Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has launched the Reform Jewish Alliance in order to mobilize members of the Jewish community to vote and back Reform.
The official launch took place on Tuesday at Central Synagogue in London. It was attended by around 300 people and included speeches from deputy leader Richard Tice, along with recent Conservative Party defectors Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick.
Gary Mond, the new chairman of the Reform Jewish Alliance, said, “The Reform Jewish Alliance exists to give British Jews a clear voice within Reform UK and to ensure the party speaks directly, confidently, and unapologetically on antisemitism, national security, and shared British values.”
The RJA is set to operate as a formal members’ organization, hosting regular events and speakers.
“This isn’t about giving the Jewish community special treatment but simply the right to live safely and freely like any other citizens,” said party leader Farage. “The fight against antisemitism is not a Jewish issue; it is a test for Britain as a whole.”
Farage told attendees that it is sad that a separate Jewish organization within a political party is even necessary and that it would not be needed in an “ideal world.”
Farage also announced the creation of Reform Friends of Israel, a parallel organization designed to strengthen ties between Reform UK and Israel. This organization will be led by Jason Pearlman, a British-born former international media adviser to President Isaac Herzog, who has also advised former president Reuven Rivlin, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and former prime minister Naftali Bennett.
Pearlman told The Jerusalem Post that “each and every person present spoke of their deep concern for the situation in the UK, not just for the Jewish community but for the country as a whole.
“Mr. Farage’s words, and indeed his actions in setting up a platform for the community within the party, I think are giving people a lot of hope that, unlike so many other spaces in the UK today, Reform is a place where our voice is heard.”
RJA launch event met with anti-Israel protests
THE EVENT was unsurprisingly protested by anti-Israel members of the Jewish community who also oppose Farage and his party. About 50 protesters gathered outside the event, and five activists interrupted Farage’s speech inside the venue shortly after he began speaking, shouting, “The Torah says to love the stranger, for we were once strangers in Egypt” and “My mother didn’t fight at Cable Street for this.”
Security staff escorted the protesters out of the hall, prompting shouts of “shame” from some attendees inside.
The protests were coordinated by Na’amod and the Jewish Bloc for Palestine. Na’amod describes itself as “a movement of Jews in the UK seeking to end our community’s support for Israel’s occupation and apartheid,” and the Jewish Bloc is “a coalition of UK-based Jewish groups organizing for a free Palestine.”
The groups released a joint statement saying Reform Jewish Alliance is a “sordid arrangement” that seeks to extend the “long-time complicity of Zionist institutions with antisemitic and Islamophobic organizations, based on their mutual support for the Israeli settler-colonial apartheid regime.”
“Make no mistake, Reform UK and its antisemitic leadership do not care about Jewish safety; this is a political calculation. It aligns with their Islamophobic, anti-multicultural, “clash of civilizations” worldview. It is a weapon to wield against their domestic political enemies and comes wrapped in the same global conspiracy theories that target Jews worldwide,” the statement added.
“It’s not surprising to see disgraced right-wing provocateurs and former spokespeople for Israel’s genocidal government make overtures to Farage’s Reform,” said Max Hammer, a spokesperson for the Jewish Bloc for Palestine.
A member of Na’amod released a video condemning attempts to “whitewash” Farage’s racist politics, saying, “An attack on one minority is an attack on all.”
“She’s right: An attack on one minority is an attack on all,” countered Pearlman to the Post. “And the Jewish community has been the most under attack minority in the UK for far too long. Reform is speaking out against that.”
Reform UK is currently leading national opinion polls and has done so since between April and May 2025. Reform is also expected to make significant gains in upcoming local authority elections.
It has continued to make these gains despite the over 20 school classmates and teachers of Farage’s at Dulwich College saying in December 2025 that he engaged in racist and antisemitic bullying targeting fellow students at school.
Farage dismissed the reports of racist bullying, saying instead that he may have engaged in “banter in a playground” and suggested the accusations against him were politically motivated.
During Tuesday’s launch, Alan Mendoza, who chaired the meeting, dismissed allegations of antisemitism against Farage as a “smear campaign,” stating there was “not an antisemitic bone” in Farage’s body.