Anti-Semitism: South Korea’s results showed that negative views of Jews weren’t necessarily tied to proximity, with 53% of those surveyed affirming six or more of the anti-Semitic statements. The country has about 100 Jews, according to the Jewish Virtual Library, an online encyclopedia. The survey’s findings didn’t all support anti-Semitic views. While 26% agreed with six or more of the anti-Semitic statements, 28% didn’t believe that any of them was “probably true.” In the U.S., 9% of those surveyed subscribed to six of the 11 statements, giving it one of the lowest levels of anti-Semitism.
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The U.S. is the only country where the League has conducted such surveys for years; the figure has dropped from 29% in the first survey, in 1964. Laos was the least anti-Semitic country in the new poll, with 0.2% of the population exhibiting such views. Measuring the problem may be easier than changing attitudes. “It’s not going to bring about an antidote, a vaccine, a quick fix,” Mr. Foxman said. “We don’t even know, with great humility, why [anti-Semitism is so prevalent]. But first you need recognition that there is a problem, so that will be our first priority. I’m sure there will be governments saying it’s not true.” The survey didn’t find a correlation between anti-Semitism and anti-Israel views. The relationship between the two attitudes is complex.
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About a quarter of the world’s population agrees that a number of negative statements about Jews are “probably true,” according to a poll aimed at providing a statistical underpinning to the question of how widespread anti-Semitism is globally. In the survey to be released Tuesday, which covered 101 countries, 26% of respondents agreed with at least six of 11 negative statements—what its sponsor called stereotypes—about Jews. The questions included “Jews are more loyal to Israel than [their home] country,” and “Jews have too much power in the business world.” The poll was sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, a leading organization for fighting anti-Semitism and other prejudice, and funded by New York business leader and philanthropist Leonard Stern. The pollster, First International Resources, conducted 53,100 interviews in 96 languages, and its sponsors said it was the most extensive survey ever on anti-Semitism. The League said its goal was to create a snapshot of anti-Semitic views in all parts of the world, to find ways to combat it, and to allow future surveys to measure whether, and where, the prejudice is rising or falling.
Abraham Foxman, the League’s national director, said he was taken aback that anti-Semitism remained so prevalent. “You would think—I would think—that 70 years after the Holocaust, with all the marvels of communication, of greater openness…that it would be low,” said Mr. Foxman, who has worked for the New York-based League since 1965 and headed the group since 1987. “So it’s maybe not shocking, but it’s sobering.” The only religious group with a higher unfavorability rating in the survey than Jews was Muslims. While 38% rated Jews favorably and 21% unfavorably, both numbers were higher for Muslims, with 47% rating them favorably and 24% unfavorably. In comparison, 62% rated Christians favorably and just 15% unfavorably, the survey found. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa, which generally have a contentious relationship with Israel, have by far the highest proportion of people responding with anti-Semitic views, with an average of 74%, the survey found. Outside that region, Greece had the highest percentage, with 69% of the people surveyed affirming six or more of the anti-Semitic statements. Anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice tend to rise during times of economic hardship, and Greece has been struggling with a downturn. The extremist party Golden Dawn, which has blamed Jews and other minorities for the country’s woes, has made significant inroads there.
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To Truly Understand Antisemitism You Must Watch This:
The root of anti-semitism is simpler then you think. Andrew Klavan, tongue in cheek has quite a bit to say about things that are going on constantly that are notably antisemetic. Just love his style
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