Read more on The Independent here…
Excerpts:
Ben M. Freeman, author of The Jews: An Indigenous People and the acclaimed Jewish Pride trilogy, told The Independent that he was in the process of applying for Israeli citizenship and plans to move to Israel after spending much of his life in Britain.
He said the difficult decision came after spending months worrying about his safety in London. “Every time I left my house for about a year after October 7, I wondered if I would be attacked or stabbed.”
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Mr Freeman said in the wake of the Manchester synagogue attack on 2 October that he believes other people will now “be having more serious conversations” about leaving, too.
“It’s really – especially if you have a family – such a difficult thing to know when and what to do,” he said, alluding to similar considerations faced by Jews who stayed in Germany in the 1930s. “But people are having the conversation. Everyone I know is having a version of the conversation.”
Apparently, he also posted on Twitter 4 years ago saying “The Jews of America are no longer safe. I’m devastated for them & I’m desperately hoping they understand the threat they are facing” (I don’t have access).
Mr Freeman said he “always felt very British”, voted and “took part in my civic duty”. But now he feels he is being “forced out”.
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He added: “There is a place that I can go, that, yes, has its own issues and its own danger, but there’s a place I can go where I’ll be the majority and I’ll be in my indigenous land.”
Sounds like the old tune is playing again, and the lyrics are relevant: Leo Fuld – Where Can I Go