The main loser in this case will be Germany, because if we feel that we have to leave, then probably only the Jew-haters will remain, writes Bild journalist Antonia Jamin, who says that the attacks on Jews in Berlin-Neukölln are an attack on society as a whole .
"Again? When? Now?" These were the questions my colleagues asked me when I told them that two Hebrew-speaking Jews had been attacked again in Neukölln. When I heard about Saturday's attack, my first thought was that I didn't even like this district of Berlin before October 7th.
I have also been attacked several times there when I was reporting in Hebrew on the street.
How can we, German Jews, simply accept that our freedom in the capital is constantly decreasing?
Why do I no longer answer in Hebrew when my Israeli husband calls me in the taxi? And why do we hide our Star of David necklace and mezuzah instead of being proud of them?
The answer to all these questions is that we cannot accept this. We can expect politicians to condemn the attacks, we can demand that the police act harder,
but ultimately, when it comes to not hiding our Jewishness, it is our responsibility.
And one thing became clear to all of us anyway after October 7: it is our job to protect ourselves. We need to stop being afraid and hiding.
If at some point we realize that we are really not safe in Germany anymore, then we have to think about what path we take. The main loser in this case will be Germany, because if we feel we have to leave, the only people who will likely be left are the Jew haters in the form of Islamists, left-wing radicals or AfD supporters.
Then Germany lost much more than "just its Jews".
Source and featured image: Neokohn
