Hillel House in Edgbaston, which houses Jewish students in the city, is to beef up its security after what it says has been a spike in antisemitism in recent times![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_JS333220678_censored.jpg\")
A ‘huge rise in antisemitism’ including a wave of pro Palestinian protests including this one at the University of Birmingham has led to the Trustees of Hillel House applying to increase security at its accommodation site for Jewish students in Edgbaston (Image: Anita Maric \/ SWNS)<\/p>\n
A Jewish student accommodation site in Birmingham has applied to beef up its security after what it describes as a \u2018huge surge\u2019 in antisemitism in the city.<\/p>\n
The Trustees of Hillel House, a dedicated site for Jewish students in Edgbaston<\/a>, have applied to install a 1.8 metre high fence and security gates at the site citing a rise in anti-Jewish feeling at university campuses.<\/p>\n They say Birmingham<\/a> has not been exempt from this sentiment and the protests and disruption were a \u2018major part of the requirement for these gates to be installed\u2019.<\/p>\n Read more: Huge rise in West Midlands Police antisemitic hate crime reports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Last year the University of Birmingham<\/a> saw pro-Palestinian protestors set up encampments at its Edgbaston campus<\/a> raising concerns about the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n The university went to court to evict the protestors<\/a> amid allegations of ‘unacceptable activity’, including ‘graffiti and intimidation against staff and students’.<\/p>\n But amid ongoing tensions the trustees of the \u2018hub for Jewish student life\u2019 have applied to surround its student accommodation with a mesh security fence and metal galvanised electric gate.<\/p>\n