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Related: About this forumJews See Anti-Semitism Growing In Europe
Many Jewish people in Europe say that anti-Semitism is a growing problem, particularly on the Internet, causing many to consider emigrating because of fears for their safety, according to a new survey.
In the survey by the European Unions Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), 66 percent said they thought that anti-Semitism was a problem, and 76 percent believed it has gotten worse in the last five years. The survey was taken in 2012 in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and the United Kingdom, home to a combined 90 percent of Europes Jewish population.
Among the respondents, one in five experienced an anti-Semitic verbal insult and/or a physical assault in the year before the survey, and 29 percent considered emigrating because they feared for their safety.
http://world.time.com/2013/11/08/jews-see-anti-semitism-growing-in-europe/
LeftishBrit
(41,202 posts)People look for scapegoats, and one of the world's oldest group of scapegoats is the Jews. After all, we own all the banks, don't you know!
Europaean countries vary quite a bit: the UK is relatively better for anti-Semitism than many of the others (though hardly perfect!); while Hungary is a serious hotbed of anti-Semitism even in the best of times, which these are not.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)I'm tempted to be pleased it's not worse, given conditions in the world, but it's hard to say whether things get better from here or much worse.
King_David
(14,851 posts)remain a strong Jewish state...
shira
(30,109 posts)Jews can't be expected to only "survive" as a minority in other nations.
Am Yisrael Chai!
But hey, what do we know.....a Jewish state has no right to exist.
shira
(30,109 posts)Of those surveyed, 66% say anti-Semitism is a problem in their country, 76% say that in the past five years anti-Semitism has worsened. And the anti-Semitism being experienced is wide ranging with 59% having experienced it in the media and 75% on the internet. Additionally, 27% of respondents had witnessed a verbal or physical attack on a Jewish person in the past twelve months. That figure stands at 21% in the United Kingdom.
When it came to having experienced general anti-Semitic harassment in the last five years, 36% of Jews in Germany have been victim to this, 35% of French Jews and 33% of those in Sweden. In Britain the situation is only marginally better where 29% of those Jews surveyed said they had witnessed anti-Semitic harassment over that same period. These are the stark facts of Jewish life in the enlightened and liberal societies of modern Europe, with all the lofty and civilizing influence of the European Union.
Indeed, 79% said that they had felt held to account or blamed for events in Israel, simply because they were themselves Jewish. The way in which events in the Middle East are used as an excuse for unleashing attacks against Jews in Europe was further attested to by the fact that 68% of respondents said that the Arab-Israeli conflict impacted upon their own sense of safety either a great deal or to a fair amount.
Unsurprisingly, the upshot of this wave of animosity has been an extremely negative effect upon Europes Jews, 68% whom say they have avoided appearing identifiably Jewish in public because of fears of anti-Semitism. Almost half of those who have been victims of anti-Semitism, 49%, say they now avoid certain areas for fear of further attack; 21% of those who have not yet been attacked do so anyway.
Instead, they will no doubt push ahead with their growing support for boycotts of Israeli products which sit unpleasantly alongside the mounting prospect of seeing kosher and circumcision banned in many EU countries.
Without a sea change on the part of European political and intellectual elites, it appears as if Europe is about to become a dark continent of anti-Jewish persecution once again.
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4341/plight_of_europe_s_jews_revealed_in_new_survey
aranthus
(3,385 posts)GeoWilliam750
(2,521 posts)Why is it that there is never an article discussing the decline of anti-semitism, at least in some places?
Plainly, it must have occured at some point.
King_David
(14,851 posts)Heres one from 4 days ago....1 of many if you do a plain google search...
ADL Sees Slight Decline In U.S. Anti-Semitism
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york-news/adl-sees-slight-decline-us-anti-semitism