Aug 23, 2026 · 5 min · 3 segments
Rabbi Shlomo Levin reflects on a hard truth: some peoplehate him without ever knowing him, simply because he is Jewish. He traces the long history of antisemitism through to Britain today, and its…
Shlomo LevinHost
For the eight hundred years we were in the land of Canaan, we were constantly attacked by enemies on all sides.
Throughout the Middle Ages, we faced vicious pogroms and expulsions from numerous countries, including, for three hundred and sixty-six years, from Britain as well.
So we will survive the antisemitism in Britain today as well, with the support of the government and the goodwill of decent-minded people.
Firstly, in the toxic, divisive, and increasingly violent atmosphere with which antisemitism infects the whole of society.
Secondly, in the enormous loss of talent and energy and charitable enterprise the country suffers when Jews, as is now happening, decide that this is no longer a country in which they feel comfortable and up sticks.
But when, instead of using one's gifts for the good of society, a person's entire identity becomes taken over, obsessed by hatred of other people, it is an act of corrosive self-destruction for their families, their communities, and all of society.
Well, I don't believe that people are born to be haters, that somehow it's coded in their DNA.
And it can also be unlearned, because the uniqueness of human beings is that we can change.
To haters out there, you should know that at any moment you choose, you can become a different kind of person, possibly even a happier and a more fulfilled one, and perhaps a great one too.
For the eight hundred years we were in the land of Canaan, we were constantly attacked by enemies on all sides.
Throughout the Middle Ages, we faced vicious pogroms and expulsions from numerous countries, including, for three hundred and sixty-six years, from Britain as well.
So we will survive the antisemitism in Britain today as well, with the support of the government and the goodwill of decent-minded people.
Firstly, in the toxic, divisive, and increasingly violent atmosphere with which antisemitism infects the whole of society.
Secondly, in the enormous loss of talent and energy and charitable enterprise the country suffers when Jews, as is now happening, decide that this is no longer a country in which they feel comfortable and up sticks.
But when, instead of using one's gifts for the good of society, a person's entire identity becomes taken over, obsessed by hatred of other people, it is an act of corrosive self-destruction for their families, their communities, and all of society.
Well, I don't believe that people are born to be haters, that somehow it's coded in their DNA.
And it can also be unlearned, because the uniqueness of human beings is that we can change.
To haters out there, you should know that at any moment you choose, you can become a different kind of person, possibly even a happier and a more fulfilled one, and perhaps a great one too.
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