article_snippet.sent: Anti-Semitic attacks surged worldwide by 38 per cent Last year, with the highest number of incidents occurring in France, an annual study has revealed.
article_snippet.sent: The report, by Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, said 766 violent anti-Semitic acts were carried out around the world last year - marking a huge increase from the previous year.
article_snippet.sent: Arson, vandalism and direct threats against Jews, synagogues and other Jewish institutions were included in the figure, making 2014 the worst year for such attacks since 2009.
article_snippet.sent: an annual study said: 'The overall feeling among many Jewish people is one of living in an intensifying anti-Jewish environment that has become not only insulting and threatening, but outright dangerous.
article_snippet.sent: Anger in Western Europe over Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip last July and August, as well as anti-Jewish caricatures in the media and social networks had helped to turn anti-Semitism into an 'almost daily phenomena seen and felt in every sphere of life', an annual study said.
article_snippet.sent: In France, the number of anti-Semitic attacks rose to 164 in 2014 compared with 141 in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: The number of anti-Semitic acts in Germany and Italy more than doubled, to 76 and 23 respectively.
article_snippet.sent: In Western Europe in particular, the study said, 'the issue is not only a matter of having more security means provided by the respective states, but rather the ability to lead a full Jewish life... especially under heavy police and even army protection'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Anti-Semitic attacks worldwide have surged by 38 per cent, study reveals .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Last year France registered 164 anti-Semitic attacks, compared to 141 in 2013 .
  