SPCJ publishes statistics and analyses on Antisemitism in France in 2013
Antisemitic acts perpetrated on French soil are recorded by
SPCJ in close collaboration with the Interior Ministry.
The expected decrease in
antisemitic acts after the outstanding figures of 2012 did not take place as
significantly and as legitimately hoped.
The high level of antisemitic
threads creates a hostile environment in which anti-Jewish statements are more
common and encourage—in the short or long term—moving into action.
We can easily measure how this climate goes beyond the current quantitative report.
The number of antisemitic websites, blogs, forums, and emails develops
exponentially online and has yet to be recorded.
Since the year 2000 —and for 14
consecutive years— the number of antisemitic acts in France has been very high.
Since 2000, the number of recorded antisemitic act is about 7 times higher than
numbers recorded in the 1990s. During this period, six people were murdered
because they were Jewish, including three young children.
Antisemitism in France cannot be considered anymore as a temporary situation
associated with situation in the Middle East; it is a structural problem that
has not been fought as such and has not been halted yet.
Racism and et Antisemitism: «
less than 1% get 40% »
40% of racist violence perpetrated in France in 2013 targeted Jews. However,
Jews represent less than 1 percent of the French population. This means
that less than 1 percent of the population is the target of 40 percent of
racist physical attracks committed in France.
This year again, the French
cities of Paris, Marseilles, Lyons. Toulouse, Sarcelles, Strasbourg, and Nice
witnessed the highest numbers of antisemitic acts.
This retrospective—including
antisemitic facts and trends of the last fourteen years—demonstrate that
antisemitic violence has settled and is anchored in society. But the
aggravating factor is that French Jews feel isolated in their fight against
Antisemitism. Aren’t the values that are attacked by this scourge those of a
whole nation?
The fight against Antisemitism
takes place in courthouses, which is quite natural since these acts are first
and foremost crimes. However, this is not enough when we fight to cure society
from an illness.
It is indispensable to
implement a plan across Ministries, with important resources, particularly for the
creation and support of prevention programs in schools.
We call for an individual and
collective mobilization, so that every one, every day, when witnessing an act
or a situation deteriorating. If Antisemitism is everyone’s problem, then
everybody must fight it.
All statistics and analyses included in the report are
available in French, English and Hebrew on the website www.antisemitisme.org
