Anti-Semitic incidents surged to an annual record after Bob Vylan’s anti-Israel chants at Glastonbury Festival, a report has found.

Bobby Vylan, the leader singer of the punk rap duo whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, repeatedly chanted “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]” in a performance that was broadcast live by the BBC in June.

The incident prompted Sir Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi, to brand the airing “of vile Jew hatred” as a “national shame”, and the Campaign Against Antisemitism also called for Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, to be sacked.

In the latest report by the Community Security Trust (CST), a UK charity that works to protect Jews from anti-Semitism, the highest daily total of anti-Semitic incidents in the first half of 2025 was 26 on June 29, the day after Bob Vylan’s set at Glastonbury.

Of these, 12 were anti-Semitic reactions to statements issued by Jewish organisations in response to events at the music festival.

The second-worst day for anti-Jewish hate was May 17, the day after Israel announced an expansion of its military operation in Gaza, when 19 incidents were recorded.