Two years ago I started wearing a Star of David necklace, for the first time in my life. The regular weekend hate marches had led to many Jews feeling so intimidated that they no longer felt able to be in central London on Saturdays. Added to that, the more general explosion in anti-Semitic incidents was creating an atmosphere in which many were worried about showing their identity as Jews.

It has long been clear that the mantra ‘anti-Semitism has no place on the streets of London’ – or anywhere else – is nonsense

My reaction to such hate has always been to try to turn it on its head. So I bought a Magen David necklace, as we Jews call the Star of David. I now wear it proudly; it is on me as I write this.

It turns out that, for the Metropolitan Police, I am wearing not a symbol of Jewis

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