Anti-defamation League Report Says Anti-semitic Incidents Up Sharply Since Presidential Election

OnlineEditor@theweek.com (Catherine Garcia), The Week
Sun, 04/23/2017 - 11:12pm

A new report by the Anti-Defamation League finds that there has been a spike in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States since the 2016 presidential election. The ADL has recorded 541 anti-Semitic incidents in the first quarter of 2017, up 86 percent from last year, with six physical assaults, 380 episodes of harassment, including 161 bomb threats, and 155 acts of vandalism, including destruction at three cemeteries.

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