Haviv Rettig Gur
Those crafty little Zionists. Used to be when a society needed a distraction from its failures and decline, it could just turn on its Jews. Nothing cheers you up faster than some chakra-cleansing, stress-relieving persecution. But now every time we make Jews feel unsafe, they go running into the waiting arms of those dastardly Zionists! The Jews only get stronger! The only way to defeat Zionism, to make Jews weak again, is (God help us) to make Jews feel safety and deep belonging in our country. Bastards! (And that, kids, is how your ancestors hacked history and made you the safest and strongest and freest generation of Jews who ever lived.)
Elad Simchayoff
Today, I saw the most vivid sign of how bad things have become for Jews in the UK — and most Brits have no idea. I was invited to an Aliyah Day event in London — a day for British Jews considering a move to Israel to meet Israeli officials and ask questions. The organizers