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Turkish Jews in an Unwelcoming Public Space
Author(s): Kaymak, Özgür
Editor(s): Öktem, Kerem; Yosmaoğlu, Ipek Kocaömer
Date: 2022
Topics: Antisemitism, Security / Insecurity, Citizenship, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: “Turkish Jews in an unwelcoming public space” focuses on the transformation of citizenship experiences and daily life practices of Turkish Jews in the last decade. I argue that Turkish Jews’ feelings of insecurity have intensified as consequence of the rising religious conservatism under subsequent AKP governments. This sense of insecurity has become even more acute with the rise of anti-Semitism especially after the 2013 Gezi Park Protests and the July 15 coup attempt in 2016. In this chapter, I discuss the main strategies and performative repertoires that Turkish Jews have adopted in response to this adversarial social and political environmen
Dreigingsrapport 2019: Het dreigingsniveau van de Joodse gemeenschap in Nederland
Translated Title: Threat Report 2019: The threat level of the Jewish community in the Netherlands
Date: 2019
Topics: Antisemitism: Muslim, Antisemitism: Monitoring, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Terrorism, Islamic Fundamentalism, Security / Insecurity
Abstract: “DE KANARIE IN DE KOLENMIJN”

‘Dreiging’ is een moeilijk meetbaar fenomeen. Soms is het evident en expliciet; soms is een dreiging verborgen en sluimerend. Soms is er een duidelijke afzender en is het gericht tegen een duidelijk doelwit, in andere gevallen is het veel minder duidelijk.

Het huidige dreigingsbeeld wordt steeds minder duidelijk : er komen afzenders bij en er komen doelwitten bij. Hierdoor zou men kunnen concluderen dat de specifieke dreiging gericht tegen de Joodse gemeenschap, in vergelijking met voorgaande jaren, afneemt.

De Stichting Bij Leven En Welzijn (BLEW) heeft een dreigingsindex samengesteld, waarmee verschillende factoren zo objectief mogelijk kunnen worden gewogen. Deze index meet op een consistente wijze de dreiging door de jaren heen. Hierdoor ontstaat een objectief beeld van de ontwikkeling van het dreigingsniveau.

In tegenstelling tot wat men zou verwachten geeft de index aan dat het dreigingsniveau de laatste paar jaar toeneemt. Naast deze objectieve weging heeft BLEW een breed opgezet onderzoek naar het veiligheidsgevoel binnen de Joodse gemeenschap uitgevoerd. Ook uit deze kwalitatieve enquête komt het beeld naar voren dat joden zich steeds minder veilig voelen. Het veiligheidsgevoel neemt kortom af. Dit is overigens weer in overeenstemming met de metingen over het toenemende aantal antisemitische incidenten in Nederland en de landen om ons heen.

Ondanks dat men, op basis van de relatieve “rust” in Europa wat betreft aanslagen tegen joodse doelwitten in Europa, zou vermoeden dat de dreiging afneemt, is de conclusie van dit rapport overduidelijk en zorgwekkend :
Alle signalen wijzen op een verslechterde situatie. De toename van de dreigingsindex en de (globale en nationale) toename van het antisemitisme bevestigen het gevoel dat binnen de Joodse gemeenschap leeft dat het minder veilig wordt.

Helaas fungeren Joden al eeuwen als de ‘kanarie in de kolenmijn’. Zo ook in het huidig tijdgewricht, waar de bedreiging van joden en andere minderheden een prelude zal zijn van een probleem dat de gehele Nederlandse samenleving treft. Tenzij we nu gezamenlijk opstaan en alle kennis, kunde en ervaring samenbrengen om te zorgen dat de Dreigingsindex niet alleen een dalende lijn zal vertonen, maar vooral niet meer nodig zal zijn.

Het dreigingsrapport 2019 laat helaas zien dat dit doel nog ver weg is.
Dreigingsrapport 2018: Het dreigingsniveau van de Joodse gemeenschap in Nederland
Translated Title: Threat Report 2018: The threat level of the Jewish community in the Netherlands
Date: 2018
Topics: Antisemitism: Muslim, Antisemitism: Monitoring, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Terrorism, Islamic Fundamentalism, Security / Insecurity
Abstract: Sterke afname veiligheidsgevoel bij beperkte toename dreigingsniveau.

Het dreigingsniveau voor de Joodse Gemeenschap is al enkele jaren verontrustend hoog. Een belangrijke oorzaak is de niet aflatende dreiging van jihadistisch terrorisme voor de westerse samenleving als geheel en de joodse gemeenschap in het bijzonder. In 2017 is het dreigingsniveau zoals gemeten door de Stichting Bij Leven en Welzijn (BLEW) gestegen. Opmerkelijk is dat de oorzaken voor dit dreigingsniveau, die gemeten worden in de Dreigingsindex van Bij Leven en Welzijn van jaar tot jaar variëren.

