A survey from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) finds that 88% of American Jewish respondents to a recent survey say anti-Semitism is a problem in the U.S. today. Nearly a third report they avoid publicly wearing, carrying or displaying objects or symbols that might help people identify them as Jewish. Another 25% said they “always,” “frequently” or “sometimes” avoid certain places, events or situations out of concern for their safety. Seventy-one percent said the Jewish institutions they know have either hired security guards, posted police officers outside, or trained members on how to respond to an attack.

David Harris, CEO of the AJC, said that the most striking finding from the survey was that nearly a third of this representative sample of American Jews have changed their behavior as a result of anti-Semitic fear. The survey was conducted from Sept. 11 to Oct. 6, and the results determined from a nationally representative sample of 1,283 Jewish respondents.

Berlin Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov uses a quill to write the first letters on a new Torah scroll in the pulpit of the New Synagogue in Erfurt, Germany.                                                              AP Photo/Martin Rubble