35 MILLION AMERICANS BLATANTLY ANTI-SEMITIC

35 million Americans 'blatantly anti-Semitic' (JPost)
A nationwide survey released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows the number of Americans who hold anti-Semitic attitudes remains constant from its 2005 findings, demonstrating once again that "anti-Semitic beliefs endure in America."

The 2007 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Jews in America, a national telephone survey of 2,000 American adults conducted October 6 through October 19, found that 15% of Americans - or nearly 35 million adults - hold views about Jews that are "unquestionably anti-Semitic," compared to 14% in 2005.

Previous ADL surveys over the last decade had indicated that anti-Semitism was in decline. Seven years ago, in 1998, the number of Americans with hardcore anti-Semitic beliefs had dropped to 12% from 20% in 1992.

"What concerns us is that the successes we had seen, moving toward a more tolerant and accepting America, appear not to have taken hold as firmly as we had hoped," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "These findings, coupled with the ongoing ... anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes, suggest that anti-Semitic beliefs endure and resonate with a substantial segment of the population, nearly 35 million people."

The survey found that 31% of Americans believe Jews are more loyal to Israel than America, and more than one quarter of the American people believe Jews were responsible for the death of Christ.

Fifteen percent of the general population believes that Jews have "Too much power in the US," with Jewish influence on Wall Street being named in particular....

The survey revealed that 29% of foreign-born Hispanics hold hardcore anti-Semitic beliefs, while 15% of Hispanics born in the US fall into the same category. ...

The 2007 survey found that 32% of African-Americans hold strong anti-Semitic beliefs, more than three times more than the 10% for whites. That finding is perhaps related to another that found that the more educated a person is, the less likely he or she is to hold Anti-Semitic views.