Four synagogues were vandalized in two24dash.com adds:London neighborhoods.
Dozens of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel slogans were spray-painted Wednesday night on shops, pavements and walls outside the synagogues.
Residents of the Stamford Hill and Clapton Common neighborhoods were "shocked" Thursday to see some 40 slogans such as "Jihad to Israel" and "Jihad to Tel-Aviv," according to media reports.
A spokesperson for the Community Security Trust, which provides for the safety of British Jewry, said the community already was on high alert after receiving threats from supporters of the al-Qaida terrorist group.
Police said investigators were looking into footage from surveillance cameras and that forensic teams had recovered a canister of spray paint.
Anti-Semitic incidents in the UK remain "far too high" and the number recorded last year was the second highest ever, a minister said today.The only other British media source mentioning this current spate of British anti-semitism (according to Google News) is This Is London. Nothing from the BBC, Guardian (although they do mention a recent report on anti-semitism on campuses), Times or other major news outlets.
Cohesion minister Parmjit Dhanda said there were 547 incidents last year and the Government had to continue to work to "bear down" on the problem.
For the Tories, Paul Goodman said all forms of hate crime were "an unqualified and unmitigated evil."
Mr Goodman said that many different places of worship had been attacked in the UK. "But only one religious institution in Britain is under threat to such a degree that those who attend are advised not to linger outside after worship, namely the synagogue."
Labour's Andrew Dismore, whose Hendon constituency has the largest proportion of Jewish people, said the Jewish community lived, in effect, in a "permanent state of siege and underlying fear".
Mr Dismore added that it was unfair for parents to be asked to contribute to funding security at Jewish schools.
"It's a voluntary contribution, but Jewish parents are expected to pay towards the cost of making sure their children are secure in school," he said.
As opposed to "Islamophobia."