The Political Orphaning of British Jews

By Leo Pearlman

Source type: article

If Keir Starmer falls, British Jewry may fall with him. Not because he has protected us, he hasn’t, but because what comes next will almost certainly be worse. Let’s stop pretending otherwise and state facts, under Starmer’s leadership, Britain has experienced the sharpest rise in antisemitic incidents since records began. Jewish communities have endured intimidation outside synagogues, harassment on campuses, vandalism, assaults and a climate of hostility that many British Jews say feels unprecedented in modern times. This is not incidental, it is structural.

Topics: Antisemitism, Politicians

Tags: UK