According to the "Anti-Semitism Worldwide 2017" report by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, the Jewish community faced a steep increase in anti-Semitic bullying, especially in schools and on social media, despite a fewer number of violent incidents.
"In 2017, there was a moderate worldwide average decrease in anti-Semitic violent incidents that were directed at Jewish people, their communities and their private property, of about 9%… This decrease is overshadowed by what is seen by the Jewish communities as a dramatic increase in all other forms of anti-Semitic manifestations, many of which are not even reported, most notably harassment in schools… and on social media," the study read.
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The problem resulted in the growing feeling of insecurity among European Jews because of a "triangle made of the constant rise of the extreme right, a heated anti-Zionist discourse in the left, accompanied by harsh anti-Semitic expressions, and radical Islamism," according to the report.
The 105-page report examines the prevalence of anti-Semitism in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, the post-Soviet region, South America and South Africa.
