Seeking Shelter: Why I am filing for asylum in my own country

Here in Stockholm this fall, we in the Jewish community have enjoyed our 21st annual Jewish film festival, a klezmer concert, and a number of other cultural diversions. I choose the word “diversions” advisedly. It’s thanks to such entertainments that so many of my fellow Jews can allow themselves to say that we’re doing okay here—that there’s no need to rock the boat or cause trouble.

But you know what? We are not okay, and this is not okay.

http://mosaicmagazine.com/supplemental/2013/11/seeking-shelter/?utm_source=Mosaic+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=24ea0d2283-Mosaic_2013_11_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0b0517b2ab-24ea0d2283-41159925