You don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.  I was introduced to this phrase over 40 years ago and it holds good today.  I can see the hostility towards British Jews every day, whether it is another biased report on the BBC website or a report of intimidation outside some shul or other, or as is the subject matter of his article, antagonism towards to Jewish students on campus.

Very recently the Union of Jewish Students published a report on just that subject – anti-Semitism on campus.  As far as it goes, this is an excellent report, well researched and based upon polling of a nationally representative sample of 1,000 UK university students, drawn from 170 higher education institutions between 26 January and 4 February 2026. The report makes clear that the sample was weighted to reflect the demographic profile of the UK student population.  The main findings are that a) antisemitism has become normalised on our campuses, b) glorification of terrorism is prevalent and unpunished and c) protests disrupt all students, and universities have a clear mandate from students to take........

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