“To our Jewish employees, business partners, customers and all who are affected, we acknowledge the heightened feelings of threat being felt by your community right now and affirm your right to physical and psychological safety.” Members of the Jewish community say the rise in antisemitism, which coincided with Israel’s harsh response to the Hamas terror attacks, is by far the worst they have witnessed in their lifetimes. One signatory to the statement, speaking on the basis of anonymity, said the situation was akin to 1920s Germany. ‘Retrograde step’ Company director Diane Smith-Gander said she signed because it was “so obviously...