Poll: Massive percentage of U.S. Jews feel less safe since Oct. 7

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A guest listens during a Hanukkah menorah lighting event Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House photo by Erin Scott)
A guest listens during a Hanukkah menorah lighting event Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House photo by Erin Scott)

(JNS) — More than three-quarters of U.S. Jews report feeling less safe as Jews in the United States after Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel, according to the American Jewish Committee’s 2023 survey of antisemitism in America.

The AJC began polling American Jews on Oct. 5, but after Oct. 7, the nonprofit opted to pause its questionnaire. It relaunched on Oct. 17, conducting surveys until Nov. 21.

The AJC released the survey, which it has conducted of Jews since 2019, and of Jews and the general public in parallel since 2020. It released the latest survey of 1,528 Jewish American adults on Tuesday.

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