India, May 24 -- Episodes like Pahalgam, and attacks in Britain on the Jewish community, are so appalling that they should elicit an emotional response from all of us

The recent attack on the Jewish community in Golders Green took place almost exactly one year, to the day, after the horrific atrocity in Pahalgam in Kashmir. In both cases, innocent people were subjected to brutal violence because of their ethnicity and their faith. This coincidence of dates was a grim reminder that both India and the UK face on an ever-present threat from extremist Islamist terrorism.

When I was growing up, antisemitism seemed to be a relic of a misguided past, something that would steadily fade into history. It is appalling to see this poison revived an...