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The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased for the first time since 2004, according to the Anti-Defamation League's annual audit.

Anti-Semitism in U.S. Rises for First Time Since 2004

JTA

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased for the first time since 2004, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit.

The ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents released Tuesday showed that there were 1,239 incidents in 2010, up slightly from the 1,211 reported the previous year. The audit tracks assaults, vandalism and harassment reported during the calendar year in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

The numbers reached a record high in 2004, with 1,821 incidents reported.

Last year, 22 physical assaults, 900 cases of harassment and 317 cases of vandalism were reported.

The majority of incidents were concentrated in the states with the largest Jewish populations. The top three states were California with 297 incidents, New York with 205 and New Jersey with 130.

โ€œThe good news is that we have continued to enjoy a period of relative calm, where the overall numbers are mostly unchanged and the incidents isolated,“ Abraham Foxman, ADL’s national director, said in a statement. ”But the bad news is that for all our efforts to educate, to raise awareness and to legislate, anti-Jewish incidents remain a disturbing part of the American Jewish experience.โ€

5 Comments

  • Just curious

    Could there be any connection between this and in recent years the most amount of Rabbis found guilty and jailed for white collar crimes ?

  • rs

    when the Jews will love themselves, the world will respect us more.
    thats where shlichus and mivtzoim and hiskarvus come in.

  • Andrea Schonberger

    Some of those signs look familiar–I think they come from that nutty Westboro Baptist church; they’re the people who protest at military funerals.

  • G_d loves.

    In their hateful mind, God hates this, God hates that. Hate everywhere. Even their ‘love’ is full of hate.