Report details ‘terrible,’ normalized antisemitism at UK universities

By Zev Stub

Jewish university students across the United Kingdom are facing unprecedented levels of antisemitism, with many reporting being attacked, threatened and intimidated on campus, according to a new report by StandWithUs UK presented to the UK Parliament’s House of Lords on Wednesday night. The report, which included findings and testimonials from Jewish students at more than a dozen universities across the UK, found that students feel less safe on campus since Hamas launched its war against Israel on October 7, 2023. “This report confirms the terrible state that we have come to, where high levels of antisemitic abuse seem now to be normal on campus,” said Lord Howard Leigh during the debate following the report’s presentation, according to a transcript shared with The Times of Israel. “Antisemitism on campus is not new… but it has now grown to a very worrying level where Jewish students are actually frightened to go to a British university.”