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Studies show Jewish life in Germany ‘most precarious since Nazis,’ group says
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Jewish and Israeli communities in Germany continue to face widespread hostility, discrimination, and fear two years after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, a pair of new studies show.
An interim report by the Center for Anti-Semitism-Critical Education and Research (KOAS) and the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, released last month, finds that Jews in Germany experience “massive harassment and exclusion” in schools, universities, workplaces, and public spaces, with many respondents saying they now conceal their Jewish identity for safety reasons.
A separate survey of Jewish youth by the Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany (ZWST) shows that antisemitism permeates digital life.
According to the study, some 87 percent of Jewish teenagers say they encountered antisemitic content online over the past year—nearly half of them “very frequently.”
About 42% reported feelings of fear and distress, and more than one in four said the hostility affected their daily lives.
“Jewish life in Germany today is characterized by exclusion, threat, and insecurity,” ZWST says. “The state of the Jewish community in Germany has not been so fragile since the defeat of the Nazi reign of terror and should be cause for alarm.”
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