Diaspora Jewry has ‘Somewhere to Go’

Throughout history, Jewish communities have lived with an unspoken understanding: always have a plan B. For nearly two millennia, this meant maintaining the ability to leave when social winds shifted, when tolerance turned to persecution. From medieval expulsions to Eastern European pogroms, from the Holocaust to postwar displacement, Jewish survival often depended on mobility and the painful wisdom of knowing when to go.

Today, as antisemitism rises again across Western democracies—from New York streets to European universities—Jewish communities face familiar anxieties. Yet something fundamental has changed: For the first time in two millennia, there exists a state where Jews are not guests but citizens, not minorities but the majority.