cover image: How conflict in Israel and Gaza affects Jews in the UK,

How conflict in Israel and Gaza affects Jews in the UK,

13 Oct 2023

But in that context, it is worth noting that the common thread in all such arguments is an incomplete or flawed understanding of the Jewish narrative; a moral and intellectual failure to understand who Jews are, and the nature and legitimacy of their deep connections to the strip of land on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. [...] To gain a more accurate assessment of the scale of antisemitism in the UK, the same FRA survey also records the proportion of Jews across the UK who reported experiencing at least one case of antisemitic harassment in the year prior to the 2018 study. [...] Drawing on data gathered in a JPR survey conducted in July 2021, just two months after the last major flare- up in Gaza, we found that 73% of all Jewish adults in 56% of all Jews in the UK have the UK felt that they were being held responsible in reported that public and media some way for the actions of the Israeli government by criticism of Israel during the 2021 non-Jews during the conflict, an. [...] It is aimed in part at the media, to raise awareness about the need for sensitivity in reporting, and to call on journalists to be conscious that this is not simply a flare-up in the Middle East, but a profound trauma for many Jews around the world, both in terms of the horrors that have been seen, and the historical memories they evoke. [...] A specialist in contemporary Jewry with expertise in the study of Jews in the UK and across Europe, he is a Board member of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, and advisor to several trusts and foundations investing in contemporary European Jewish life.

Authors

Omri Gal

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