Incidents in 2018 included the deadliest attack to date against US Jews last October and twice as many physical assaults
Anti-Semitic incidents in the US remained at near-record high levels in 2018 — including the deadliest attack to date against US Jews last October and twice as many physical assaults, according to an Anti-Defamation League report published on Tuesday.
2017 marked an unprecedented rise in such incidents, with 1,986 cases of harassment, vandalism or anti-Semitic attacks recorded, the organisation said. And in 2018, the figures were not much lower, with 1,879 incidents recorded, the third-highest level since the 1970s. Meanwhile, physical assaults doubled compared with 2017, with 39 incidents resulting in 59 casualties — including 11 deaths and two injuries from October's attack at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"We've worked hard to push back against anti-Semitism, and succeeded in improving hate crime laws, and yet we continue to experience an alarmingly high number of anti-Semitic acts," said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and national director.
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