In het voorliggende rapport, inmiddels de vijfde die BLEW publiceert, tonen aan dat een mondiale toename van het antisemitisme, de uiterst gewelddadige oproepen tegen joden op sociale media en de niet aflatende stroom aan verdachte handelingen rondom Joodse objecten een grimmige sfeer en daarmee een sterke afname van het veiligheidsgevoel tot gevolg hebben.

De toename van het aantal antisemitische incidenten neemt wereldwijd, maar vooral ook in West-Europa toe. Dit heeft ook als het mensen niet direct treft een grote impact op de Joodse gemeenschap. Door de toename van gevallen van vandalisme, bedreiging, intimidatie en belediging zijn mensen zich bewust van hun eigen kwetsbaarheid. Dit wordt versterkt door een zeer verontrustende beweging waarbij antizionisme en anti-Israël-geluiden inmiddels als een haast geaccepteerde vorm van antisemitisme gemeengoed zijn geworden; het gevolg is dat de kwetsbare Joodse gemeenschap zich nog kwetsbaarder voelt. Dat veroorzaakt een afnemend gevoel van veiligheid binnen de Joodse gemeenschap.
Gezien het belang van het veiligheidsgevoel in kwesties rondom
beveiliging zal dit gevoel - hoewel moeilijk meetbaar en dikwijls
subjectief – vanaf deze editie van ons Dreigingsrapport monitoren en duiden.
Fifth Survey of European Jewish Community Leaders and Professionals, 2021
Author(s): Dimentstein, Marcelo
Date: 2021
Topics: Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Identity, Jewish Community, Coronavirus/Covid, Antisemitism, Israel Attachment, Fundraising and Philanthropy, Jewish Organisations, Security / Insecurity, Surveys
Abstract: The Fifth Survey of European Jewish Community Leaders and Professionals, 2021 presents the results of an online survey offered in 10 languages and administered to 1054 respondents in 31 countries. Conducted every three years using the same format, the survey seeks to identify trends and their evolution in time.

Even if European Jewish leaders and community professionals rank antisemitism and combatting it among their first concerns and priorities, they are similarly committed to expanding Jewish communities and fostering future sustainability by engaging more young people and unaffiliated Jews.

The survey covers a wide variety of topics including the toll of COVID-19 on European Jewish communities and a widening generational gap around pivotal issues. Conducted every three years since 2008, the study is part of JDC’s wider work in Europe, which includes its partnerships with local Jewish communities and programs aiding needy Jews, fostering Jewish life and leaders, resilience training.

The respondents were comprised of presidents and chairpersons of nationwide “umbrella organizations” or Federations; presidents and executive directors of private Jewish foundations, charities, and other privately funded initiatives; presidents and main representatives of Jewish communities that are organized at a city level; executive directors and programme coordinators, as well as current and former board members of Jewish organizations; among others.

The JDC International Centre for Community Development established the survey as a means to identify the priorities, sensibilities and concerns of Europe’s top Jewish leaders and professionals working in Jewish institutions, taking into account the changes that European Jewry has gone through since 1989, and the current political challenges and uncertainties in the continent. In a landscape with few mechanisms that can truly gauge these phenomena, the European Jewish Community Leaders Survey is an essential tool for analysis and applied research in the field of community development.
Fourth Survey of European Jewish Community Leaders and Professionals, 2018
Author(s): Kosmin, Barry A.
Date: 2018
Topics: Antisemitism, Fundraising and Philanthropy, Israel Attachment, Jewish Continuity, Religious Denominations, Security, Surveys, Jewish Leadership, Jewish Organisations, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Identity
Abstract: The Fourth Survey of European Jewish Community Leaders and Professionals, 2018 presents the results of an online survey offered in 10 languages and administered to 893 respondents in 29 countries. Conducted every three years using the same format, the survey seeks to identify trends and their evolution in time.

The survey asked Jewish lay leaders and community professionals questions regarding future community priorities, identifying the main threats to Jewish life, views on the safety and security situation in their cities, including emergency preparedness, and opinions on an array of internal community issues. Examples include conversions, membership criteria policies on intermarriage, and their vision of Europe and Israel.

The respondents were comprised of presidents and chairpersons of nationwide “umbrella organizations” or Federations; presidents and executive directors of private Jewish foundations, charities, and other privately funded initiatives; presidents and main representatives of Jewish communities that are organized at a city level; executive directors and programme coordinators, as well as current and former board members of Jewish organizations; among others.

The JDC International Centre for Community Development established the survey as a means to identify the priorities, sensibilities and concerns of Europe’s top Jewish leaders and professionals working in Jewish institutions, taking into account the changes that European Jewry has gone through since 1989, and the current political challenges and uncertainties in the continent. In a landscape with few mechanisms that can truly gauge these phenomena, the European Jewish Community Leaders Survey is an essential tool for analysis and applied research in the field of community development.

