The Impact of Antisemitism on European Jews

41% of Jews aged 16-34 have considered emigrating from Europe because of antisemitism, of these 33 % report making active plans to do so.^[1][1] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2019-young-jewish-europeans_en.pdf
38% of Jews in the countries surveyed have considered emigrating in the past five years “because they did not feel safe as a Jew in the country where they live.”^[2][2] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2018-experiences-and-perceptions-of-antisemitism-survey_en.pdf
13% of young Jewish Europeans “feels sufficiently unsafe to have either moved out of the neighborhood in which they lived, or to have made active plans to do so, or to have contemplated it.”^[3][3] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2019-young-jewish-europeans_en.pdf

“34 % of Jews [in the 12 EU countries surveyed] said that they at least occasionally avoid visiting Jewish events or sites because they would not feel safe there, or on the way there, as a Jew. … The highest proportions of respondents indicated this in the Netherlands, France, and Belgium (43 %, 41 %, and 37 %, respectively)”^[4][4] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2018-experiences-and-perceptions-of-antisemitism-survey_en.pdf
“… 38 % of Jews [in the 12 EU countries surveyed] avoid certain places in their local area or neighbourhood at least occasionally because they do not feel safe there as Jews. Higher proportions do this in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, and Sweden (49 %, 49 %, 46 %, 45 %, and 44 %, respectively).”^[5][5] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2018-experiences-and-perceptions-of-antisemitism-survey_en.pdf
73% “of the young Jewish Europeans who wear, carry or display things that might help people recognise that they are Jewish, do not do so, at least on occasion, because they are concerned about their safety.”^[6][6] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2019-young-jewish-europeans_en.pdf

Antisemitism Barometer 2020 (UK): 44% of British Jews avoid visible displays of their Judaism, such as a kippa, a Star of David or other symbols, due to fear of anti-Semitism.^[7][7] https://antisemitism.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Antisemitism-Barometer-2020-3.pdf
49 % of Jews [in the 12 EU countries surveyed] “at least sometimes wear, carry or display items that could identify them as Jewish. Of those respondents who at least sometimes carry or display such items, 71 % at least occasionally avoid doing so.”^[8][8] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2018-experiences-and-perceptions-of-antisemitism-survey_en.pdf
“French Jews attempt to hide their Judaism … with up to a quarter withholding the information of their religious affiliation at work. Others place their religious symbols, such as mezuzot that are traditionally on the outside of homes, inside their doorposts so their homes will not be marked as Jewish. Some 50% of French Jews have already considered leaving France for a different country”.^[9][9] https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen-new-ajc-survey-finds-rising-anti-semitism-in-france-is-mainstream-worry/

“… In Hungary, Belgium, France and Germany, between 40 % and 44 % of respondents indicate that they have considered emigrating in the past five years because they did not feel safe there as Jews.
Roughly one fifth to one third of respondents in the other countries reported having considered emigrating. Of those respondents who have considered emigration 30 % say they have taken some form of active preparatory steps towards emigrating – for example, looked for housing or employment, or made travel arrangements – in the past five years.”^[10][10] https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2018-experiences-and-perceptions-of-antisemitism-survey_en.pdf