Antisemitism, which has been rising in the U.S. in recent years, surged amid May's deadly 11-day war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, advocates say.
Antisemitism, which has been rising in the U.S. in recent years, has surged in the wake of May's deadly 11-day violence between Israel and Hamas.City, was on his way to a protest after work when he was jumped near Times Square.
"I grabbed my head and neck and my face area and just held onto those areas as tight as I could," Borgen said of the May 20 attack."I was getting constantly kicked, punched and hit all over my body. But I was just holding onto my face and head, holding on for dear life, hoping I would survive."Borgen, who is Jewish, was wearing a yarmulke and walking to a pro-Israel protest at the time.
In the wake of the conflict, incidents have subsided, but synagogues are focusing on security and some Holocaust survivors, hate crime victims and advocates are calling for change.In this photo obtained by ABC News, Joseph Borden is shown in Bellevue Hospital after being attacked near Times Square in New York, May 20, 2021.
That changed in 2016, when antisemitic incidents leapt by 34%, according to the ADL. In 2017 -- the year of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville -- the U.S. saw an even bigger spike: a 57% increase, according to Greenblatt.
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