Hispanic Attitudes Toward Jews Assessed in New AJC Report
Source: American Jewish Committee

A leading analyst of social and demographic trends in the United States is strongly recommending that new, and more extensive, research be carried out to understand fully the attitudes toward Jews of the diverse and growing Hispanic population.

“Existing research supports the conclusion that Hispanics hold more negative views of Jews than non-Hispanics do, but the extent of that difference and its pattern are unclear,” writes Tom W. Smith, director of the General Social Survey at the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, and author of the new American Jewish Committee report, Hispanic Attitudes Toward Jews.
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Smith, who has authored several AJC reports, reviewed a number of previous studies on Latino attitudes toward Jews. The existing data, writes Smith, indicate a range of external and internal explanations for Hispanics having more negative views of Jews than non-Hispanics, including anti-Semitic elements in Latin American Catholicism; fascist political movements in Latin America; little positive exposure to the Jewish community in both Latin America and the U.S.; and socio-demographic and attitudinal differences separating the Hispanic and Jewish communities in the U.S.

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