The number of antisemitic incidents in the United States in 2022 increased by 36 percent from the previous year, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
There was a 29 percent increase in antisemitic harassment, a 51 percent increase in antisemitic vandalism, and a 26 percent increase in antisemitic assaults, the report said. All but four of the 111 recorded antisemitic assaults, one of which resulted in a fatality, were done with a deadly weapon. Orthodox Jews consisted of 53 percent of the assaults.
The ADL report noted a 102 percent increase in organized white supremacist activity. There was a 49 percent in antisemitic incidents in K-12 schools and a 41 percent on college campuses.
Additionally, there was a 69 percent increase in antisemitic attacks against Orthodox Jews and an almost-167.68 percent increase in bomb threats to Jewish institutions, according to the report.
There was, however, an almost-35.5 percent decrease reported in anti-Israel and anti-Zionist incidents.
New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, and Texas had the most antisemitic incidents, or 54 percent combined, of incidents nationwide.
Public figures expressed alarm over the report.
“There isn’t a single factor or ideology driving this increase. The unusually high number is the cumulative effect of organized white supremacist propaganda activity, attacks on Orthodox Jews, bomb threats toward Jewish institutions, and increased incidents in schools & campuses,” he added.
“Numbers don’t lie. It means those ‘experts’ who fail to listen to the learning and experience of Orthodox Jews will inevitably get it wrong.”
“As a member of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, I will continue to fight every day to stop the spread of hate in all forms.”
