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When Jews start packing suitcases, everyone should be concerned.

Summarizing Leo Pearlman in Future of Jewish · Published Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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JL;DR SUMMARY This stirring essay by Leo Pearlman tackles the alarming rise in antisemitism in the UK, underscored by recent polling showing that a significant portion of British Jews are considering leaving the country due to safety concerns. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish History  Holocaust  Jewish Identity  Migration  Safety  Israel Criticism  British Jews  Community Leadership  Western Societies 

Places mentioned

United Kingdom
"According to new polling by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, 61 per cent of British Jews have considered leaving the UK."
Germany
"This is the country my mothers family ran to in 1935 when escaping Nazi Germany."
Manchester, United Kingdom
"And the consequences have been lived in Manchester, where Jews were murdered on the doorstep of a synagogue on the holiest day of the year."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
United Arab Emirates
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
Birmingham, United Kingdom
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
Berlin, Germany
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"They have been lived in Washington, D.C., at universities across the West, in Amsterdam, in Birmingham, in Zurich, in Berlin, in Paris, in Los Angeles, in the United Arab Emirates, and on and on it goes."
Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia
"They have been lived at Bondi Beach, where Jews were hunted down at a Chanukah lighting."

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