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Report: Anti-Semitic Attacks in the U.S. Are at a 20-Year Low

Nov. 6, 2012 6:56am Billy Hallowell

In October 2011, TheBlaze reported on the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization that fights against anti-Semitism, and the group’s annual study that, at the time, observed an increase in anti-Jewish crimes. This year, however, the same study has some encouraging results: Anti-Semitic crimes have decreased and are at a 20-year-low.

The ADL’s 2011 “Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents” found that the number of annual incidents decreased by 13 percent last year. With 1,080 assaults, acts of vandalism and instances of harassment occurring in 2011, a major decrease is observed (there were 1,239 of the same incidents reported in 2010).

While this decline is a positive step, a more notable benchmark has been reached — the 2011 report marks the lowest number of incidents reported by the ADL in the last 20 years.

Report: Anti Semitic Attacks Are at 20 Year Low | Anti Defamation League

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While the numbers have been trending downward over the past few years, the 2010 audit shocked some when it found that the 1,239 reported anti-Semitic instances marked a slight uptick from the 1,211 that were reported in 2009. However, this year, the downward trajectory is back in place and has fallen to a level of assaults unforeseen over the past two decades.

The incidents that were observed by the ADL were recorded in 45 states and Washington, D.C. Of the cases included in the 2011 numbers were 19 physical assaults on Jewish peoples, 330 cases of vandalism and 731 instances of threats and harassment. A press release further explains the audit:

The annual Audit tracks incidents of vandalism, harassment and physical assaults against Jewish individuals, property and community institutions across the United States, using data gathered by the League’s 30 regional offices and law enforcement agencies across the country. The Audit provides an annual snapshot of the problem of anti-Semitism and assists with the identification of national trends and changes in the types of activity reported. The 2011 ADL Audit includes incidents recorded in 45 states and Washington D.C….

“It is encouraging that over the past five or six years we have seen a consistent decline in the number of anti-Semitic incidents across the country and that the numbers are now at a historic low,” explained ADL national director Abraham H. Foxman. “To the extent that these incidents serve as a barometer, the decline shows that we have made progress as a society in confronting anti-Semitism and pushing it to the far fringes, making expressions of anti-Jewish hatred unacceptable.”

Of course, Foxman noted that some crimes, like anti-Semitic content on the internet, cannot be qualified. While progress has been made, more work is needed to combat anti-Jewish bias. Read the 2011 “Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents” here.

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stealthseesall
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:33am
Yet, there is NEVER any mention about the all the crimes committed against white people by black terrorist.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 12:33pm
Attacks on Jews and on jewish interests will rise in relation to how many muslims there are in the country.

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adeleeeee
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:11am
No way. The highest tide of anti-Semitic is on the way.

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Walkabout
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:33am
Racism is never on the fringes. It is genetic. It just a matter of how people deal with problems. If resources are constrained or perceived to be constrained expect a significant percentage of people to look at it as a zero sum game.

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Big Media Bias
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:58am
Gee, Obama orders his Democrats to stop physically attacking Christians and Jews this year so he isn’t associated with these thugs. Has the ADL ever been online? Have they read the DailyKos, HuffPost, any political story? Full of anti-Semitic comments from viewers.

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- 1Epistle
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:41am
  An anti-semitic is not the same as an anti-zionist. Most people who are called anti-semitic are really anti-zionist.
  
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Pigpen
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:56am
So if I asked: Why, when the absentee ballots of US Military persons always seem to be in jeopardy of getting thrown out, do the ballots from ISRAEL -cast by ISRAELI CITIZENS who RESIDE in Israel but VOTE IN THE United States’ general elections- always seem to make it into the ballot box? (Sorry, theBlaze, I am sure I meant to say DUAL CITIZENS of ISRAEL)

Would THAT question be considered an anti-semitic “attack”?

CENSORSHIP & BALLOT TAMPERING: Only wrong when white people do it. Only a mitzvah when Jews do it. Go ahead, theBlaze, censor this post. I wouldn’t want you to be placed on the ADL’s “hate crimes list” for posting a “hater’s” VALID question. Don’t think military votes are suppressed by Jews? Let’s check ethnicity on the Courts who HAVE thrown out military votes in the past. YOU stand with ISRAEL. I stand with with the USS LIBERTY.

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- tzion
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:22am
  And exactly how do you know all this? Considering that all ballots, including absentee, are secret ballots, how could anyone have that kind of information? You don’t have a single source. And as for the USS Liberty, maybe you can explain to me why our own planes were ordered not to help. As if Benghazi was only the first time.
  
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- DamoclesAurelius
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:59am
  When you make claims against jews, without any sort of reliable source to back up your accusation…
  
  …Then yeah, that’s pretty damn anti-Semitic. Go back to OWS.
  
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Individualism
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:36am
I guess people are finally realizing there loyal American citizens or more loyal than most based on how and what they vote for.

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- Fubared
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 12:20pm
  Windy; there, they’re, their. Get an English as a second language book and maybe one day you can get people to take a gander at Paul’s Johnson or Barr.
  
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momrules
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:23am
Anti Jew and anti Israel bias is up all over the world.

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- circleDwagons
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:34am
  Anti- Christanity and anti-islam are also up.
  
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- wvernon1981
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 12:00pm
  Evidence?
  
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ZengaPA65
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:16am
A couple months ago The Blaze reported anti-Semitic attacks were at an all time high.

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Gonzo
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:11am
Come on The_Jerk, you’re slacking off.

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