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Monday 3 Sep 2012

The second phase of fieldwork for a major study of antisemitism in Europe begins this week, as the EU seeks to gain a better understanding of a problem many in the Jewish community believe to be of increasing concern.

The study, commissioned by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), is designed to produce new insights into how Jews in nine EU Member States perceive and experience antisemitism today. It is being conducted by the UK-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) in partnership with Ipsos MORI, whose joint bid won the contract in an open tender process.

“Antisemitism remains an issue of concern today, not only to Jews, but to everyone in the EU. The ways in which it manifests itself vary according to time and place, and it affects Jews living in the EU in different ways. The FRA is conducting this survey to collect reliable and comparable data on antisemitism. This type of robust evidence will assist EU institutions and national governments in taking the necessary measures that will ensure that the rights of Jewish people are fully respected, protected and fulfilled across the EU, and the survey has been specifically designed with this goal in mind.”

Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, Head of Department Equality and Citizen’s Rights at the FRA

The online survey investigates first-hand examples of antisemitic harassment and violence, as well as the extent to which Jews feel safe and secure in Europe today, how they characterize antisemitism, and whether or not they perceive it to be a growing threat.  It further explores how and whether incidents are being reported, and levels of awareness among European Jews about their legal rights.

The research is being managed collaboratively between the FRA, JPR and Ipsos MORI, with specialists from the three partner organisations all involved in the project design.  The JPR team, managed by Executive Director Jonathan Boyd, includes several of the world’s leading social scientists in contemporary European Jewry, including Professor Eliezer Ben-Rafael of Tel Aviv University, Professor Erik Cohen of Bar-Ilan University, Professor Sergio DellaPergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Professor Lars Dencik of Roskilde University in Denmark, Dr Olaf Glöckner of the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum in Potsdam, Germany, Professor András Kovács of the Central European University in Budapest and Dr Laura Staetsky of JPR.  Further expertise is being provided by Professor David Feldman of the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck College in London and Mike Whine and Mark Gardner at the UK-based Community Security Trust.

The data will provide important evidence both for European Union and national policy makers, as well as for national and European Jewish organisations concerned with security and antisemitism.  All these stakeholders will use the data to tackle discrimination and hate crime against Jews, as well as rights awareness and under-reporting of incidents. Survey results will be published by the FRA in 2013.

“It is clear to all observers of contemporary Jewish life that antisemitism continues to be a major preoccupation and worry in Jewish communal circles.  If it is ever to be effectively tackled, it is essential to have shared, reliable data.  This survey is designed to provide that data: this is an important and unique opportunity for thousands of European Jews to share their experiences and voice their concerns with policy makers working at the highest European and national levels.”

Jonathan Boyd, Executive Director of JPR / Institute for Jewish Policy Research

• The FRA survey on perceptions and experiences of antisemitism is collecting data in nine European Union Member States – Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom during the second and the third quarter of 2012. The results will be published in 2013.
• This is the first survey of its kind to ask Jewish people across nine European Union Member States about their perceptions and experiences of antisemitism, hate speech, hate-motivated violence and discrimination, among other issues.

To find out more about the survey in English click here. 

Pour plus de détails sur l’enquête en français pour la France, cliquez ici.

Für weitere Informationen zur Umfrage auf Deutsch klicken Sie bitte hier.

A kutatás további részleteiért Magyar nyelven kattintson ide!

Pour plus de détails sur l’enquête en français pour la Belgique, cliquez ici.

Voor verdere details van het onderzoek in het Nederlands, klik hier.  

Per ulteriori informazioni riguardanti l’indagine in italiano, selezioni qui.

För mer detaljer om undersökningen på svenska klicka här. 

România: A pasă aici pentru a participa.

Pentru mai multe detalii despre studiu în limba română, daţi click aici.

Latvija/Латвия: Lai piedalīitos kliksķini seit / Hажмите ЗДЕСЬ для того, чтобы начать опрос.

Sīkāk par pētījumu Latvijas, spiediet šeit.                    

Для получения дополнительной информации о данном исследовании, предоставляемой на русском языке, нажмите здесь.

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