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The percentage of Americans saying that Jews are facing "a lot" of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discrimination in society</a> has doubled in the last three years, according to a new survey released Tuesday.The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center in February, found that the number jumped from 20% in 2021 to 40% today. The respondents were from among a nationally representative sample of 12,693 U.S. adults, which included <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Jews and Muslims</a><a rel="noopener">.</a>Most U.S. Jews and Muslims say they have felt discrimination against their respective groups, with 89% of Jews and 70% of Muslims saying that feeling has increased since the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7.Meanwhile, 72% of Jewish Americans say there is "a lot" of discrimination against Jews in society today, while 67% of Muslim Americans say the same about discrimination against their group.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/soldier-gravely-injured-oct-7-terror-attack-found-faith-offers-hope-others" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ISRAELI SOLDIER GRAVELY INJURED IN OCT 7 TERROR ATTACK FINDS NEW FAITH, OFFERS HOPE TO OTHERS</a>A smaller majority of 57% of American Jews surveyed say there is "a lot" of discrimination against Muslims in society, while only 17% of Muslim Americans say the same about discrimination against Jews.Following months of protests in major cities and some college campuses across the country, the survey found that most respondents say that speech supporting or opposing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/middle-east" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israeli and Palestinian</a> statehood should exist but that calls for violence against Jews or Muslims should not.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jewish-nyu-student-reinstated-voted-out-leadership-position-condemning-hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JEWISH NYU STUDENT REINSTATED AFTER BEING VOTED OUT OF LEADERSHIP POSITION FOR CONDEMNING HAMAS</a>The survey comes as Jewish and Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups have reported large <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nearly-half-us-jews-altered-behavior-avoid-antisemitism-survey-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increases in harassment,</a> bias and physical attacks against their members in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.Multiple states have pushed to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bill-legally-defining-antisemitism-passes-florida-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">define antisemitism in law</a> after the Hamas terrorist attack killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in Israel on Oct. 7.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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content: The percentage of Americans saying that Jews are facing "a lot" of <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discrimination
 in society</a> has doubled in the last three years, according to a new survey released
 Tuesday.The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center in February, found
 that the number jumped from 20% in 2021 to 40% today. The respondents were from
 among a nationally representative sample of 12,693 U.S. adults, which included <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American
 Jews and Muslims</a><a rel="noopener">.</a>Most U.S. Jews and Muslims say
 they have felt discrimination against their respective groups, with 89% of Jews
 and 70% of Muslims saying that feeling has increased since the Israel-Hamas war
 began on Oct. 7.Meanwhile, 72% of Jewish Americans say there is "a lot" of
 discrimination against Jews in society today, while 67% of Muslim Americans say
 the same about discrimination against their group.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/soldier-gravely-injured-oct-7-terror-attack-found-faith-offers-hope-others"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">ISRAELI SOLDIER GRAVELY INJURED IN OCT 7
 TERROR ATTACK FINDS NEW FAITH, OFFERS HOPE TO OTHERS</a>A smaller
 majority of 57% of American Jews surveyed say there is "a lot" of discrimination
 against Muslims in society, while only 17% of Muslim Americans say the same about
 discrimination against Jews.Following months of protests in major cities
 and some college campuses across the country, the survey found that most respondents
 say that speech supporting or opposing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/middle-east"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israeli and Palestinian</a> statehood should exist
 but that calls for violence against Jews or Muslims should not.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jewish-nyu-student-reinstated-voted-out-leadership-position-condemning-hamas"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">JEWISH NYU STUDENT REINSTATED AFTER BEING
 VOTED OUT OF LEADERSHIP POSITION FOR CONDEMNING HAMAS</a>The survey
 comes as Jewish and Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups have reported large
 <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nearly-half-us-jews-altered-behavior-avoid-antisemitism-survey-finds"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">increases in harassment,</a> bias and physical attacks
 against their members in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.Multiple states
 have pushed to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bill-legally-defining-antisemitism-passes-florida-senate"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">define antisemitism in law</a> after the Hamas terrorist
 attack killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in Israel on Oct. 7.The
 Associated Press contributed to this report.
summary: A new national survey released Tuesday finds that the number of Americans
 who say Jews face &quot;a lot&quot; of antisemitism in society today has doubled.
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