Anti-Semitism is on the Rise, Finds Survey of European Jewish People

Photo Credit: REUTERS/Vincent KesslerThe survey of 5,847 Jewish people from the eight European countries where 90 per cent of Europe’s Jews live found that more than three-quarters believe anti-Semitism is on the rise.

The European Jewish Congress has condemned the findings, timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogroms in Nazi Germany, as “a watershed moment for the continent of Europe”.

“The Jewish reality in Europe is of great concern and the authorities need to deal with incidents of hate and intolerance in a holistic manner to really combat these manifestations before it is too late,” said Dr Moshe Kantor, the congress’s president.

According to the survey, conducted by the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights, almost one-third of Jewish people have considered emigrating because they do not feel safe. In Hungary, France and Belgium between 40 to and 48 per cent said they had thought about fleeing.

Thirty eight per cent of the Jewish polled people in Sweden, France, Belgium, Britain, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Latvia said they always or frequently avoided wearing a skullcap, Star of David or anything else that could signal their religion.

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