The rise of antisemitism in the UK – podcast

There has been a 1,350% increase in hate crimes against Jewish people in London, according to the Metropolitan police

On 7 October, Dave Rich and his team of volunteers at the Community Security Trust were doing what they always do on Jewish festivals: organising security.

‘That weekend was a Jewish festival, supposed to be a very happy, celebratory time for Jewish people,’ David tells Nosheen Iqbal. ‘This meant that we at CST had a security operation in place for that weekend anyway, because there is an ongoing, very longstanding threat of terrorism that Jewish communities around the world face.’