Lucy Hamilton
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Nearly half of Americans hold anti-Semitic views, a survey has revealed. It also found that one in eight US citizens surveyed (13 percent) thought Jews used talking about the Holocaust to get sympathy.
A "Gallup" asked 3,411 US adults about their attitudes toward USA Jewish citizens. It found that 45 percent polled believed at least one anti-Semitic view presented to them was “definitely or probably true.”
Many found clichés and stereotypes about Jews to be true. One in four believed Jewish people “chase money more than others,” while one in six people felt Jews thought they were better than other people and had too much power in the media.
The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA), which commissioned the study, said America was at a“tipping point” in its Annual Anti-Semitism Barometer report.
Around 6,768,855 Jewish people live in the USA, or 2.2 percent of the American population, according to CAA.
The survey also found that one in 10 people (11 percent) claimed Jews were not as honest in business as other people, while one in five believed their loyalty to Israel made US Jewish citizens less loyal to the US, and 10 percent of all surveyed said they would be unhappy if a relative married a Jewish person.
Last year, police recorded a record number of anti-Semitic attacks.
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Would the perception that jews use the holocast for sympathy be anti-semetic?
The whole anti-Semitic thing has reached absurd proportions. I mean even mentioning that someone is Jewish causes a fit.
If one says, why in general are the Chair and/or Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve or US Treasury Secretary nearly always Jewish....this is construed as "anti-Semitic"
Completely ridiculous. They are legitimate questions and in a Free Speech society are perfectly reasonable.
That's not my quote.
What's not your quote?