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Mosby

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Thu Apr 6, 2017, 01:14 PM Apr 2017

14 percent of Americans hold anti-Semitic views, 52 percent concerned about violence against Jews...

Most Americans do not hold anti-Semitic views and are worried about violence against Jews, according to polls by the Anti-Defamation League.

Only 14 percent of Americans expressed anti-Semitic attitudes, a slight increase from 10 percent in 2015, according to the data, which was released Thursday. Older and less educated respondents were the most likely to hold anti-Jewish views.

However, 52 percent of respondents said they were concerned about anti-Semitic violence and an even higher proportion, 76 percent, were worried about violence against Muslims, the ADL found.

Forty-seven percent of respondents said there was more anti-Semitism during the 2016 presidential campaign than in previous times. Nearly half of Americans, 49 percent, said Donald Trump had not done enough to discourage anti-Jewish sentiments as a candidate, while 39 percent said he had.

http://www.jta.org/2017/04/06/news-opinion/united-states/few-americans-hold-anti-semitic-views-but-most-concerned-about-violence-against-jews-poll-finds

10% to 14% in 2 years is not a "slight" increase, it's a 29% rise in Antisemitic sentiment.

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