Poll: 70% of US Jews feel less safe than before Israel-Hamas war

A new poll finds that 70 percent of American Jewish respondents feel less safe than they did before the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Three-quarters of Jewish respondents are concerned that their communities will face security problems as a result of the war, the survey — commissioned by the Jewish Federations of North America — finds.

Jews are twice as likely to say they worry about their personal safety compared to the general public, according to the poll.

Among Jews, those who wear distinctive Jewish items are twice as likely to say they feel worried about their safety “all the time,” relative to Jews who do not wear distinctive items, the poll finds.

The survey was conducted over text message with 3,777 people participating, 2,199 of them Jewish.

The total margin of error is 1.59%, with the margin of error for the Jewish respondents at 2.09%.