{"id":65502,"date":"2023-02-19T17:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T17:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=65502"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:22:34","slug":"security-is-not-for-fun-wales-smallest-religion-receives-fifth-of-religious-hate-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2023\/02\/19\/security-is-not-for-fun-wales-smallest-religion-receives-fifth-of-religious-hate-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Security is not for fun\u2019: Wales\u2019 smallest religion receives fifth of religious hate crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are around 2,000 Jews in Wales, the smallest community of any major religion. So why is such a small group the target of so much hate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-770x385.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-585x293.jpeg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-293x147.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-770x385.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-585x293.jpeg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/OL-Hate-1-1024x512-copy-293x147.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antisemitic hate crime in Wales is disproportionally high compared to other faiths<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Six years ago in 2017, Cardiff United Synagogue increased security measures as a response to a rise in hate crimes across Wales and England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at an event in the city, Cardiff Central MS Jenny Rathbone questioned the need for this: \u201cHow much of it is for real and how much of it is in their own heads is really hard for an outsider to judge,\u201d the Labour MS said, adding \u201cI think siege mentalities are also part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/uk-news\/labour-welsh-assembly-member-questions-need-for-synagogue-security-1.472465\">Jewish Chronicle<\/a> published a recording of her comments. Rathbone was suspended from the Labour party in November. The Cardiff central MS was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicshome.com\/news\/article\/labour-expels-12-members-for-antisemitism-after-receiving-hundreds-of-complaints\">one of 96<\/a> Labour members suspended from the party due to antisemitism in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That year saw the highest ever recorded rates of antisemitism in the UK. 10 of those incidents were in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2022, this had over tripled to nearly 40 incidents in Wales. This equates to around one in five of all anti-religious hate crimes that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judaism is by far the smallest major religion in Wales, making up 0.7% of the religious population. This is around half the size of the next largest religion, Sikhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across England and Wales, Sikhs experience 2% of all religious hate crimes. Whilst still significant, this is notably smaller than the 17% share Welsh Jews experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why, for such a small community, are Wales\u2019 Jewish community the target of such a disproportionate amount of hate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-datawrapper wp-block-embed-datawrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/XfoZB\/1\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Per 100,00 of the population, antisemitism is vast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visibility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbi Michoel Rose is clearly loved by his congregation. As soon as he opens the door to the Cardiff United Synagogue in Cyncoed, he is inundated with questions, chit-chat and requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where others may be overwhelmed by the overlapping conversations, Rose stoically takes it in his stride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose, 35, was born in Leeds. He came to Cardiff via Manchester, Israel and New York, becoming Rabbi at the synagogue in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose said Cardiff\u2019 Jewish community is much smaller than other places he has lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the latest census in 2021, there are 2,044 Jews in Wales, the majority of which live in Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The capital is home to 690 Jewish people. Rabbi Rose\u2019s birthplace of Leeds, which is twice the population of Cardiff, is currently home to 6,267 Jews, meaning Cardiff\u2019s Jewish community could fit into Leeds over nine times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In ten years, this number has broadly remained the same. In 2011, there were 2,064 Jewish people in Wales: a difference of just 20 over a 10-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared to other cities, Rabbi Rose said he has not had many negative experiences in Cardiff, which may be in part to the size of Cardiff\u2019s Jewish population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose said it may be because \u201cPeople never see a Jew here really, visibly Orthodox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf they see one,\u201d Rose continued, \u201cthey\u2019re like \u2018Oh, what\u2019s this?\u2019 It\u2019s more of a curiosity than an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose said the streets are not where most antisemitism takes place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think certainly online, there&#8217;s lots of antisemitic stuff on Twitter, on social media,\u201d the rabbi said. \u201cThe [crazier] the conspiracy theory, the more acceptable it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0024\/234609\/childrens-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2022.pdf#page=67\">2022 Ofcom report<\/a> found that over a third of Welsh 8- to 17-year-olds have seen hateful content online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The volume of online hate speech directly affects hate crimes carried out, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/hatelab.net\/\">HateLab<\/a>: a data centre monitoring and researching online hate speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HateLab measured mentions of hate speech in specific areas along with hate crime on the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Matthew Williams, director of HateLab, discussed this correlation in a BBC documentary hosted by comedian and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-tls.co.uk\/articles\/jews-dont-count-david-baddiel-tls-books-extract\/\">Jews Don\u2019t Count<\/a> David Baddiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe found that, consistently, throughout those areas there was a pattern that emerged,\u201d Williams told Baddiel. \u201cAbout a week after a peak in hatred on social media we saw an increase in hate on the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis gives us some indication that there&#8217;s a potential relationship between the two,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbi Rose is aware of the correlation. The additional security for his synagogue was in response to such a spike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe security is not for fun. It&#8217;s because there are people who are actively trying to cause harm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Michoel-rose-FB-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rabbi Michoel Rose of Cardiff United Synagogue. Source: Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education and preservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other forms of media have combatted misinformation by highlighting the reality of Jewish history and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pentiment.obsidian.net\/\">Pentiment<\/a>, a videogame released in November, is set in a historically accurate depiction of 16<sup>th<\/sup> century Bavaria. Your character writes often to her friend Esther: the daughter of Jewish printers living on the outskirts of nearby Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esther and her family are successful but are not allowed into the city due to their faith. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/prague#rena\">Prague expelled all Jews twice<\/a> in the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century despite many practicing valuable trades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Sawyer, Pentiment\u2019s director, was intent on exploring characters from all walks of society. Sawyer told the Friends Per Second Podcast \u201cI want to show everyone, including printers and millers and noble people and executioners and tinkers and Jews.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jewish characters also use a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/article\/hashem\/\">traditional form of the Lord\u2019s name<\/a> in conversation, HaShem, educating players on Jewish history and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar education is taking place in Wales too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil is being transformed into the Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, run by the Foundation for Jewish Heritage, aims to \u201cEducate and celebrate the Jews of Wales, while conveying an important message about diversity, tolerance and understanding,\u201d according to their website. Its patrons include Huw Edwards and David Baddiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe [crazier] the conspiracy theory, the more the more acceptable it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Understanding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A year after Jenny Rathbone\u2019s comments on his synagogue\u2019s security, Michoel Rose met with the Cardiff Central MS to discuss what she had said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think she realised a lot of those comments were not based on knowledge,\u201d Rose said, \u201cor based on an outsider&#8217;s knowledge that is not aware of the situation in the way we experience it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite only making up 0.02% of the population, the Jewish community in Wales is the target of nearly 2000 hate crimes per 100,000 of its population. 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