With the release today (April 11, 2018) of the Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center 2017 Annual Report on Anti-Semitism Worldwide, Europe's largest Jewish communities are experiencing a normalization and mainstreaming of anti-Semitism not seen since the Second World War, according to the Israel National News website.
For example, last year saw anti-Semitic violence in France -- still the home to Europe's largest Jewish community -- attain new levels of intensity with a Jewish woman thrown out of her apartment window to her death.
The same pattern has continued this year, with a leap in violence, such as the recent stabbing to death and burning of a Holocaust survivor in her home in Paris.
"The result is of a Jewish community in many places around the world living in fear," European Jewish Congress President Dr. Moshe Kantor said. "Neither the public nor the private space are perceived as safe for Jews, as was seen by the recent horrific and brutal murder of Mireille Knoll, who survived the Holocaust to be stabbed and burnt in her home..."
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