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       ARTICLE VIEW: 
       
       Antisemitic incidents in the US reached record high last year, up�
       140% from 2022, ADL says
       
       By Nicole Chavez, CNN
       
       Updated: 
       
       6:05 AM EDT, Tue April 16, 2024
       
       Source: CNN
       
       The Anti-Defamation League tracked 8,873 antisemitic incidents in the
       United States in 2023 – the highest number of incidents reported
       since the organization began tracking data in 1979, according to the
       organization’s annual audit of antisemitism released Tuesday.
       
       Last year, the number of antisemitic incidents outpaced the all-time
       high set in 2022 by 140%, the Jewish civil rights advocacy group said.
       The more than 8,800 incidents of antisemitism tracked by the group
       included harassment, vandalism and assault is a dramatic increase from
       the nearly 3,700 cases reported in 2022.
       
       The majority of the incidents documented by the ADL – 6,535 – were
       cases of harassment, which the group describes as instances when either
       one or more Jewish people, or people perceived as Jewish, are harassed
       with antisemitic slurs, stereotypes or conspiracy theories. This
       category includes online and in-person incidents. The group also
       tracked 2,177 cases of vandalism and 161 assault incidents.
       
       The audit shows there was a dramatic upward trend of incidents after
       the start of the Israel-Hamas war.  Between October 7 and December 31,
       there were 5,204 incidents, according to the audit.
       
       The ADL said it updated its methodology for the audit after the start
       of the war to include certain expressions of opposition to Zionism as
       well as support for resistance against Israel or Zionists “that could
       be perceived as supporting terrorism or attacks on Jews, Israelis or
       Zionists.” A total of 1,350 incidents were included as a result of
       the methodology’s update, according to the audit.
       
       “When they occur during public activism (such as at protests), in
       confrontations between individuals or in the form of vandalism (such as
       graffiti), these expressions constitute an implicit attack on the great
       majority of American Jews who view a relationship with Israel to be an
       important part of their religious, cultural and/or social
       identities,” the ADL said in the audit findings.
       
       The ADL said it also tracked 1,352 anti-Israel rallies where
       antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric was observed after October 7.
       
       The advocacy group said “legitimate political protest, support for
       Palestinian rights or expressions of opposition to Israeli policies”
       were not included in the audit as well as most physical scuffles or
       verbal insults between protestors “unless the context suggests an
       antisemitic or anti-Zionist motivation for the assaults.”
       
       While the audit includes all cases of picketing of Jewish institutions
       for their perceived or real support for Israel, the ADL says it does
       not include “protests outside pro-Israel political activist groups or
       Israeli embassies/consulates unless those protests incorporate
       anti-Zionism, support for terrorism, or classic antisemitic tropes.”
       
       The report highlights antisemitic incidents by locations, including
       1,162 cases in K-12 schools. Last year, there were also 1,987 incidents
       at Jewish institutions, which the ADL says were driven by bomb threats
       at synagogues and other institutions starting in the summer.
       
       A total of 922 incidents were reported at colleges and universities and
       most took place after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the ADL said.
       
       Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL, described the wave of antisemitism
       as “nothing short of a national emergency” and called for immediate
       action from governors across the nation.
       
       “Jewish Americans are being targeted for who they are at school, at
       work, on the street, in Jewish institutions and even at home,”
       Greenblatt said in a statement. “This crisis demands immediate action
       from every sector of society and every state in the union. We need
       every governor to develop and put in place a comprehensive strategy to
       fight antisemitism, just as the administration has done at the national
       level.”
       
       As part of its audit, the ADL included policy recommendations for
       federal and state leaders. At the federal level, the ADL called for
       support for the Countering Antisemitism Act, which was introduced in
       Congress earlier this month, 
       
       For state governments, the ADL suggest leaders should publicly commit
       to combat antisemitism and launch strategies to increase understanding
       of antisemitism, safety for Jewish communities and solidarity.
       
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