Britain is being blighted by an “abhorrent” rise in anti-Semitism, says victims minister Alex Davies-Jones.She stressed that the Government, other organisations and citizens needed to “get a grip” on the growing number of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK.The Community Security Trust, a charity which seeks to protect British Jews from terrorism and anti-Semitism, says there were more than 1500 anti-Semitic cases reported in first six months of this year, or an average of eight a day.