Please read Jeffrey Goldberg writing in The Atlantic in which he very comprehensively, outlines his fears for the security of Jews in Europe and asks whether it is time for them to leave.
While I think his fears for their present security are greatly exaggerated (No surprises there - Jews are perpetually hysterical about these matters) I must agree with his fears for the future. God knows, this will not be the first time Europe has grown sick and tired of its Jews.
At the end of his piece Jeffrey Goldberg says this:
But the question is, what to do? And my answer is that I really don't know other than to restate my tired, old and rather inadequate suggestions for what any ordinary decent Jew in France, Denmark, Sweden, Britain and anywhere else in Europe might do.
First, they must immediately disassociate themselves from their leaders and organisations and then if they can, do the following:
While I think his fears for their present security are greatly exaggerated (No surprises there - Jews are perpetually hysterical about these matters) I must agree with his fears for the future. God knows, this will not be the first time Europe has grown sick and tired of its Jews.
At the end of his piece Jeffrey Goldberg says this:
I am predisposed to believe that there is no great future for the Jews in Europe, because evidence to support this belief is accumulating so quickly. But I am also predisposed to think this because I am an American Jew—which is to say, a person who exists because his ancestors made a run for it when they could.Oh dear, if Jeffrey Goldberg thinks he's safer in America than I am in Europe well, he's even crazier then I thought!
First, they must immediately disassociate themselves from their leaders and organisations and then if they can, do the following:
- Press publicly and immediately for the repeal of Holocaust denial and all 'thought-crime' laws, full and free historical enquiry into the Holocaust and all World War II history and the cessation of all reparation payments to Holocaust survivors.
- Press publicly and immediately for Israel to acknowledge the crimes of 1948, agree to the principle of the Palestinian Right of Return and begin meaningful talks with everyone and anyone on how to immediately improve the terrible situation in Israel/Palestine.
- Publicly distinguish between 'anti-Semitism' and Jew-hatred (You can change the words if you want) - the one being a legitimate opposition to Jewish bad behaviour, the other being a blind hatred of all Jews simply because they are Jews. Acknowledge the legitimacy of the one and the illegitimacy (and rarity) of the latter.
Other than that, I suggest they prepare themselves in the traditional manner.