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PHILADELPHIA Survey: Democrats Much Likelier Than Republicans to See
Antisemitism as Problematic
A national survey found that Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to
agree that prejudice against Jews is a serious problem and that antisemitism poses
a growing threat to Jews, JTA.org reported.

Th e divide between Republicans and Democrats in the Quinnipiac University
survey released on Dec. 14 tracks with previous polling — but it also comes aft er
weeks of antisemitic invective from the rapper and designer Kanye West, who
now identifi es as a Christian conservative and who has courted Republicans.

It also comes aft er former President Donald Trump, a Republican, dined with West,
who is now known as Ye, and Nick Fuentes, a prominent Holocaust denier, and aft er
multiple government and nonprofi t groups mentioned spikes in reported attacks on Jews.

Th e survey showed that 83% of Democrats identifi ed prejudice against Jews as
a very serious or somewhat serious problem. Just 44% of Republicans agreed with
those assessments. Overall, a substantive majority, 60%, agreed that prejudice
against Jews is a serious problem.

A similar divide characterized a question about whether antisemitism “rep-
resents a growing threat to Jewish Americans,” with 73% of Democrats saying
that it does, as opposed to 34% of Republicans. Overall, 51% of respondents said
it represented a growing threat.

Turkey Arrests 44, Claims They Are Tied to Mossad
Turkey arrested 44 people on Dec. 14 for what offi cials claimed was their involvement
with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, JTA.org reported, citing Turkish media.

Th ose arrested appear to be largely Turkish citizens, and the group includes several
private detectives, as well as the director of a private detective fi rm named Ismail
Yetimoglu. No Israelis were arrested.

According to Turkish media, those arrested are accused of shadowing Palestinians and
pro-Palestinian organizations in Turkey. Israel has not publicly addressed the arrests.

Th e arrests come at a warm point in Turkish-Israeli relations, as the two countries
recently exchanged ambassadors for the fi rst time in years. Th is past spring, Mossad’s
collaboration with MIT, the Turkish intelligence service, was touted as essential in
ending a plot by an Iranian-backed terror cell targeting Israeli tourists in Istanbul.

To Save a Species, a Persian Leopard Moves to Israel
Aft er arriving from France, 2-year-old Mademoiselle is acclimating to her new home
before meeting her planned mate, Coresh, JNS.org reported.

Staff at the Ramat Gan Safari, near Tel Aviv, had asked the public for suggestions
for a name for the Persian leopard. She was previously in the Beauval Zoo in France’s
Loire Valley, Ynet reported.

Th e leopards will be placed in the same den to familiarize themselves with each
other’s scent. Once the safari crew determines that the couple is interested in the
encounter, they will be permanently placed in a den together.

“Th e couple was not chosen as mates randomly,” said safari zoologist Keren Or, accord-
ing to the report. “She has been intended for Coresh from birth based on specifi c informa-
tion and family ties and has been trained in both French and English ahead of her arrival.”
Th e two felines will participate in a project to reproduce the species, which
intends to populate European zoos with 200 leopards and release some of them
into the wild.

UAE Jewish Community Opens First Kosher Supermarket in Gulf
More than 100 people gathered in Dubai on Dec. 12 as the United Arab Emirates’ Jewish
community opened the fi rst-ever kosher supermarket in the Gulf, JNS.org reported.

Th e supermarket, named “Rimon,” will meet growing demand for kosher prod-
ucts due to the signifi cant increase in the number of Jews traveling and relocating
to the UAE in the wake of the 2020 Abraham Accords.

“Our wonderful community, which keeps growing and prospering here in the
UAE, most gratefully continues to benefi t from the extraordinary embrace we have
received from the Emirates government and local authorities, for over a decade now,”
UAE-based Rabbi Levi Duchman said. JE
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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