As we integrate the data of the three dimensions, an aggregating picture emerges. Despite a larger number of annual incidents per 1000 Jews in UK than in France, French Jews feel more anxiety than British Jews. Unlike British Jews, French Jews feel that anti-Semitic discourse has spread into the national mainstream public sphere and have lost confidence in the ability of the national government to control the Muslim minority. Indeed, following Manuel Valls’ unambiguous statements and concrete actions, French Jews started regaining confidence in the French government’s commitment to protect them. Nevertheless, they are worried about the persistence of anti-Semitic violence and are still cautious about the capability of the police and security to contain social and violent manifestations of anti-Semitism.8 This discomfort fits with additional field survey findings. Following the 2015 terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, national surveys confirmed the spread of feelings of deep discomfort among French Jews and their heightened motivation to leave the country: 61 percent feel they “they would be more secure in Israel than in France” (for 40 percent of the general French population – Jews and non-Jews – expressed that “Jews are not safe in France”), while 80 percent of them “contemplate leaving the country” and half of them “consider Israel as their preferred destination.”9
Article Library / 2016
2016 Annual Assessment
- Foreword
- Part 1
- Part 2: Dimensions of Jewish Well-Being
- Geopolitics
- An Opportunity for a Geopolitical Adjustment
- State-Level Anti-BDS Legislative Initiatives – Overview and Recommendations
- Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Index on anti-Semitism in Europe
- India and Israel
- Two Years since Narendra Modi’s Election Victory
- One Man’s Whim – or Long-Term Forces of History?
- Why is India important? The Numbers
- India’s Soft Power Assets
- India’s Quest for Great Power Status
- Fast Growing Links with the Middle East
- Energy and Economic Links with the Middle East
- Islam: India’s Historical and Cultural Bonds with the Muslim Middle East
- Steady Growth of Indo-Israeli Relations
- A Dearth of Information and Cultural Links
- The India-Israel-Jewish People Triangle
- Endnotes
- Demography
- Bonds Within and Between Communities
- Identity Formation and Expression
- What are the Main Components of Jewishness? Results of JPPI Surveys
- After the Zionist Revolution: Patterns of Jewish Collective Identity among Israeli Jews
- Religious Zionism in Israel Today: Toward the Center
- Introduction
- The Drive Toward Political and Moral Leadership
- The Disengagement from Gaza and the Face-to-Face Project
- Integral Nationalism
- The Historical Antecedents for the Contemporary Jewish Home Party
- Religious Zionists in the Likud
- Jewish Home Control of the Ministries of Education and Justice
- Religious Zionists in the Army
- Religious Zionists in the Mainstream Electronic Media
- The Reduction in Religiosity
- Being Less Sectarian and Religious Increases the Impact and Appeal of Religious Zionism
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Material Resources
- People of the Book
- Geopolitics
- Part 3: Feature Articles
- Orthodox Jews in the United States
- Introduction
- Varieties of Orthodox Judaism
- The Hasidic Community
- The Yeshivish Community
- Heimish Jews
- The Modern Orthodox Community
- The Sephardic Community
- Chabad-Lubavitch
- The Challenge of Orthodox Growth to Mainstream Jewish Organizations
- General Education
- Citizenship
- Individual Rights
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- French Aliyah: Governmental Efforts and Recommendations
- Successful absorption is the key to encouraging Aliyah
- Assessing the potential: 200,000 French Jews are considering immigration to Israel
- Socio-Cultural Profile of French Olim
- Employment prospects and Aliyah
- Employment Prospects and Aliyah
- Implementing Government Resolutions
- Additional Efforts Required in the Employment Sphere
- Employment and businesses
- Housing and Communal Life
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Austrian Jewry 70+ Years after the Shoah
- Introduction
- Communal Framework
- Demography
- Leadership
- From “Sitting on Packed Suitcases” to “Feeling at Home”
- External Representation – Changing Relationship with the Gentile Surroundings
- Restitution
- Changes in the Austrian Shoah Introspection
- Jewish Group Identity
- Infrastructure and Jewish Life
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Orthodox Jews in the United States
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