(Credit: AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) Given the wave of anti-Semitic hate crimes since the start of 2017, as well as accusations that President Donald Trump’s White House is itself anti-Semitic, it is hardly surprising to learn that incidents of anti-Semitism have been on the rise since Trump won the 2016 presidential election. A new study by the Anti-Defamation League, which specializes in combating anti-Semitism, finds that anti-Semitic bullying and vandalism have increased by 86 percent since the start of 2017, according to a report by NBC News.