The Survey team was directed by Dr. Barry Kosmin (Trinity College), who has conducted several large national social surveys and opinion polls in Europe, Africa and the U.S., including the CJF 1990 US National Jewish Population Survey.
Third Survey of European Jewish Leaders and Opinion Formers, 2015
Author(s): Kosmin, Barry A.
Date: 2016
Topics: Antisemitism, Fundraising and Philanthropy, Israel Attachment, Jewish Continuity, Religious Denominations, Security, Surveys, Jewish Leadership, Jewish Organisations, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Identity
Abstract: Launched by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s International Centre for Community Development (JDC-ICCD), and conducted by a research team at Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut, USA) between June and August 2015, the Third Survey of European Jewish Leaders and Opinion Formers presents the results of an online survey administered to 314 respondents in 29 countries. The survey was conducted online in five languages: English, French, Spanish, German and Hungarian. The Survey of European Jewish Leaders and Opinion Formers is conducted every three or four years using the same format, in order to identify trends and their evolution. Findings of the 2015 edition were assessed and evaluated based on the results of previous surveys (2008 and 2011). The survey posed Jewish leaders and opinion formers a range of questions about major challenges and issues that
concern European Jewish communities in 2015, and about their expectations of how communities will evolve over the next 5-10 years. The 45 questions (see Appendix) dealt
with topics that relate to internal community structures and their functions, as well as the external environment affecting communities. The questionnaire also included six open-ended questions in a choice of five languages. These answers form the basis of the qualitative analysis of the report. The questions were organized under the following headings:• Vision & Change (6 questions)
• Decision-Making & Control (1 question)
• Lay Leadership (1 question)
• Professional Leadership (2 questions)
• Status Issues & Intermarriage (5 questions)
• Organizational Frameworks (2 questions)
• Community Causes (2 questions)
• Jewish Education (1 question)
• Funding (3 questions)
• Communal Tensions (3 questions)
• Anti-Semitism/Security (5 questions)
• Europe (1 question)
• Israel (1 question)
• Future (2 questions)
• Personal Profile (9 questions)
Second Survey of European Jewish Leaders and Opinion Formers, 2011
Author(s): Kosmin, Barry A.
Date: 2012
Topics: Antisemitism, Fundraising and Philanthropy, Israel Attachment, Jewish Continuity, Religious Denominations, Security, Surveys, Jewish Leadership, Jewish Organisations, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Identity
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Jewish Life in Ukraine at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Part Two
Author(s): Gidwitz, Betsy
Date: 2001
Topics: International Relations, Security, Jewish Organisations, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract:

This survey of contemporary issues in Ukrainian Jewish life provides information on the following topics: local Jewish community organizations, Jewish welfare needs, Jewish education, community property, emigration, and future prospects. Part one of this article can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/10207/17996
Jewish-Muslim Relations in Sweden
Author(s): Tossavainen, Mikael
Date: 2009
Topics: Community Relations, Islam, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Security, Tolerance, Interfaith Dialogue, Antisemitism: Muslim, Main Topic: Other, Interfaith Relations
Abstract:

The author discusses the Jewish and Muslim populations of Sweden, outlines venues and efforts for interfaith dialogue between the two groups, identifies issues of mutual interest (including promoting tolerance for ritual slaughter and circumcision), identifies issues of conflict, and notes instances of attacks on Jews.
Ireland's Jews: Past, Present, Future
Author(s): Miller, Rory
Date: 2008
Topics: International Relations, Security, Jewish Organisations, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: The author reviews the history of the Irish Jewish community, the roles Jews have played in Ireland's history, culture and economy, the nature and extent of antisemitism in Ireland, the structure of Ireland's organized Jewish community, relations between Ireland and Israel, and relations between Irish Jews and Irish Muslims.
Post-Soviet Jewry on the Cusp of Its Third Decade - Part 2
Author(s): Gidwitz, Betsy
Date: 2011
Topics: International Relations, Security, Jewish Organisations, Main Topic: Identity and Community
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Jews in the European Community: Sociodemographic Trends and Challenges
Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio
Editor(s): Singer, David
Date: 1993
Topics: International Relations, Security, Jewish Organisations, European Union, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: At the start of 1993, the European continent was emitting ambivalent and troubling political signals. Ramifications of major geopolitical changes were not fully understood or absorbed and sparked a massive wave of international migrations. These developments accounted for growing social turmoil and outbursts of xenophobia. As such, the status of Jewish communities within the framework of the European Community (EC) aroused anxiety. This article reviews the major sociodemographic processes that currently characterize the Jewish population with the EC. Basic historical background is provided, and brief attention is paid to a few issues of broader significance for the present and future of Western European Jewry.
Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today
Author(s): Kahn-Harris, Keith; Gidley, Ben
Date: 2010
Topics: Sociology, Jewish Community, Jewish Organisations, Jewish Renewal, Jewish Continuity, Security, Antisemitism, Antisemitism: New Antisemitism, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: This book contains a discussion of transformations within British Jewry in recent times. The book examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990. The authors contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a strategy of insecurity, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally.