Pictured: Nisa-Nashim women at the solidarity walk in Golders Green

Life after the Golders Green attacks: “We’re Jewish, it’s what we do.”

Read the original article by Sophie Wilkinson for London Centric https://www.londoncentric.media/

The recent attack in Golders Green attack comes against a backdrop of increased security concerns following a number of incidents affecting Jewish individuals and institutions in recent months. SophieWilkinson from London Centric interviewed Laura Marks and Denise Joseph on their way back from the women’s solidarity walk.

Below are a few quotes from their conversation.

“The place is swarming with CST [security], so right now I feel safe, and I feel generally safe in London,” says Laura.

Denise echoes this sentiment. [Nisa-Nashim has been] “going since 2015 and those relationships [create] a safe space for conversation.”

Laura is reflective: “We’re living in a world where the conflict in the Middle East is being imported here. And mostly we’re quite lucky that the government are very supportive. But it’s not enough, and it will never be enough if you’ve got people who are determined to attack people because of who they are, particularly Jews and Muslims.”