{"id":716778,"date":"2026-07-29T06:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716778\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T06:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:28:09","slug":"report-on-jewish-diaspora-finds-biggest-rise-in-antisemitism-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716778\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;Social media has been used in the past few years as a place for radicalisation for different groups and individuals, including those that later go on a violent spree against a synagogue or a school \u2013 and now AI is part of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lord Mann, the UK government&#8217;s independent adviser on antisemitism, called for a &#8220;clear, calm and methodical&#8221; approach to tackling anti-Jewish hatred, warning that governments which avoidede their responsibilities contributed to the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Angela Rayner, the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, told the BBC she was &#8220;appalled by the horrific rise of antisemitism in the UK&#8221;. &#8220;It is intolerable,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Across government, we&#8217;re also working with international partners, including the J7, to strengthen the global fight against antisemitism and stand up for Jewish communities wherever they face discrimination, abuse or violence,&#8221; she added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The government recently announced a \u00a3251m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c78y2xg0090o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">funding boost to help police forces protect Jewish communities across England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for the Board of Deputies of British Jews told the BBC it was urging the government to deliver on measures to &#8220;strengthen Jewish community security, tackle antisemitism in schools, universities and public life, and ensure social media companies are held accountable for the spread of anti-Jewish hatred&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An independent review on antisemitism in schools and colleges in England is due to report to the government in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a joint statement, the J7 Large Communities Task Force Against Antisemitism said: &#8220;Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal. Governments must stop reacting after Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real security funding, stronger laws and social media platforms that enforce their own rules.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She said: &#8220;Social media has been used in the past few years as a place for radicalisation for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-716778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}