Poll finds 1 in 4 European Jewish leaders mulling emigration due to antisemitism

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  1. From the article:

    > A survey of Jewish community leaders in Europe found that 23 percent said they were considering emigrating. **That figure is unchanged** since the last time the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee conducted its regular survey of European Jewish sentiment three years ago.

    > Efforts in several countries to ban the slaughter of animals for meat without stunning — a key factor in European efforts to curtail kosher slaughter — and non-medical male circumcision emerged for the first time as **one of the top three greatest threats** facing Jewish communities.

    Also, and I’m not saying these things are necessarily connected, but I found this stat interesting (and disheartening):

    > Support for Israel has grown among respondents over previous polls. For example, 66% agreed this year with the statement **“I support Israel fully, regardless of how its government behaves.”** The same statement had a support rating of only 48% in 2015 and 57% in 2011.

  2. Sad, especially with reports of bullying and harassment now quite regular. They are probably the most persecuted minority, at least in Western Europe.

  3. Israel has the right imo to operate the way it wants to.

    Each european country has the same right.

    If they dont like the way things are happening here they are free to prefer and go to Israel. Same how a European living in Israel can return home.

    I fail to see how exactly i should care about this article.
    Do they care if i say anything similar about Israel assuming i lived in Israel? I think not. Maybe they need some self reflection.

    No hard feelings or politics involved here. Just looking at things objectively.

  4. The shock of WWII has now more or less completely worn off.

    Europe has resumed the same track (uncompromising ideologies, insults towards anyone of different beliefs, disinterest in treating people whose backgrounds differ from the mainstream as fully human) that it had been on before.

    Anyone who has an identity other than the mainstream, particularly European Jews and European Muslims, has good reason to be thinking about moving.

  5. >The survey included 1,054 respondents in 31 countries and was conducted in 10 languages. About a third of respondents said they were Orthodox Jews, while a similar number characterized themselves as culturally Jewish. Nearly **60% were male and over 55 years old**, reflecting the fact that the survey is of **communal leaders**; few Jews under 40 sit on communal organizations’ boards, according to the survey.

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