Anti-Semitic attacks are up 300% in New York City

Anti-Semitic hate incidents in New York City rose 331% in October, according to data released by the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Police responded to 69 incidents of anti-Semitic hate in October, a 214% increase from 2022 and a 331% increase from the 16 incidents of anti-Semitic hate reported in September. seconds to NYPD data. Overall, hate incidents increased by 124% in October and approximately 70% of reported incidents were anti-Semitic.

“Hate has no place in our city. Over the past month, I have repeatedly sat down with Jewish leaders and heard them express fears about wearing a yarmulke,” New York Democratic Mayor Eric Adams. he said the Daily News, a local news outlet, in a statement. “And while we’ve seen fewer hate crimes across the city this year, our Jewish neighbors are increasingly being targeted simply because of their faith. This is unacceptable.”

Hate incidents in New York were on a downward trend through October, with anti-Semitic hate crimes down 11% in September and total hate incidents down 14%. seconds at the NYPD. The Flatbush Shomrim Security Patrol in Brooklyn, a group of volunteers that provides security patrols for one of the city’s Jewish communities, said they have received 1,600 security calls related to hate incidents since the beginning of October instead of the usual monthly amount of 500, report the Daily News.

“We feel it 100 percent,” Bob Moskovitz, executive coordinator of the safety patrol, told the Daily News about the rise in anti-Semitism. “Our hotline, which the community uses to report any incident has probably increased in the last month and a half by 300%. The phone just doesn’t stop.”

reports since then, anti-Semitism has increased across the country Hamas launched to horrible terrorist attack against Israel on October 7. The pro-Palestinian protests have it exploded across the United States since the attacks, with many protesters shouting antisemitic slogans like “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and calling The Israeli “colonizers”.

The NYPD declined to comment further on the matter.

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