Jews in Britain “consistently described a profound sense of being unheard, dismissed and abandoned by institutions they expected to protect them,” a new survey claims.
The London School of Economics and Political Science report, Listening to British Jews by Professor Shani Orgad, involved 43 Jewish adults across the UK, aged from 18 to 75.
Respondents stated they feel abandoned and excluded thanks to a lack of adequate institutional response to a rising tide of antisemitism across the UK. The police, the education system, universities, the media, and the legal system all came in for criticism from focus groups made up of British Jews. As Professor Orgad stated:
a common theme was that their concerns about antisemitism were often not recognised or addressed seriously. They described a ‘climate of fear and vulnerability’ where verbal abuse, being ostracised, cancelled and excluded have become increasingly features of their everyday lives.
