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Demonstrators against antisemitism in London on Sept. 8, 2025. Photo: Campaign Against Antisemitism<\/p>\n
A synagogue and its nursery school in the Golders Green area of north London were targeted in an antisemitic attack on Thursday morning \u2014 the eighth such incident locally in just over a week amid a shocking surge of anti-Jewish hate crimes<\/a> in the area.<\/p>\n The synagogue and Jewish nursery were smeared with excrement in an antisemitic outrage echoing a series of recent incidents targeting the local Jewish community.<\/p>\n \u201cThe desecration of another local synagogue and a children\u2019s nursery with excrement is a vile, deliberate, and premeditated act of antisemitism,\u201d Shomrim North West London, a Jewish organization that monitors antisemitism and also serves as a neighborhood watch group,\u00a0said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThis marks the eighth antisemitic incident locally in just over a week, to directly target the local Jewish community,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThese repeated attacks have left our community anxious, hurt, and increasingly worried.\u201d<\/p>\n Local law enforcement confirmed they are reviewing CCTV footage and collecting evidence to identify the suspect and bring them to justice.<\/p>\n This latest anti-Jewish hate crime came just days after tens of thousands of people marched through London <\/a>in a demonstration against antisemitism, amid rising levels of antisemitic incidents across the United Kingdom since the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n In just over a week, seven Jewish premises in Barnet, the borough in which Golders Green is located, have been targeted in separate antisemitic incidents.<\/p>\n According to the Metropolitan Police, an investigation has been launched into the targeted attacks, all of which involved the use of bodily fluids.<\/p>\n During the incidents, a substance was smeared on four synagogues and a private residence, while a liquid was thrown at a school and over a car in two other attacks.<\/p>\n As the investigation continues, local police said they believe the same suspect is likely responsible for all seven offenses, which are being treated as religiously motivated criminal damage.<\/p>\n No arrests have been made so far, but law enforcement said it is actively engaging with the local Jewish community to provide reassurance and support.<\/p>\n The Community Security Trust (CST), a nonprofit charity that advises Britain\u2019s Jewish community on security matters, condemned the recent wave of attacks and called on authorities to take immediate action.<\/p>\n \u201cThe extreme defilement of several Jewish locations in and around Golders Green is utterly abhorrent and deeply distressing,\u201d CST said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cCST is working closely with police and communal partners to support victims and help identify and apprehend the perpetrator,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) also denounced the attacks, calling for urgent measures to protect the Jewish community.<\/p>\n \u201cThese repeated incidents are leaving British Jews anxious and vulnerable in their own neighborhoods, not to mention disgusted,\u201d CAA said in a statement.<\/p>\n Since the start of the war in Gaza, the United Kingdom has experienced a surge in antisemitic crimes<\/a> and anti-Israel sentiment.<\/p>\n Last month, CST published a report showing there were 1,521 antisemitic incidents in the UK\u00a0from January to June of this year. It marks the second-highest total of incidents ever recorded by CST in the first six months of any year, following the first half of 2024 in which 2,019 antisemitic incidents were recorded.<\/p>\n