On September 2 the Times of London carried an alarming report of a wave of virulent anti-Semitism sweeping through Great Britain. The story by Joanna Bale and Anthony Browne, “Attacks on Jews soar since Lebanon,” relates that:

Synagogues have been daubed with graffiti, Jewish leaders have had hate-mail and ordinary people have been subjected to insults and vandalism. On Thursday an all-party parliamentary inquiry will state that anti-Semitic violence has become endemic in Britain, both on the streets and university campuses. The report will call for urgent action from the Government, the police and educational establishments…
The attackers, when visible, are from across society, [one observer] said. “When it’s verbal abuse, it’s just ordinary people in the street, from middle-class women to working-class men. All colours and backgrounds. We hardly ever see incidents involving the classic neo-Nazi skinhead. Muslims are over-represented.”
In hate-mail to senior Jewish figures, ordinary Jewish people were being blamed for the deaths of Lebanese civilians. “There are also references to the Holocaust, saying that Hitler should have wiped out the Jews.” (link no longer available)

The Jews must defend themselves, and the British public and leaders – including the educational establishments – must condemn and take action to prevent these attacks.