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2021 Survey on Jewish Americans’ Experiences Jewish-themed Crossword Puzzle

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Source: Anti-Defamation League, adl.org/blog, March 31, 2021
he American Jewish communi- but still within the range of the margin in 2020). There was also a very slight reflected in the general population sur- is generously brought to you by
ty continues to face significant of statistical error (+/- 4.4%). drop (within the margin of statistical vey response in ADL’s “Online Hate
Tfear and anxiety from the threat While the 2020 survey did not ask error) from 2020 to 2021 in reported and Harassment” report).
of antisemitic or other hateful attacks about more recent incidents, this year, concern about various threats to the Methodology
and harassment. Following up on our we asked participants to answer ques- Jewish community, including verbal The survey was conducted by YouGov,
2020 survey results, we asked Jewish tions based on their experiences over harassment, physical attacks and the a leading public opinion and data ana-
Americans to tell us about their experi- the last 12 months. The most notable defacement of synagogues or other lytics firm, on behalf of the Anti-Def-
ences online and off with antisemitism. (and by far the highest) number from Jewish institutions. amation League (ADL), examining
Their responses indicate that antisemi- that sample: 40% say they heard an- These concerns are significant Jewish Americans’ experiences with
tism still is very much a part of Jewish tisemitic comments, slurs or threats di- enough to affect the daily behaviors antisemitism both online and offline.
Americans’ lives. rected at someone else. of many respondents, at levels similar The survey of Jewish American adults
Antisemitic experiences Online antisemitism to last year’s results. Asked whether over the age of 18 was conducted from
Well over half (63%) of Jews in Ameri- Jewish Americans frequently encoun- they have taken specific steps to guard January 7-15, 2021. A total of 503 re-
ca have either experienced or witnessed ter antisemitism online in 2021, at lev- against violence or harassment against sponses were collected from Jewish
some form of antisemitism in the last els largely unchanged from last year. Jews, 6% said they have avoided Jew- Americans, 18 and older, and weighted
five years. Even given the poll result’s 36% of respondents say they have ex- ish institutions, including synagogues to reflect the demographic makeup of
4% margin of error, that’s a notable in- perienced some form of online harass- or Jewish events, and 13% said they Jewish people across the United States,
crease from 2020’s total of 54%. More ment. Meanwhile, 31% say they have have avoided identifying themselves according to Pew Research Center.
than half (56%) of American Jews have been called offensive names online, as Jewish on social media. The over- Participants are rewarded for general
heard antisemitic comments, slurs or and 13% say they have been physically all number of people who took at least participation in YouGov surveys but
threats targeting others in the past five threatened. one protective measure was 32%, com- were not directly rewarded by ADL for
years, and one in four Jewish Ameri- Concerns about the community pared to 27% in 2020. their participation in this survey. The
cans (25%) say they have been target- More than half (59%) of Jewish Amer- This level of anxiety and fear margin of sampling error for the full
ed by antisemitic comments, slurs or icans polled said they feel Jews are less comes at a cost, as does targeted on- sample of respondents is plus or minus
threats during the same time frame. Es- safe in the U.S. today than they were a line harassment. As was also the case 4.4 percentage points.
pecially alarmingly, 9% say they have decade ago. in 2020, one in three (33%) Jewish Donor acknowledgment
been physically attacked in the last five Slightly fewer respondents report- Americans who have been harassed re- ADL gratefully acknowledges The
years because they are Jewish. These ed being afraid of a violent attack at a port having trouble sleeping. 16% said ADL Lewy Family Institute for Com-
numbers are all slightly up from 2020, synagogue (49% in 2021, versus 55% they had been impacted financially by bating Antisemitism and for its sus-
the harassment. tained support and commitment to
Fewer respondents report con- fighting antisemitism.
tacting online platforms with their ADL also thanks its individual,
concerns – 29% in 2021, down sig- corporate and foundation advocates
UROLOGY TREATMENT CENTER nificantly from 43% in 2020. This and contributors, whose vote of con-
• BARZELL • GREEN • AKARY • may reflect some resignation vis-à-vis fidence in our work provides the re-
sources for our research, analysis and
tech companies’ perceived lack of re-
sponsiveness to complaints about on- programs fighting antisemitism and
WINSTON E. BARZELL, MD, FACS, FRCS line bigotry and hate (which is also hate in the U.S. and around the globe.
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