EXPLORING ANTI- SEMITISM- A GLOBAL HISTORY OF JEWS
At the beginning of 2013, the world’s Jewish population was estimated at 13,854,800—an increase of 101,500 (0.74%) over the 2012 revised estimate . While the world's total population increased by 1.16% in 2012, the World Jewry increased at less than two thirds the general population growth rate. The trend which was mapped was that since the 1970s, world Jewry stagnated at zero population growth for nearly 20 years, with some recovery during the first decade of the 21st century. The world's total population increased more than threefold from 2.315 billion in 1945 to 7.080 billion in 2012 and 7.162 billion in 2013, while the relative share of Jews among the world’s total population steadily diminished from 4.75 per 1,000 in 1945 to 1.96-1.93 per 1,000 currently.
It is important for us reason why a thriving community as that of the Jewish community had to face decline and disintegration. Today it has come to a point where every Jew alive must try to help its community survive and not fade away. The most important of all the reasons historians and sociologists have come up with is Anti Semitism which has been on the increasing curve ever since. Jews, no matter where they have been have mostly been a victim of Anti-Semitism. Thus it is not surprising if Jews tend to experience new hostilities as just …show more content…
"Anti-Semitism in our society is based on widespread prejudices, clichés with deep roots and pure ignorance about everything to do with Jews and Judaism," wrote one of the report's authors, Dr. Peter Longerich. But despite the grim situation in Germany, the report noted that anti-Semitism is much worse in many other European countries, including Poland, Hungary and
At the beginning of 2013, the world’s Jewish population was estimated at 13,854,800—an increase of 101,500 (0.74%) over the 2012 revised estimate . While the world's total population increased by 1.16% in 2012, the World Jewry increased at less than two thirds the general population growth rate. The trend which was mapped was that since the 1970s, world Jewry stagnated at zero population growth for nearly 20 years, with some recovery during the first decade of the 21st century. The world's total population increased more than threefold from 2.315 billion in 1945 to 7.080 billion in 2012 and 7.162 billion in 2013, while the relative share of Jews among the world’s total population steadily diminished from 4.75 per 1,000 in 1945 to 1.96-1.93 per 1,000 currently.
It is important for us reason why a thriving community as that of the Jewish community had to face decline and disintegration. Today it has come to a point where every Jew alive must try to help its community survive and not fade away. The most important of all the reasons historians and sociologists have come up with is Anti Semitism which has been on the increasing curve ever since. Jews, no matter where they have been have mostly been a victim of Anti-Semitism. Thus it is not surprising if Jews tend to experience new hostilities as just …show more content…
"Anti-Semitism in our society is based on widespread prejudices, clichés with deep roots and pure ignorance about everything to do with Jews and Judaism," wrote one of the report's authors, Dr. Peter Longerich. But despite the grim situation in Germany, the report noted that anti-Semitism is much worse in many other European countries, including Poland, Hungary and