“Seen from Elsewhere” No. 145 – London: from communitarianism to ghettoization

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Let’s not talk about buses “reserve” to Jews, but it’s just as well. Sadiq Khan last week inaugurated the new 310 bus line, which now provides a direct link between two areas of the capital with a large Jewish community: Golders Green, in the northwest, and Stamford Hill, in the northeast. The Mayor of London may well be pleased about it, but this new line looks more like a defeat for the “living together” with an Anglo-Saxon twist. It now allows its users to avoid Finsbury Park, where a large Muslim community lives and where anti-Semitic incidents and attacks have increased in recent months.

Sarah, a young Jewish girl met at the stop of the new 310 bus by The Republica witness to having been assaulted. She accompanies her 10-year-old brother, who has Down syndrome, to his seat. “At least he doesn’t have to change at Finsbury Park, which means he doesn’t have to deal with the shouting and insults.”she told our colleagues…