Recent research carried out by the Anti-Defamation League shows that 36 percent of Lithuanian adults hold anti-Semitic views. The results are worse than in Latvia or Estonia. Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish community Faina Kukliansky claims she was very surprised by these results.
“The survey results surprised us the most. It was unexpected, and I, for one, don’t really feel much anti-Semitism around. At first, I thought that maybe people did not understand what they were asked, but the questions (of the survey) seem to be very clear, and they were answered by people all around the world. According to those results, a third of my friends should hate or be suspicious of me just because I am a Jew,” Kukliansky told Žinių Radijas radio station.