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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/cable-television-can-help-curb-antisemitism
Cable television can help curb antisemitism
Last month, the American Jewish Committee released the largest ever survey of Jewish Americans and the U.S. general public on the issue of antisemitism in America. The results of this research were nothing short of alarming. The AJC found that 9 out of 10 U.S. Jews believe antisemitism is spreading in the United States and 8 in 10 believe antisemitism has increased in the last five years. One in every 4 Jewish Americans (24%) has been a victim of antisemitism over the past year.
These findings are not unique to the AJC’s research. A June survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League found that 60% of American Jews reported witnessing behavior or comments they personally deemed to be antisemitic following the Israel-Hamas conflict this spring. Some 40% of the Jews surveyed indicated they are “more concerned about their personal safety,” and 77% indicated that they are at least somewhat concerned about antisemitism in America.
Of course, antisemitism is not a problem unique to 2021. In 2019, Jews experienced the highest level of antisemitic incidents since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking in 1979. In the same year, the FBI Hate Crime Statistics Report found that although Jews comprise approximately 2.4% of the U.S. population, Jews are the victims of 60.2% of anti-religious hate crimes in the country.
In a rising sea of prejudice against Jews, there is a beacon of hope. The AJC found that members of the U.S. general public who said they know someone who is Jewish were consistently more aware of antisemitism, more familiar with its various forms, and more likely to view it as a problem that needs to be addressed. More simply, exposure and education about Jews and Jewish culture can serve as an antidote to the scourge of hate and bigotry.
With this in mind, Jewish organizations across the country have called upon major cable and satellite television providers to expand access to Jewish-themed, English-language programming on their channel lineups.
We were motivated by diversity and inclusion mission statements such as Comcast’s, which reads , “We empower diverse content creators and have long been committed to using our storytelling platforms to deliver programming representative of the audiences we serve,” and that of Verizon Communications, which states , "Diversity and inclusion is how we achieve success. By celebrating diversity across all spectrums, including but not limited to race, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran/military status, and age, we are a stronger company and culture.”
All told, more than 50 major Jewish organizations, state legislators from 18 states, and five members of U.S. Congress sent letters to the largest cable and satellite television operators, asking them to stand by their commitments to serve their diverse audiences and add more Jewish-themed, English-language programming to their offerings.
Regrettably, the response from operators has been disappointing. The cable operators that do carry Jewish-themed television networks often ghettoize these channels in the most expensive tiers or only offer these networks in cities that are perceived to have the largest Jewish populations, which eliminates the ability of millions to discover Jewish-themed content on the cable dial. Many cable operators point to the availability of Jewish content on the internet as sufficient. Forcing viewers to seek out content on the internet does nothing to confront antisemitism.
Packaging Jewish programming in the widely accessible, affordable cable bundle allows such content to be discovered by both Jews and non-Jews alike, who in turn become more aware of Jewish lives and the Jewish experience.
The indifference the pay-TV industry has shown to the Jewish community is disappointing, but it is not unexpected. In fact, the AJC found that 46% of Jews and 38% of the general public believe antisemitism is taken less seriously than other forms of hate and bigotry.
It would be unacceptable for major video service providers to ignore a significant increase in racial or LGBTQ intolerance, but the same cannot be said for the well-documented increase in antisemitism. This tacit acceptance of antisemitism must change, and America’s largest media companies can and must lead the way.
Sacha Roytman Dratwa is the executive director of the Combat Antisemitism Movement. Russell F. Robinson is CEO of the Jewish National Fund-USA.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Fields
What made the "wild field" so forbidding were the Tatars. Year after year, their swift raiding parties swept down on the towns and villages to pillage, kill the old and frail, and drive away thousands of captives to be sold as slaves in the Crimean port of Kaffa, a city often referred to by Russians as "the vampire that drinks the blood of Rus'…For example, from 1450 to 1586, eighty-six raids were recorded, and from 1600 to 1647, seventy. Although estimates of the number of captives taken in a single raid reached as high as 30,000, the average figure was closer to 3000…In Podilia alone, about one-third of all the villages were devastated or abandoned between 1578 and 1583.
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