The Rise Of Jew Hunting In Major Cities In The West

Of course London comes immediately to mind, but we could go through city after city in the West with similarly distressing anecdotes and trends.

Antisemitism in London has reached emergency levels, marked by a sharp rise in violent incidents, including a April 2026 terror-designated stabbing in Golders Green, the burning of Jewish ambulances, and high-profile arson attacks. The UK government has pledged an extra £25 million for community security following a 137% surge in antisemitic crimes in the city.

There Is Still So Much Evil’: Growing Antisemitism Stuns American Jews 

'To Jewish families, more than 1000 years of history is bleak evidence that they are right to fear they will once again be on their own.'@TrevorPTweets reflects on antisemitism in Britain, after a swathe of violence against the Jewish communityhttps://t.co/ANZKBjl0HG pic.twitter.com/Ddi5OZKoAl

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 3, 2026

🇫🇷 PARIS: ANTISEMITIC HATE CRIMES ARE ON THE RISE

Antisemitic Attacks in Paris (Feb 2026):

🔵Feb 10: 13-yr-old Jewish boy en route to synagogue (Paris 18th arr.) assaulted by 5 attackers—beaten, punched in face, knife to throat, called "dirty Jew," and was robbed.

🔵Weekend…

— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) February 13, 2026

🚨 BREAKING

The NYPD has posted the figures and since Mamdani became Mayor in January, anti-Jewish hate crimes in NYC have jumped… 182%

Source: NYPD – link in thread. pic.twitter.com/XZgfuthgp4

— Kosher (@koshercockney) February 5, 2026

The NYPD says that Jews in NYC were targeted every day in the month of January. 31 antisemitic hate crimes in January is 54% of all bias incidents. pic.twitter.com/wBq8zoLvZs

— Canary Mission (@canarymission) February 6, 2026

BREAKING: NYPD Commissioner BREAKING: Jessica Tisch reports 55% of NYC hate crimes in Q1 2026 targeted Jews—who make up just ~10% of the population.

Jews should not have to live like this. pic.twitter.com/qyDs91Urqb

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 2, 2026

Trevor Phillips from Sky News in the U.K.:

30 years ago, I co-wrote a report entitled Antisemitism: A Very Light Sleeper, a phrase coined by the Irish writer, Connor Cruz O’Brien, who warned that it would be awakened again in decades to come. He was right. For example, I was stunned to learn just a few weeks ago that a survey of British university campuses found that one in five students would never want to share a home with a Jewish person…. There are people in this nation right now hunting Jews for no other reason than that they are Jews. Everything else is just a way of justifying their persecution. There’s a grim guessing game being played out in some Jewish households, I’m told. The family debates who among their Gentile friends would have protected them from persecution a century ago, and who would have turned their backs for fear of being ostracized themselves?  The question being asked is, “Would they hide me?” To Jewish families, more than a thousand years of history is bleak evidence that they are right to fear that when the knock on the door comes, they will once again be on their own (Sky News).

‘No future for Jews of France’

Scores of French Jewish doctors prepare to immigrate to Israel

Nearly four of five French Jews feel unsafe, according to a recent survey.

By: Etgar Lefkovits, May. 4, 2026:

The event was held during a time of global turbulence in the Jewish Diaspora, which is especially noticeable in the 450,000-strong community in France that is also home to the largest Muslim population in Europe, and where a recent survey showed that nearly four of five French Jews feel unsafe.

“It is becoming more and more difficult to live here because of antisemitism,” said Raphael Mimoun, 26, a general practitioner in Paris who attended the event with his wife, who is a surgeon.

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“The majority of young people are thinking a lot about how they can live in Israel before it is too late,” said Eva Cohen, 30.

Filling a shortage of physicians in Israel

The third MedEx Paris event, which seeks to concomitantly address the shortage of physicians in Israel, was organized by the nonprofit Nefesh B’Nefesh in partnership with Israel’s ministries of aliyah and integration, health, and the Negev and the Galilee, along with the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency for Israel.

Similar events geared exclusively for medical professionals have been held over the last two and a half years in Paris, Buenos Aires, London, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto and Montreal.

During the gathering, the aim of which was to streamline government bureaucracy for physicians, more than 50 applications for medical license conversions were submitted to the Israeli Health Ministry.

Wartime immigration

Still, with war raging in Israel since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on the country’s south, immigration has been a challenge.

Last year, 558 French Jews immigrated to Israel, compared to 519 the year before, according to figures from Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Ministry.

The number of French doctors who moved to Israel jumped from 25 in 2004 to 57 last year.

“Our challenge is that Israel should be the top priority for those who decide to leave, and that means we do everything we can to facilitate a smooth absorption,” Israeli Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Ofir Sofer, told JNS.

He noted that the program has reached over a third of its goal to bring 2,000 doctors to Israel from around the world over five years, with their impact on the nation’s healthcare system making a mark in periphery areas such as the Negev and the Galilee.

‘No future in France’

“There is always antisemitism, but I am a proud Jew,” said Eitan, a general practitioner and a 37-year-old father of three who said he is planning to move to Jerusalem within the decade for the benefit of his children. “There is no future in France.”

“People here are on the edge of their seats and have to make a hard decision, co-founder and chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh Tony Gelbart told JNS. “There has always been antisemitism around the world, but when it comes straight in your face and not just behind your back, you get concerned.”

“We always used to say not running away from something but running to something, but now running away in several countries has become the reality,” he said.

Over the last quarter century, the group originally became a household name in promoting immigration from the United States and Canada.

“This is the first time in 25 years where we are seeing here a concern expressed by so many of not seeing a stable future here for themselves and future generations,” said Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, the organization’s co-founder and executive