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Attack fears at synagogues rule out teacher visits

Antisemitism course seeks alternatives amid heightened security to protect Jews

Anviksha Patel

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College staff signing up to an antisemitism scholarship are now unlikely to visit synagogues or Jewish schools due to heightened security risks.

Enrolment opened this week for the Department for Education-funded course for school and college staff, with the first cohort expected to start in November.

But planned “domestic study visits” to learn about Judaism and the impact of antisemitism probably won’t go ahead, ex Labour MP Natascha Engel said.

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