Here’s how politicians can convince British Jews that they have a future in the UK

A recent study has suggested that over half of Britain’s Jews feel they have no future in the UK. At first glance this might seem outrageous, indeed incredible. Arguably (one might say) we Jews are the most successfully integrated of all the UK’s ethnic minorities.  A miniscule set of communities – comprising in total 0.5 per cent of the UK’s total population –  British Jewry punches well above its weight in all walks of life: the learned professions; the arts; the entertainment industries; academia; big and not so big business; even politics. Of course (you might retort) Jews have a future in the UK! A more pertinent question might be to ask what sort of a future we Jews have. Our places of worship must be guarded night and day. Our schools must be surrounded by high fences and all manner of electronic surveillance. Our religious practices (I am thinking especially of male circumcision and humane food animal slaughter, which have been practised in this country for centuries) are now under constant attack.