The Heat discusses anti-Semitism in Europe

The Heat

The recent terror attacks in France and Copenhagen that took the lives of Jewish citizens, raising fears of another wave of anti-Semitism

The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption in Israel said more than 26,000 Jews immigrated to Israel last year before the terror attacks. That’s a 10-year high. France was the largest source with 7,000 leaving for the Jewish state. That’s double the rate from 2013 when nearly three-quarters of French Jews surveyed said they were considering leaving that country. In England, nearly half of Jewish respondents told pollsters they were concerned that Jews may not have a long-term future in Britain. It’s a startling trend.

CCTV’s Guy Henderson filed this report from Berlin.

CCTV America discussed the rising anti-Semitism in Europe with two experts:

  • Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the Director General of the European Jewish Association, a federation of 15 European Jewish organizations.
  • Norman Nathan Gelbart, a member of the European Jewish Parliament and the head of Germany’s Keren Hayesod, an official fundraising organization for the State of Israel.

The discussion about anti-Semitism in Europe and Jewish flight to Israel continued with two more guests:

  • Daniel Schwammenthal, the director of the American Jewish Committee’s Transatlantic Institute.
  • Avi Mayer, a spokesman for The Jewish Agency for Israel, the organization charged with the immigration and absorption of Jews into the country.