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You do not need to know anyone directly affected by the October 7 massacre to feel the enormity of those events keenly and deeply.
For many, it has rekindled a feeling that normally lurks in the very back of the mind — that antisemitism is a light sleeper and can be awoken at any time, often with devastating consequences. Indeed, the arc of progress is not linear and the veneer of civilisation is thin.
Paradoxically, the most poignant thing I have witnessed has also been the most inspiring and most hopeful. Jews are worried.
They worry about taking the Tube, about wearing their Star of David, about going to the office where all too often their Diversity Equality and Inclusion teams have sent out statements “contextualising” October 7.
