(Jewish Group) Half of British Jews will not display public sign of Judaism
Almost half of British Jews avoid showing visible signs of their Judaism in public, such as a Star of David or a kippah (skullcap), because of antisemitism, a new survey has found.
Among the general public, a similar proportion agreed with one or more antisemitic statements put to them, pointing to a “deeply troubling normalisation of antisemitism”, the study’s authors said. The Campaign Against Antisemitism and King’s College London gave 12 statements that participants in the survey were asked to agree or disagree with. More than half (55%) of people did not affirm a single statement, with 45% agreeing with one or more.
Twelve percent showed “entrenched antisemitic views” by agreeing with four or more of the statements. The one that had most backing was “Israel treats the Palestinians like the Nazis treated the Jews”, affirmed by almost a quarter (23%) of respondents.
Among the other statements were:
“I am just as open to having Jewish friends as I am to having friends from other sections of British society” – 4% disagreed.
“Jewish people talk about the Holocaust just to further their political agenda” – 8% agreed.
“Jewish people chase money more than other people do” – 13% agreed.
“I am comfortable spending time with people who openly support Israel” – 11% disagreed.
“Israel has a right to exist as a homeland for the Jewish people” – 6% disagreed.
“Israel can get away with anything because its supporters control the media” – 16% agreed.
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I am shocked! LOL! Nope, not shocked in the least. What would be shocking if is non-Jews en masse realized anti-Semitism is an actual form of bigotry, not a figment of Jewish imagination or relegated to the dustbin of history, but until there is another mass killing, its not likely to happen.