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Homeland Violence and Diaspora Insecurity: An Analysis of Israel and American Jewry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2019

Ayal K. Feinberg
Ayal K. Feinberg*
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Texas A&M University-Commerce
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Ayal K. Feinberg, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas75429. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Jews and Jewish institutions have suffered the majority of reported religion-motivated hate crimes in the United States for nearly two decades. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in 2014 the 609 reported anti-Semitic incidents made up 59% of all religious bias hate crimes alone. Rates of reported anti-Semitic hate crimes vary considerably over the course of a year. Yet, little scholarly attention has been given to what factors cause reported anti-Semitic hate crimes to fluctuate so substantially in the United States. This paper hypothesizes that violent Israeli military engagements are critical in explaining weekly surges of reported anti-Semitic hate crimes. Utilizing FBI hate crime data from 2001 to 2014 and fixed effects negative binomial regression models, consistent findings underscore that violent Israeli military engagements significantly increase the likelihood of a state reporting anti-Semitic hate crime. Most dramatically, their occurrence increases the likelihood of reported hate crime intimidating individuals or characterized as violent by nearly 35%. This paper underscores that homeland perpetrated violence can directly impact the security of diaspora communities.

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Politics and Religion , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 2020 , pp. 1 - 27
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Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2019

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