by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent
(Worthy News) – A new study by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) shows that Jews in America have seen an “explosion of anti-Jewish hate” since the Hamas attack against Israel on Oct. 7 last year, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Led by Dr. Ira Sheskin and Dr. Misha Galperin, the CAM study found that well over 50% of the 5.8 million Jews living in America have personally experienced antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attack triggered the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
“The explosion of anti-Jewish hate since October 7 in this country has profoundly impacted individuals, families, and communities,” Galperin, a member of CAM’s Board of Governors, told JPost.
According to the study, one-fifth of Jewish children have personally experienced antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023, and a quarter of Jewish adults have experienced antisemitism in their local community within the same period. There was also widespread antisemitism across all major social media platforms.
Around 61% of American Jews surveyed said they have felt since Oct. 7. Notably, in light of the nationwide anti-Israel demonstrations that swept college campuses in the last year, nearly 40% of Jewish college students said they felt unsafe.
“In terms of antisemitic tropes, many respondents in their study reported hearing that Jews care too much about money, or that the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerated,” JPost noted. “Many also said they had heard that US Jews care more about Israel than America, a common trope indicating an accusation of dual loyalties.”
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