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"But you are a single data point, and that does not prove anything" :-) My guess is that you are not a practicing Jew active in a community in Europe or the M

by sheraz 10y ago

"But you are a single data point, and that does not prove anything" :-) My guess is that you are not a practicing Jew active in a community in Europe or the Middle East. If you were I doubt you would have this point of view. I know lots of non-practicing / secular Jews who share your point of view, and this comes from an ignorance of what security measures it takes to live a Jewish life in Europe. I don't blame them, and I don't blame you. How would you know the threat unless you have seen it before? I don't speak of only anti-semitic views. Antisemitism becomes terrorism when it is targeted violence against groups of people for the purpose of political or social objectives. It is not just war in Syria. There is terrorism. Car bombs, massacres, and more against the civilian population to keep the docile. ISIS wants power. Last, and this is my key point -- you are jumping through intellectual hoops to somehow magically arrive that ...and are you really saying that the likelihood of terrorism is the same as reincarnation? If so, then I'll stop here....

jamespo 10y ago
So, your prefer your anecdata to his anecdata?
- sheraz 10y ago
  of course :-)
- dogma1138 10y ago
  It's hardly anecdotal evidence, while I do agree that "terrorism" in Europe is not currently a major threat to your life on average he's correct about the situation of the Jewish communities. Jews and Jewish businesses and institutions are attacked on a daily basis across Europe. The security around Jewish schools, temples, shops and even neighbourhoods is very substantial. In France soldiers still provide protection to Jewish institutions. The Jewish community in Malmo has been pretty decimated, about 80-90% of it left, it wasn't that big but it doesn't matter. Jews have been leaving Europe in droves in the past few years, the majority of "anti semitic" incidents in Europe involve individuals with near eastern or north african heritage, and if you count only violent crimes then the statistics are even worse. It doesn't take more than a simple Google search to find out that at least those parts of his claims are pretty dead on the money.

by sheraz 10y ago

jamespo 10y ago

So, your prefer your anecdata to his anecdata?

sheraz 10y ago
of course :-)
dogma1138 10y ago
It's hardly anecdotal evidence, while I do agree that "terrorism" in Europe is not currently a major threat to your life on average he's correct about the situation of the Jewish communities. Jews and Jewish businesses and institutions are attacked on a daily basis across Europe. The security around Jewish schools, temples, shops and even neighbourhoods is very substantial. In France soldiers still provide protection to Jewish institutions. The Jewish community in Malmo has been pretty decimated, about 80-90% of it left, it wasn't that big but it doesn't matter. Jews have been leaving Europe in droves in the past few years, the majority of "anti semitic" incidents in Europe involve individuals with near eastern or north african heritage, and if you count only violent crimes then the statistics are even worse. It doesn't take more than a simple Google search to find out that at least those parts of his claims are pretty dead on the money.