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| DATE | 2024-12-09 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Discrimination against Jews in the Job market and
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Nowhere is this worst than in HHS and the medical field in NYC
Here's hard proof that employers are discriminating against Jews
Jonathan Greenblatt
5–6 minutes
Applying for a job is hard.
Whether you’re already employed or not, whether it’s your first job out
of school or you’ve been in the workforce for decades, it takes time, it
takes energy, and it takes courage.
Candidates will pore over their resumés, practice for interviews, ask
trusted friends and mentors how to put their best self forward.
Discrimination against Jewish job applicants:
But it turns out the name atop that resumé sadly can still, in the 21st
century, be a liability for Jews.
That’s the finding of a new landmark study from the Anti-Defamation
League on discrimination in the job market against Jewish and Israeli
Americans.
For this study, ADL asked a leading labor economist to conduct a field
experiment submitting applications in response to
administrative-assistant job postings using resumés that were identical
except for specific characteristics, such as the applicant’s name.
The researcher sent out 3,000 applications this year for jobs in 23 cities.
By using names that suggested applicants were Jewish American, Israeli
American or American with Western European backgrounds, the researcher
was able to determine that individuals with Jewish- or Israeli-sounding
names like “Rebecca Cohen” and “Lia Avraham” would need to send many
more applications than someone with a less ethnic sounding name such as
“Kristen Miller” in order to receive a positive response.
How many more?
The survey showed that the fictional Rebecca would need to send 24% more
applications, and fictional Lia 39% more, to receive the same number of
positive first responses from a prospective employer.
Overall, the positive response rate was 3.4% lower for resumés with
Jewish-American-sounding names and 4.9% lower for Israeli-Americans
compared to those suggesting other backgrounds, such as Italian or Irish.
These are not just numbers.
This is groundbreaking evidence of serious antisemitic discrimination in
the job market.
And let’s not fool ourselves.
The findings of this study aren’t an aberration — they come amid a
climate of unaddressed antisemitism in our country and of the vile
antisemitic and anti-Zionist campaigns we’ve witnessed since Oct. 7, 2023.
The hateful rhetoric we’ve been confronted with for more than a year has
real-world consequences, and we need to face it as a country and as a
people.
We already knew that some Jewish people were changing their names on
their doors, on delivery or navigation apps and elsewhere.
We knew that some people had started removing their kippahs or Stars of
David in certain places to avoid harassment.
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We also learned through our latest Online Hate and Harassment Survey
that 41% of Jewish people changed their online behavior in the past year
to avoid being recognized as Jewish.
None of this is acceptable.
I’ve been thinking a lot about all the Rebecca Cohens, Lia Avrahams and
other Jewish people I know and how many of them may have wondered why,
despite their qualifications and motivation, they were never called back
for a position they dreamed of and thought they were qualified for.
On top of antisemitic incidents reaching record numbers and growing
antisemitic beliefs, this study illustrates the very real need for
employers, legislators and civil-rights officers to take anti-Jewish and
anti-Israeli prejudice more seriously to ensure a workplace that works
for everyone.
Federal labor law prohibits discrimination against a person in hiring
decisions based upon their race, religion or national origin, and this
should not be a high standard to uphold.
I’ve been thinking about those who did think about it because they had a
hunch, or those who may have used a maiden name or another name for that
reason.
But here’s the thing: While you can wordsmith a work experience on a
resumé or an introduction email, you can’t easily wordsmith your name.
During the Jewish immigration boom in the early 20th century, Jewish
immigrants sometimes would choose American-sounding names at Ellis
Island to make their path to full integration easier.
One would have hoped that in today’s more tolerant world, hiding your
religion or identity was a thing of the past.
This survey now gives us pause.
Jonathan Greenblatt is CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation
League.
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