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Antisemitic incidents declined in Pennsylvania and South Jersey in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League.<\/p>\n
On April 26, the ADL released its annual report on antisemitic incidents in the United States. The national numbers were grim, with 2,717 offenses, the highest total since the ADL started keeping track in 1979. It was also a 34% increase from 2020.<\/p>\n
But the local numbers were less grim. Pennsylvania saw 69 incidents in 2021 compared to 101 the year before. South Jersey, despite a statewide increase in New Jersey, experienced 26 offenses last year versus 34 in 2020. (The ADL defined South Jersey as any county from Burlington south.)<\/p>\nMarlton Middle School in Burlington County, New Jersey, experienced an antisemitic incident in December 2021. (Courtesy of Evesham Township School District Superintendent Justin Smith)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
A drop is good, said ADL Philadelphia Director Andrew Goretsky, but 65 and 26 instances of antisemitism, respectively, are still more than zero.<\/p>\n
\u201cI often think about medicine, when they say the risk factor, 98% of people have no problems, but 2% of people die,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In the Keystone State, Goretsky was most concerned about two findings.<\/p>\n
Assaults, the most serious category tracked by the ADL, increased from two in 2020 to four in 2021. And in May of 2021 during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the number of overall offenses doubled, from four to eight, from the same period the previous year.<\/p>\n
The director couldn\u2019t say why assaults increased. But he could identify a reason for the May jump.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe May conflict was a reminder that Jews are routinely blamed for Israel\u2019s actions,\u201d Goretsky said.<\/p>\n
In addition to assaults, Pennsylvania experienced 49 incidents of harassment, defined by the ADL as cases when Jews \u201cwere harassed with antisemitic slurs, stereotypes or conspiracy theories.\u201d It also witnessed 16 vandalism offenses, or \u201ccases where property was damaged along with evidence of antisemitic intent.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Jersey saw four vandalism acts and 17 harassment offenses.<\/p>\n
Some of the more high-profile incidents in Pennsylvania and South Jersey occurred in the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n
Pennsbury School District board members received a series of antisemitic emails and threats while working on policies relating to the pandemic, like masking for students. The ADL mentioned that case specifically in its Pennsylvania report.<\/p>\n
And in December, a South Jersey synagogue, Congregation Adath Emanu-El in Mount Laurel, and school, Marlton Middle, saw antisemitic messages displayed in the parking lot and bathroom, respectively. Both had swastikas and chilling statements like \u201cHitler was right\u201d and \u201cWe are everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those incidents and others revealed not just the prevalence of antisemitism today but the multifaceted nature of it, according to Goretsky.<\/p>\n
Attacks on Jewish property are an issue, as evidenced by the rise of security as a priority for Jewish federations and synagogues across the country. But it\u2019s also an issue with a clear and pretty reliable response strategy, as evidenced by the rise of security as a priority.<\/p>\n
Virtual attacks like Zoom bombs and threatening emails are prevalent today but present a different issue. How do you combat an anonymous emailer or Zoom bomber other than with defensive methods in the moment, like blocking the address or restarting the chat?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a question with no easy answer.<\/p>\nADL Philadelphia Director Andrew Goretsky. (Photo by Lafayette Hill Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
But according to Linda Palsky, one of the Pennsbury board members who received threatening messages, the ADL report is at least a place to start.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s our only weapon to bring light to it,\u201d she said. \u201cTo try and make people aware that it\u2019s not acceptable behavior and language.\u201d<\/p>\n
The multifaceted nature of antisemitism today underscores a scary reality for modern Jews: There might not be any safe spaces anymore.<\/p>\n
According to Goretsky, the ADL\u2019s national study showed that attacks increased by 106% at K-12 schools, 61% at synagogues and 21% on campuses. To a large degree, too, those incidents did not come from white supremacists on the far right or Israel despisers on the far left. Only 14% came from far-right individuals or groups, and only 12% came from the far left, while 65% emerged from people in the middle.<\/p>\n
Rabbi Benjamin David of Adath Emanu-El believes that Jews today need to be prepared for antisemitism from all angles.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can be attacked while sitting in the comfort of your own home staring at your laptop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Even in this increasingly complicated environment, though, the post-World War II ethos should not change for Jews, David explained. Jews can\u2019t take these offenses lying down.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf those who hate are going to be loud, then we simply have to be louder,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be a Jew in the real world today means to be an advocate for peace, an ally of other people, to be a defender of religion itself, its expression,\u201d he concluded. \u201cThe game has changed.\u201d JE<\/p>\n
Antisemitic incidents declined in Pennsylvania and South Jersey in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League. On April 26, the ADL released its annual report on antisemitic incidents in the United States. The national numbers were grim, with 2,717 offenses, the highest total since the ADL started keeping track in 1979. It was also a 34% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13404,"featured_media":171434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[10306,13724,13193],"section":[],"coauthors":[13277],"yoast_head":"\n
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