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(53,950 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:56 PM Jan 2020

(Jewish Group) Anti-Semitic violence is on the rise in America -- but anti-Semitic attitudes are not

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

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While 61 percent of respondents said they agreed with one or more of the stereotypes, only 11 percent said they believed in a majority of them. That number is consistent with the ADL’s surveys over the past 25 years.

“Our research finds that this uptick [in anti-Semitic violence] is being caused not by a change in attitudes among most Americans,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a statement. “Rather, more of the millions of Americans holding anti-Semitic views are feeling emboldened to act on their hate.”

The poll found that many Americans do believe in certain longstanding anti-Jewish stereotypes, even though few subscribed to most of the beliefs:

•31% of American adults believe Jewish employers go out of their way to hire other Jews.
•27% believe the Jews killed Jesus.
•24% believe American Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the United States.
•19% believe “Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust.”

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A quarter of US Americans believe we are more loyal to another country.

Personally, I believe this is also why so many have negative beliefs about Israel; it is based in anti-Semitism. Though, of course, all (most, frankly) criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitic in nature. I have to laugh at the "we hire other Jews". I have never been hired by a Jew, nor have I ever hired a Jew over another qualified candidate.

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(Jewish Group) Anti-Semitic violence is on the rise in America -- but anti-Semitic attitudes are not (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jan 2020 OP

That's good to know. JudyM Jan 2020 #1

JudyM

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1. That's good to know.

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:53 AM

Jan 2020

The survey also found that large majorities of Americans have positive feelings toward Jews, and that a majority is very or somewhat concerned about violence against Jews.

69% said they feel warm toward Jews, while only 5% said they felt cold.
66% say “Jews have contributed much to the cultural life of America.”
79% say “Jews place a strong emphasis on the importance of family life.”
And the survey found that small percentages of Americans hold anti-Israel views:

8% of Americans support a boycott of Israel.
7% believe American Jews are responsible for Israel’s actions.
14% of Americans say Israel’s government “sometimes behaves as badly as the Nazis.”
16% say Israel’s human rights record is worse than most other countries’.
The survey interviewed 800 U.S. adults in October 2019, with a margin of error of 3.5%.

A 2019 ADL poll of 9,000 Europeans found that a quarter subscribed to most of the stereotypes — and that anti-Semitic attitudes are on the rise in several countries.

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