Is Being Jewish Unsafe in the UK?
5/2/202633 min
Today we look at how safe Jewish people feel and the political response to a string of violent incidents in which they’ve been targeted.
It’s prompted a national conversation about antisemitism in the country among politicians and the public.
Two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, on Wednesday and there have been multiple cases of arson on Jewish properties in recent weeks.
Special correspondent Judith Moritz is on to talk about what the community has been telling her, and Paddy’s been to a synagogue in North London to talk to young people about their experiences.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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First 90 secondsPaddy O'Connell· Host0:00
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Laura Kuenssberg· Host0:33
[gentle music] Paddy, we are days away from what I've ridiculously been calling Mega May for ages, which is a huge set of elections on Thursday. So you might, at this moment in the news cycle, expect that all we would be talking about is the particular ward of a particular council where some controversy has meant that a particular councilor might not win his seat. However, due to the terrible events of the week and the attack on Jewish men in a North London suburb, all eyes politically have been on hatred and racism against Jewish people, otherwise known as antisemitism.
Paddy O'Connell· Host1:10
Yes, the stabbing of two men in the street, and then words matter. So when a political leader happens to be Zak Polanski, reposted on X, a remark about the behavior of the police, the suspect, and everything else, he had to apologize because stepping into the public arena without briefing