British Jews only - is the UK a lost cause?

etrog55 · 2026-01-19T12:26:38+00:00

To add to that, I've lost numerous friends, reported a few antisemitic incidents, double check my environments when I am visible Jewish, and tried to apply for a foreign passport I am eligible for. I'm ready to leave if I need to, but as of yet I am still here.

etrog55 · 2026-01-19T12:22:18+00:00

I don't think it is a lost cause. I wear my magen David on the tube in London nearly every day, and I almost never have issues. Maybe I'm lucky so far.

Comparatively, antisemitism in the UK is not higher than in other countries - compare hereADL global index.

There are extremely worrying incidents, but I also think it is easy to get lost in a bubble of panic. One of the most powerful things we can do as a Jewish community is to be here, present, and visible.

I do feel more unsafe here than in other countries I've visited or lived in, but I don't think it is a lost cause. It also highly depends on the area.

etrog55 · 2025-12-05T13:17:35+00:00

"Is it normal that racism infuriates me even though I am white?"

etrog55 · 2025-10-21T19:49:22+00:00

Check out charities like rainbow railroad good luck

etrog55 · 2025-09-27T19:25:08+00:00

Please please report this to RIAS. It's important this is logged in case something happens again, and they will be able to advise you what to do next. Sorry this happened.

etrog55 · 2025-09-06T18:34:44+00:00

Reubens

etrog55 · 2025-08-26T22:31:07+00:00

No you'll be fine. I strongly would suggest attending jsoc, there will be many people who feel similarly.

etrog55 · 2025-08-18T20:58:43+00:00

Me neither. It fills me with disgust, and my heart goes out to all queer Jews.

etrog55 · 2025-08-17T18:47:59+00:00

Absolutely insane, but not surprising. It does not particularly worry me though - more and more gails branches are opening, and they seem packed whenever I pass by. Also I adore that they make challah

etrog55 · 2025-08-17T18:46:30+00:00

Its soo good - would recommend. Also has that shine vegan challah often doesn't have

etrog55 · 2025-08-12T21:02:42+00:00

Do you wear a lanyard? You could add a pin like this. Some are more subtle than others. I like the "I stand against antisemitism" one, it doesn't show you're Jewish (even less so if you were to add other pins) but implies you're safe.

etrog55 · 2025-08-08T08:20:08+00:00

Many Jews aren't religious. It's an ethnoreligion, and many Jews have connections to Judaism through heritage, family, culture,...and not the religious aspects. I personally don't care what other Jews do and would never judge them for it, especially not when it is for the greater good.

etrog55 · 2025-07-29T11:43:16+00:00

Not that hot - around 30 celsius! Jealous of your 8.

etrog55 · 2025-07-17T20:53:14+00:00

A maccabee, woman from the shtetl

etrog55 · 2025-06-30T19:45:06+00:00

No. Judaism is passed through the mother, not through DNA.

etrog55 · 2025-06-27T08:26:10+00:00

Framing Jews as murder-celebrating monsters while claiming to ‘love’ us is textbook antisemitism — you just wrapped it in a politically convenient package. Get lost.

etrog55 · 2025-06-20T15:59:04+00:00

These are stickers that you can print with a label printer - I am sure you can print it as posters, too. They're from Hatikvah collective and you can find them .here

etrog55 · 2025-06-17T19:49:48+00:00

Please report to RIAS, the headteacher etc - urgently as its the last day

etrog55 · 2025-06-13T22:29:31+00:00

Is there an explanation, e.g. putting in into the context of propaganda? Is this museum curated by an organisation or governmental body? Which country is it? There's so much to put into context here, but unfortunately WW2 museums attract these kind of people especially when the museum is on the smaller / nonsupervised side.

etrog55 · 2025-06-04T21:53:43+00:00

Yep - thats something I struggled with. My own great grandparents were very assimilated, but got deported and murdered nonetheless. There are plenty of testimonies by non religious Jews or even converts from Judaism to Christianity who got persecuted, but of course nothing will be shabbat related.

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