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Synagogue received hate-filled messages ‘from Hitler’ after Hamas attack

A British synagogue received a bomb threat on Christmas Day and other hate-filled messages while two university students claim to have been abused in the street
An official at the unnamed synagogue said they had had more abusive calls and emails since October 7 than in the previous 12 years. Many included  the words: “Kill all the Jews”
An official at the unnamed synagogue said they had had more abusive calls and emails since October 7 than in the previous 12 years. Many included the words: “Kill all the Jews”
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A British synagogue received hate-filled messages from a person claiming to be Adolf Hitler and a bomb threat on Christmas Day, following the Hamas attacks on Israel, it has revealed.

An administrator at a British synagogue, which did not want to be identified, spoke out after a report this week declared antisemitism was at its worst in at least 40 years.

Stoked by the Middle East conflict, antisemitic incidents across Britain rose last year by almost 150 per cent to more than 4,000, the report said, affecting every police force area in Britain.

The synagogue’s administrator told The Times: “I’ve had more phone calls and emails containing abuse since October 7 than the 12-and-a-half years I’ve been working here.

“It’s really quite shocking when you