The annual report on anti-Semitisms symptoms in 2011 (the “Report”) has been prepared by the

 

Security Department of the Jewish Community of Prague (the” SB”) for the internal needs of the

 

Jewish community of Prague (the “JCP”) and other Jewish communities in the Czech Republic (the

 

“CR”), but also for the needs of other institutions processing the data on anti-Semitism. The report

 

aims to provide a comprehensive image of the state of anti-Semitism related to manifestations of

 

extremism, the overall mood in the society concerning anti-Semitism and to deliver not only the

 

necessary data, but also their analysis, which may explain the trends of 2011 and to predict future

 

developments. The report also compares current trends in anti-Semitism to previous years.

 

The report consists of several parts. The first one is a list of anti-Semitic incidents. SB considers such

 

an act as anti-Semitic incident that is directed against members of the Jewish community, Jewish

 

organizations or Jewish property, for which it is clear that the incident has anti-Semitic motivation or

 

the victim of the incident was intentionally selected for his/her Jewishness (including alleged one).

 

Anti-Semitic incidents can take various forms: attacks on property or physical or verbal attacks. More

 

detailed categorization of individual anti-Semitic acts or articles are described below. All incidents

 

and manifestations listed below and described as anti-Semitic meet the definition of anti-Semitism

 

given further in the text.

 

The report is intended for the needs of JCP and other Jewish organizations; its version for public

 

contains the general anti-Semitic incidents and lists of articles. The details concerning the anti-

 

Semitic incidents are intentionally omitted, in order to protect victims, their privacy and dignity.

 

The data used in the annual report come from several sources: from those who have become

 

subjects to anti-Semitic incidents, from Czech Jewish organizations and communities, published

 

documents and analyses of other organizations and state institutions, from open sources – both from

 

the mainstream media and the websites, and finally from forums of the monitored organizations

 

themselves. All analyses included in the report are based on these data.

 

Besides the lists of anti-Semitic acts and articles, the report also contains analyses of individual

 

phenomena and groups relevant to the topic of anti-Semitism and Jewish communities in the

 

country. These analyses do not only deal with purely anti-Semitic incidents, but also describe other

 

manifestations of extremism, hatred against minorities, the government’s attitude to this topic and

 

the overall atmosphere in society. The analyses are made on the basis of the same information as

 

data on the antisemitic incidents.