Report Finds: “Majority of American Jews Say Fear of Antisemitism Has Changed Behaviors”

Germany, 1933

By Vita Fellig
Jewish News Syndicate

A majority of American Jews report changing their behavior out of fear of antisemitism, according to an annual American Jewish Committee report documenting antisemitism in America published Wednesday.

Some 56% of American Jews say they have avoided certain behaviors or activities because of fears of antisemitism, rising from a reported 46% in 2023, according to “The State of Antisemitism in America 2024.”

It is the first analysis of the impacts of antisemitism on American Jews and U.S. adults during the full year following the Hamas-led terrorist attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Click here to continue reading.


(photo from bigstockphoto.com; used with permission. Also used in the cover of Anita Dittman’s LT booklet, When Hitler Was in Power: Memories of a Jewish Girl.)

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