About 24 antisemitic acts occurred each day last year in the U.S., totaling 8,873 anti-Jewish incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism -- more than the total for the three previous years combined, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
The statue of Alma Mater on the campus of Columbia University in New York, Oct. 10, 2007. Four months after a contentious congressional hearing led to the resignations of two Ivy League presidents, Columbia University’s president is set to appear …About 24 antisemitic acts occurred each day last year in the U.S., totaling 8,873 anti-Jewish incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism — more than the total for the three previous years combined, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
The annual ADL Audit of Antisemitic Incidents noted that harassment increased by 184%, vandalism by 69% and physical assaults by 45% over 2022. Antisemitic incidents on college campuses rose 321% in 2023, the ADL said. Non-Jewish K-12 schools reported 1,162 incidents, up 135% over 2022. The ADL said 1,009 bomb threats against Jewish institutions were reported in 2023, an 11-fold increase over the 91 reported the previous year. There were also 104 “swatting” incidents targeting Jewish facilities, the group said. An ADL official said its tracking of a “swatting network” allowed the organization to supply intelligence to law enforcement, obtain “accountability for perpetrators” and alert potential targets.
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