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Anti-Semitism in the Post-Soviet States

(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Betsy Gidwitz - In both Russia and Ukraine, the average age of the Jewish population is in the late 50s and increasing. The great majority of Jewish adults are Jewishly illiterate, intermarried, and indifferent to the Jewish religion. Violence against individual Jews, particularly those who are easily identifiable as Jews, has increased, and recent months have witnessed the emergence of anti-Semitism in mainstream publications. Few Russian Moslems have attacked Jews, unlike France, where most anti-Jewish violence seems to have been perpetrated by local Moslems, although the Russian population includes about 18 million Moslems.
2003-04-04 00:00:00
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