Different Antisemitisms: On Three Distinct Forms of Antisemitism in C | Page 18

Figure 18: 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 18