Simon Sebag Montefiore, one of Britain’s foremost popular historians, has said he has discussed leaving the country because of rising antisemitism.
The writer, whose works include Young Stalin and Jerusalem: the Biography, told The Times that “virtually every Jewish family I know has discussed leaving Britain because of Labour’s antisemitism.”
He added: “This isn’t a hysterical thing. Jewish people when they are together discuss it. The key lesson history teaches us is that as things darken, leave in time. Don’t just wait until it happens.”
Mr Sebag Montefiore is descended on his father’s side from a line of prominent Sephardi Jews from Morocco and Italy. His mother, Phyllis Jaffé, comes from a Lithuanian Jewish family.
