Antisemitic abuse on the way to shul

[TheHope]

“A Jewish man who was a victim of antisemitic abuse on his way to synagogue on Shabbat says that he no longer felt safe wearing a kippah on the streets of London.

He was walking on Grove End Road on his way to St John’s Wood Synagogue at around 10.45am on Saturday, when, he said, a man in a white BMW started filming him.
“He asked me to say: ‘Free Palestine!’ I told him to go away, and he said: ‘You like to kill children. You support the killing of children.’ I told him: ‘No, I don’t support the killing of children, whoever they are.’ I then told him: ‘You don’t care about Israelis or Palestinians. You just hate Jews.’”

Cyril, who has lived in London for the past eight years, said that the incident had left him feeling “terrible, especially after what happened in Amsterdam, where they were asking Israelis to say: ‘Free Palestine.’ I think that’s where he got the inspiration from. He was angry and very aggressive and showed a lot of hate while he was talking to me.”
He said that he was now planning not to wear his kippah next week on his way to shul: “Why take the risk?”

The 33-year-old, who previously spent 15 years living in Israel, said he had been intending to return to live in the Jewish state for some months now. “I’m very upset and concerned about what is going on here and in Europe, and I want to go back to Israel, 100 per cent because of the antisemitism.”

He called on the police to do more to crack down on Jew-hate in the capital. “The police should be outside every Jewish institution and synagogue to protect us. Antisemitic attacks have gone up over 100 per cent since October 7. What more does the government need for them to act?”
He added: “Like every other Jew, I can’t go into central London on Saturday. Of course, some of the marchers support the Palestinians and are not antisemitic, but most of them hate Jews. I feel that we are alone, which is why I want to go and live in Israel. Even though there is a war, I will be more protected there, and no one will make me feel uncomfortable because I am a Jew.”

www.thejc.com/community/victim-of-antisemitism-on-shabbat-says-hes-afraid-to-wear-kippah-on-london-streets-ywrjam99

I feel so sorry for Jewish people trying to live their normal lives these days.

I’m ashamed that Jewish people don’t feel safe (aren’t safe?) in the UK any more. It should be a source of national shame.

I agree with you

Thats so horrible. A Jewish person was physically attacked in my city as well this past weekend, just for being Jewish. Previously there have been no physical attacks, so I am assuming its a copycat of Amsterdam.

😡

I don’t have any words

Its deeply shameful.

The aggression and intimidation Jewish people are being subjected to on our streets completely sickens me. That our police force, and others, e.g. Dutch, do nothing about it, sickens me even more.

it makes me hugely sad when people are attacked or abused because of their religion or perceived beliefs.

Just like the Muslims have been for decades. Attacked and stereotyped and labelled because of their faith.

Deeply shameful and I am just disgusted that Jewish people don’t feel safe here. It’s unacceptable.

I'm neither Muslim or Jewish. But I don't think this is a reasonable comparison. Muslim schools don't have to have the security and barbed wire fences etc that Jewish schools do. I walk past a couple of schools in predominantly Jewish parts of London occasionally, and they've had incredibly high security for many years. And of course now it's even more heightened.

Much as there are lots of unfair attitudes and much unpleasant abuse aimed at Muslims, they aren't unsafe in this country in the same way that Jews are. The school I taught in was majority Muslim, and security (beyond what every school would be expected to have) wasn't something we had to think about at all.

Oh come on @exi

Just ONE thread without the whatabouts, please

But they are just anti zionist and not anti semitic. That guy lived in israel, so he is complicit in the deaths caused by war. Even more so that he refused to denounce them 🙄

Sarcasm in case anyone couldn't tell but that is literally what the defenders of this will say. Its his own fault, first for being visibly jewish and second for refusing to capitulate to anti semites.

I couldn’t tell, until your second paragraph.

Very sad account I hope he continues to wear his kippah and not let these violent intimidating knuckle draggers win but it is easy to say that when you are not the one at risk.

I'm glad you added the second paragraph

Otherwise I'd have assumed the usual suspects had arrived on the thread

I agree.

This.

It's only Jewish schools that need a high level of security. But the usual attempt to pretend otherwise

The level of anti-semitism is utterly horrific. It’s frankly appalling how much of a blind eye is turned to it. I’m not Jewish but I have experienced racism myself and I had not understood the level of latent racism towards Jewish people. It was horribly eye opening.

And yes it’s not like muslim communities, schools don’t need permanent security, I think per capita Jews are the most likely to face hate crimes but it appears that this tony minority don’t really count.

I agree.

Absolutely awful