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The severe upswing in anti-Semitism in several European countries is so significant that Newsweek has made it its cover story. The sympathetic Newsweek report is entitled, "Exodus: Why Europe's Jews are Fleeing Once Again."
The article is replete with references to the Holocaust, rendering it much more than just another hate-crimes report. It rather relays that the same sentiments that led to genocide seven decades ago are again most prevalent in modern-day Europe. The cover photo of a young Jewess with an old suitcase, the words "Once Again" in the headline, and comparisons with Holocaust events - all paint a picture of not merely fleeting anti-Semitism, but of a genuine phenomenon that could once again change the face of Europe.
Newsweek notes that the European Jewish Congress has even set up a website, www.sacc.eu, providing Jewish communities and individuals with advice and contacts in the events of an attack.
The increasing anti-Semitism is felt in the growing number of violent attacks, particularly in France, Hungary, and Sweden, as well as in the strong showings of anti-Semitic political parties in recent elections.
A survey published last November by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency found that 29% of European Jews had considered emigrating because they do not feel safe.
Aliyah from France, widely recognized as stemming at least as much from fear as from Zionism, has spiked sharply. A full 1% of the French Jewish community, or 5,000 Jews, are expected to make Aliyah to Israel during 2014, according to Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky; some say it could reach 6,000. This comes on the heels of the Aliyah of 5,000 French Jews between 2011 and 2013.
The Newsweek cover photo of a refugee has elicited shocked reactions - according to the pictured "refugee" herself, Moriah Haddad-Rodriguez, an Israeli citizen who grew up in Belgium. "My own brother can no longer walk safely in parts of Belgium wearing a kippah or speaking Hebrew," she says. "Pro-Palestinian demonstrations are simply anti-Semitic events in disguise, and they end with cries of 'Jews to the gas chambers!'"
The article ends with this challenge issued by Sharansky: "Jewish communities in Europe... are more and more hesitant about what their future is. Europe's leaders are working hard to convince that Europe is multicultural and post-nationalist. But if the oldest minority in Europe feels uncomfortable and is disappearing, that raises questions of education and citizenship. That is the challenge for Europe's leaders.
via israelnn.com
The article is replete with references to the Holocaust, rendering it much more than just another hate-crimes report. It rather relays that the same sentiments that led to genocide seven decades ago are again most prevalent in modern-day Europe. The cover photo of a young Jewess with an old suitcase, the words "Once Again" in the headline, and comparisons with Holocaust events - all paint a picture of not merely fleeting anti-Semitism, but of a genuine phenomenon that could once again change the face of Europe.
Newsweek notes that the European Jewish Congress has even set up a website, www.sacc.eu, providing Jewish communities and individuals with advice and contacts in the events of an attack.
The increasing anti-Semitism is felt in the growing number of violent attacks, particularly in France, Hungary, and Sweden, as well as in the strong showings of anti-Semitic political parties in recent elections.
A survey published last November by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency found that 29% of European Jews had considered emigrating because they do not feel safe.
Aliyah from France, widely recognized as stemming at least as much from fear as from Zionism, has spiked sharply. A full 1% of the French Jewish community, or 5,000 Jews, are expected to make Aliyah to Israel during 2014, according to Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky; some say it could reach 6,000. This comes on the heels of the Aliyah of 5,000 French Jews between 2011 and 2013.
The Newsweek cover photo of a refugee has elicited shocked reactions - according to the pictured "refugee" herself, Moriah Haddad-Rodriguez, an Israeli citizen who grew up in Belgium. "My own brother can no longer walk safely in parts of Belgium wearing a kippah or speaking Hebrew," she says. "Pro-Palestinian demonstrations are simply anti-Semitic events in disguise, and they end with cries of 'Jews to the gas chambers!'"
The article ends with this challenge issued by Sharansky: "Jewish communities in Europe... are more and more hesitant about what their future is. Europe's leaders are working hard to convince that Europe is multicultural and post-nationalist. But if the oldest minority in Europe feels uncomfortable and is disappearing, that raises questions of education and citizenship. That is the challenge for Europe's leaders.
via israelnn.com
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