The audit figures were released Tuesday.
Acts of violence and hate against the Jewish community rose to an all-time high in 2021, and the problem continued to plague the Bay Area as well, according to an Audit of Antisemitic Incidents released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Northern California recorded 70 antisemitic incidents during the year, according to the audit, with more than half of those being targeted online and in-person harassment. “It’s the highest mark we’ve ever seen,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said during a Zoom call Tuesday morning. “It marked a new high, or one could say a new low.”
Assaults nationally also jumped from 33 incidents nationally in 2020 to 88 a year ago. Many of the assaults happened during the Israel-Hamas conflict in May 2021, according to the ADL.
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