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Not surprisingly, the response pattern to this question is quite similar to the way Jews in the
different countries replied to the question about hiding their Jewish symbols in public, also
corresponding approximately to the degree of physical attacks on Jews in the respective
countries.

Assimilation and integration
In this context we should also note that Jews in the UK, where, like Sweden and France, Jews
also feel that they strongly belong, display a completely different pattern when it comes to
manifesting fear.
Striking is the contrasting pattern between Sweden and the UK. The Swedish data
suggest that Swedish Jews both feel that they belong to their country of residence more than
Jews do in any of the investigated countries – and still avoid displaying their Jewish identity
more than Jews do in any of the other countries.
The Jews in the UK also feel that they strongly belong to the country they live in,
almost to the same extent as the Jews in Sweden. But in contrast to Jews in Sweden, they do
not avoid wearing things that might help people recognize them as Jews, nor do they avoid
visiting Jewish sites and events because they do not feel safe as Jews there. At the same time,
they report having been physically attacked or having witnessed others being physically
attacked because of their Jewishness to a lesser extent than in most of the other countries in
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