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Record of hate crimes against Jews in the United States | Israel Today

2020-12-28T19:25:48.059Z


| Around the Jewish world FBI report: More than 953 cases of antisemitism occurred last year • Anti-Defamation League: Between 2019-2012 the number of antisemitic incidents on campuses tripled New Jersey after the shooting at a kosher supermarket, December 2019 Photography:  AP According to a recent report by the FBI, the number of hate crimes against Jews committed in 2019 in the United States has been at a record hi


FBI report: More than 953 cases of antisemitism occurred last year • Anti-Defamation League: Between 2019-2012 the number of antisemitic incidents on campuses tripled

  • New Jersey after the shooting at a kosher supermarket, December 2019

    Photography: 

    AP

According to a recent report by the FBI, the number of hate crimes against Jews committed in 2019 in the United States has been at a record high since 2008. More than 953 of them have been identified as distinctly hate crimes (about 60%).

The report is based on data obtained voluntarily, and therefore many estimate that the state of crimes against Jews is in fact much more difficult.

Followed by a significant gap, anti-Islamic crimes (13.3%) and crimes against members of other religions (6.5%).

The rest of the data deals with crimes against religious sects (Catholics, Sikhs, Mormons, Hindus, Buddhists, etc.).

For those involved in the subject the data are not surprising.

The Jewish-American student organization Hillel reported 178 antisemitic incidents on campuses last summer.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, between 2019 and 2012 the number of antisemitic incidents on campuses tripled.

These days, in light of the situation described in the report, the Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA) is working to promote a horizontal move to increase the security budget for religious institutions (Jewish, but not only). The organization is appealing to the administration for $ 360 million, four times as much. From last year's budget, in order to meet the security challenges facing the community.

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Rob Portman, Jackie Rosen, James Lankford and Gary Peters wrote to members of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on the subject: "The Jewish community has been a victim of other communal institutions of violence too many times ... Various assessments of the situation regarding The threat of hate crimes by extremists shows that they are a deadly threat to faith communities and the Jewish community in particular, and are likely to continue to be a threat given the difficulty of identifying individual perpetrators.We urge you to increase funding for grants so the state can do whatever it takes to protect communities at risk Because of the extremists. "

While hate crimes against Jews, as mentioned, are the vast and overwhelming majority of such incidents, it is important to note that the same activity to obtain the funding required is for religious and religious institutions in general.

Eric Fingerhat, President of the Jewish Federations of North America, said: "2019 has been a record year, with three deadly attacks on Jewish communities. For decades we have been fighting to secure these security grants to protect communities from terrorist threats and extreme violence. Today, in the current atmosphere "We are pleased to have representatives in Congress who are working and are working to increase funding for grants."

Source: israelhayom

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