As the country’s home secretary, May, 59, was known to be a frequent guest at Jewish communal events, where she would praise Israel and British Jewry’s contributions to the country.
The security arm of the U.K. Jewish community told JTA that it has not observed any increase in expressions of anti-Semitism since Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Police are stepping up their presence in a haredi Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of London after swastika posters were placed in a playground there four days in a row.