The Economist.

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

I'm Jason Palmer.

And I'm Rosie Bloor.

Today on the show, the surprising boom among American luxury brands,

and our series on World Cup contenders continues with Argentina.

First up, though.

First up, though. What might have once been considered rare and isolated hate crimes in Britain have become a grim pattern.

Two people have been stabbed in a Jewish neighborhood.

It follows a series of anti-Semitic attacks in the city.

Last week's attack in Golders Green, a neighborhood of London with a long-established Jewish community,

put the whole country on alert. The UK has raised its terrorism threat level to severe.

But still the terror came. An apparent arson attack on a disused synagogue in East London.

In March, four Jewish volunteer ambulances were set on fire in Golders Green.

Last October, in the city of Manchester, two people were killed in a terrorist attack on a synagogue.

The list goes on.

Britain's Jews have endured serious bouts of anti-Semitism and violence over the centuries,

reckoning that much longer stretches of quiet outweighed them. For some, this time, may prove

different. According to the most recent census of England and Wales, there are fewer than

300,000 people who describe themselves as Jewish.

For context, Hindus in Britain are more than three times as numerous, and the same census

counted just under 4 million Muslims.

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