2021年英格兰和威尔士人口普查显示，自称犹太人（宗教或民族身份）的只有287,000人，远少于两类群体：印度教徒人数超过其三倍，以及接近400万的穆斯林。该文指出，犹太人口增长最快的已不再是金德斯格林等传统城区，而是像伯勒姆伍德这样的通勤城镇。

3月以来反犹暴力持续上升，4月29日戈德斯格林两名犹太男子遭刺伤后，警方以未遂谋杀起诉45岁索马里裔的埃萨·苏莱曼，并称其当天在南伦敦还企图杀害一名熟人。反犹事件同比上升4%，社区安全信托会记录到月均308起，较2023年10月7日之前一年的平均值翻倍，9月舆论调查中认同“以色列因其支持者掌控媒体而可为所欲为”观点的比例从18%上升到26%。

英国政府承诺在犹太社区周边加强“可见”警力、再投入2,500万英镑用于安保并加快仇恨犯罪起诉，但围绕更强公共秩序权力与2023年《在线安全法》的效果仍有争议。英国虽有1936年反法西斯法和1960年代“煽动种族仇恨”犯罪化的立法历史，反犹主义走势仍未与法治进展同步；2010年代约3.8万法国犹太人移居以色列（2015年达到高峰），而英国犹太人近370年来多依赖相对稳定宽容的社会来度过高压时期。

In the 2021 census of England and Wales, only 287,000 people described themselves as Jewish in either a religious or ethnic sense, far fewer than both Hindus, who were more than triple that number, and nearly 4 million Muslims. The article says Jewish population growth is now fastest not in long-established districts like Golders Green but in commuter towns such as Borehamwood.

Since March, antisemitic violence has continued, and on April 29 in Golders Green two Jewish men were stabbed, after which police charged 45-year-old Somali-heritage Essa Suleiman with attempted murder, including an alleged assault on an acquaintance in south London that same day. Antisemitic incidents rose 4% last year, with the Community Security Trust reporting a monthly average of 308—double the previous year's average before October 7, 2023—and a YouGov survey showed agreement with the claim that “Israel can get away with anything because its supporters control the media” rising from 18% to 26%.

The government has promised visible policing around Jewish communities, an extra £25m in security funding, and faster prosecution of hate crimes, while debates focus on tougher public-order powers despite mixed results from the 2023 Online Safety Act. Britain has a long history of anti-hate lawmaking—1936 anti-fascist statutes and a 1960s criminal offence of incitement to racial hatred—but antisemitism trends have not closely tracked legal changes; around 38,000 French Jews moved to Israel in the 2010s, peaking in 2015, while British Jews over nearly 370 years have largely weathered earlier surges by living in a comparatively stable and tolerant society.

Source: What to do about Britain’s rising antisemitism?

Subtitle: A stabbing attack in a Jewish neighbourhood of London lends fresh urgency to the question

Dateline: 5月 07, 2026 06:28 上午