Kansas City Survey Seyz: Local Jewish People Confront Worsening Hate

A quick press release statement reminds us that there's no shortage of cruelty in this town.

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Nine percent of Jewish people in Kansas City surveyed in a report by the Jewish Federation of Kansas City experienced antisemitism last year.

The majority of the survey’s respondents — 75% — “are very concerned” about antisemitism in the U.S.

The survey’s results “should alarm all Americans,” AJC CEO David Harris said in a statement following the release of the report.

“Now is the time for American society to stand up and say ‘enough is enough.’ American Jews see antisemitism on the far right and the far left, among extremists acting in the name of Islam, and elsewhere throughout America,” the statement continued. “It is 2021, and a disturbing number of Jews in America are afraid of identifying openly as Jewish for fear of attack.”

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Nine percent of Jewish Kansas Citians experienced antisemitism, survey shows

Nine percent of Jewish people in Kansas City surveyed in a report by the Jewish Federation of Kansas City experienced antisemitism last year. The majority of the survey's respondents - 75% - "are very concerned" about antisemitism in the U.S.

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