She added that she “refuses to allow this to become the new normal”.
“British Jews must be free to go about their lives without fear – whether taking their children to nursery or attending synagogue. We do not want to live behind ever higher walls,” she said.
Posting on X, external, Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said he was “grateful” for the police’s response to the attempted attack.
“While thankfully no one was injured, the Met are urging anyone with information to come forward.”
The Community Security Trust (CST), a charity which provides security and monitors antisemitism in the UK, said it was “supporting the affected location and are working closely with the police”.