A New Jewish Exodus? By Walter Russell Mead.

A New Jewish Exodus? By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, November 8, 2013.

Mead:

Anti-semitism is reaching terrifyingly high levels in Europe. According to a new survey by the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency, almost half of the Jews in some European countries have considered emigration due to anti-semitism. The BBC has more:

The survey of 5,847 Jewish people said 66% of those who responded considered anti-Semitism to be a problem.

 

Three out of four respondents, 76%, believed anti-Semitism had increased over the past five years….

 

The survey found 29% of those surveyed had considered emigrating because of concerns about safety, with particularly high figures recorded in Hungary (48%), France (46%) and Belgium (40%).

Interestingly, the piece reports that European Jews tend to believe that anti-semitism is coming mostly from Muslim populations and from the European left-wing, not from the European right-wing. It appears that left-wing hostility to orthodox religion and to religious practices like circumcision is combining with Muslim anger about Israel, making the EU an increasingly unfriendly place for Jews. If these trends continue to gather momentum, we may soon see a significant minority of Jews leaving their home countries for more tolerant shores.