The CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jewry, Michael Wegier, the 265-year-old representative body of Britain’s 275,000 Jews, gives a frank assessment of a community living through what the UK government has now officially declared an antisemitism emergency. Wegier sat down with Jerusalem Report Editor-in-Chief Ruth Marks Eglash as the UK responds to a wave of attacks on Jewish targets.
This interview captures a pivotal moment: the UK threat level has since been raised to “severe,” and the Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur 2025 marked the first antisemitic terrorism fatalities in the UK since CST records began. Wegier’s measured, evidence-based voice, refusing both panic and complacency, offers essential context for understanding how Britain’s Jewish community is navigating its most dangerous period in decades.
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