Arson attacks 'gathering momentum' Chief Rabbi says
The warning comes after Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was attacked overnight. No one was injured and minor smoke damage was reported.
The incident comes amid a series of arson and attempted arson attacks on Jewish property over the past month, including a former charity building in Hendon that counter‑terrorism police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis described the latest attack as "cowardly" while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was appalled and that "visible policing" would be increased.
Sir Ephraim wrote on social media: "Last night yet another synagogue, this time in Kenton, was targeted in a cowardly arson attack.
"It follows the attack in Finchley on Wednesday and the attempted attack on what was the Jewish Futures building in Hendon on Friday night, making three Jewish sites attacked in London in less than a week."
The Met said counter terrorism officers were investigating the latest attack as well as ones on a Persian language media organisation and ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity set alight in Golders Green last month.
Sir Ephraim added: "A sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community of the UK is gathering momentum.
"This sustained attack on our community's ability to worship and live in safety is an attack on the values that bind us all together.
"Thank God, no lives have been lost, but we cannot, and must not, wait for that to change before we understand just how dangerous this moment is for all of our society."
On social media, Sir Keir wrote: "This is abhorrent and it will not be tolerated. Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain.
The incident comes amid a series of arson and attempted arson attacks on Jewish property over the past month, including a former charity building in Hendon that counter‑terrorism police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis described the latest attack as "cowardly" while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was appalled and that "visible policing" would be increased.
Sir Ephraim wrote on social media: "Last night yet another synagogue, this time in Kenton, was targeted in a cowardly arson attack.
"It follows the attack in Finchley on Wednesday and the attempted attack on what was the Jewish Futures building in Hendon on Friday night, making three Jewish sites attacked in London in less than a week."
The Met said counter terrorism officers were investigating the latest attack as well as ones on a Persian language media organisation and ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity set alight in Golders Green last month.
Sir Ephraim added: "A sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community of the UK is gathering momentum.
"This sustained attack on our community's ability to worship and live in safety is an attack on the values that bind us all together.
"Thank God, no lives have been lost, but we cannot, and must not, wait for that to change before we understand just how dangerous this moment is for all of our society."
On social media, Sir Keir wrote: "This is abhorrent and it will not be tolerated. Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain.
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