David Baddiel’s book, Jews Don’t Count, sets up the argument that Jews are never given the same consideration as other minorities or ethnicities. But secular Jews don’t acknowledge that the majority of this prejudice is towards Orthodox Jews, who experience more attacks, both verbal and physical, than any other Jews. Because so many Jews today “pass” as non-Jews, they live as modern Conversos in Britain and beyond. In 2017, 80% of the 356 British incidents of verbal abuse towards Jews were directed at the visibly Jewish. The same is true in Brooklyn, versus more assimilated parts of New York. Read more here.
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