A few months ago, Jake Wallis Simons put on a kippah and walked around London. He didn't notice anything special.
With as many as 45 per cent of British Jews fearing they 'may not have a future in Britain', according to a survey by the Campaign Against Antisemitism - and following an experiment by Israeli Zvika
Klein on the streets of Paris, British journalist Jonathan Kalmus
decided to test the levels of prejudice in two British cities with
shocking results. Volunteers in Copenhagen and Rome also suffered some
abuse, as well as welcoming reactions, while Jewish journalists in
Stockholm and Berlin walked for hours without incident.
'You
Jew' was the anti-Semitic scream which came from a passing car. My
shaken wife tried to explain it away to my seven-year-old daughter as a
very large sneeze. They were simply playing in a local park in
Manchester a few weeks ago when the incident ripped through what should
have been a peaceful and wholesome time for any mother and child.
'Fight
the Jewish scum' and 'Jew, Jew, Jew... Run', were the more vicious
threats hurled at me in the past few days, however, when I decided to
secretly film and find out whether 'Jew-hatred' really is alive and
kicking on British streets. The answer to that question is a resounding and heart-sinking yes. [...]
There
was a shout of 'you Jew' at me as I crossed the road to Bradford City
Park. Minutes later a man turned his head and yelled 'fight the Jewish
scum' just behind my back. Some time later three youths shouted at me across a street repeatedly, 'You're a Jew, not a Muslim...Jew, Jew, Jew run!' More.
In Bradford
the situation was more shameful. It took 13 minutes, during which I was
stalked by a man who repeatedly took pictures of me. He followed me on
foot for five minutes and thirty seconds according to my footage.
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| Zvika Klein is also seen being followed and harassed by this man |
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| Spat at by a woman |
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