0h 9min, apr 20, 2026 y - British Jews tell of Rising Antisemitism

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Amanda has been at the centre of her local community for years, as a volunteer and a governor at her two children's school in a quiet London suburb. But over the past two years, she says simply going about her daily life has brought her abuse. She has been spat at in the street, branded a "baby killer", and received a death threat, she says, all because she is Jewish.

Until recently, Amanda, 47, always openly wore a Star of David pendant around her neck. The Jewish symbol is a proud part of her identity and she had never thought twice about displaying it. Now, she tells BBC Panorama, she is afraid it marks her out as a target.

"It's hard to be openly Jewish sometimes in everyday life," she says. "Living in the UK now for Jewish people is very uncomfortable."

In a WhatsApp group of about 20 of her Jewish friends - many of them children or grandchildren of refugees from the Nazis, who once saw the UK as a haven from antisemitism - she says conversations have shifted from neighbourhood chat to more existential questions.

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