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MARYLAND — Antisemitic incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism, including 55 in Maryland, reached an all-time high in 2021, according to an Anti-Defamation League report released Tuesday.
The ADL's annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents describes 2,717 attacks on Jewish people last year, a 34 percent year-over-year increase, according to the ADL, which began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.
That amounts to an increase of more than seven antisemitic incidents a day.
In Maryland, the ADL noted 60 antisemitic incidents in 2021 and the first three months of 22. A year earlier, 47 such incidents were recorded.
In July 2021, vandals struck a Jewish cemetery in Baltimore. Thirteen vandalized graves were discovered on Sunday at the German Hill Road Jewish Cemetery in Graceland Park. The antisemitic vandalism, including swastikas, was washed away by members of the Jewish Cemeteries Association of Greater Baltimore.
Harford County: In February 2021, leaders of the Hartford County Young Republicans emailed antisemitic content to their listserv, leading the Maryland Young Republicans to dissolve the chapter.
The party then formed a new chapter, naming Anna Dove and Lindsey Reynolds as acting co-chairs. In video posted on Facebook, Dove, who serves as chief of staff for Del. Michael J. Griffith (R-35B), condemned the email as "incredibly disturbing, anti-Semitic, racist content. … It is despicable that the leadership of the Harford County Young Republicans allowed such a disgusting email to circulate, espousing ideas that the members of its club do not ascribe to," Baltimore Jewish Living reported.
The Maryland Young Republicans said in a statement that the antisemitic email violated the group's bylaws, which prohibit any type of discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religious belief. "More importantly, such rhetoric and hatefulness have no place in our organization, and their actions are not reflective of our Republican values," the group said.
Bowie: On. Feb. 19 and 24, 2002, people associated with the antisemitic Goyim Defense League, including known white supremacists, distributed propaganda that read "Black Lives Matter" on the front and "Every aspect of the slave trade is Jewish", on the back. The second weekend the flier said, "Every single aspect of the COVID agenda is Jewish." (OMG- evil evil evil!)
Dunkirk: On Jan. 2, 2022, the Loyal White Knights, a Klan group, distributed material in a residential area that read: "Dr. King's 'Dream' has come true! Blacks and whites are miscegenating, destroying both races! The communist jews are enjoying it immensely!"
Columbia: In December, authorities said "Heil Hitler" and a swastika were drawn in a school bathroom.
Baltimore: In November, during Hanukah, a rock was thrown through the window of a home displaying a menorah.
Pikesville: In June, a Jewish school received a threatening antisemitic phone call in which the caller said, "The rabbis are responsible for the massacre in Hebron and need their throats slit."
Clarksburg: In April 2021, a Jewish cemetery streamed a funeral over Zoom, which was disrupted by unknown participants who wrote hateful messages and drew swastikas on the screen.
Antisemitic incidents "reached a high watermark across virtually every category" in the audit, the ADL said, including at:
Jewish institutions such as synagogues and community centers, up 61 percent.
K-12 schools, up 106 percent.
College campuses, up 21 percent.
Physical assaults increased 167 percent, incidents of harassment increased 43 percent, and acts of antisemitic violence rose 14 percent, according to the audit.
The ADL reported a surge in violence during the May 2021 conflict between Israel and Hamas. Antisemitic incidents, including violent attacks on Jewish people, increased 148 percent from the previous May as hundreds of anti-Israel protests took place in dozens of U.S. cities on May 10, the date marking the official start of military action.
"While we have always seen a rise in antisemitic activity during periods of increased hostilities between Israel and terrorist groups, the violence we witnessed in America during the conflict last May was shocking," ADL chief executive and national director Jonathan A. Greenblatt said in a news release.
"Jews were being attacked in the streets for no other reason than the fact that they were Jewish, and it seemed as if the working assumption was that if you were Jewish, you were blameworthy for what was happening half a world away."
Anti-Israel protests accounted for only a portion of the violent attacks on Jews in 2021, and not the largest portion, according to the ADL. Physical assaults also spiked in November and December, when there were no contributing geopolitical events.
Nearly 18 percent of the incidents last year — at least 484 — were attributable to actions by domestic extremists, the ADL said.
"When it comes to antisemitic activity in America, you cannot point to any single ideology or belief system, and in many cases, we simply don't know the motivation," Greenblatt said in the release. "But we do know that Jews are experiencing more antisemitic incidents than we have in this country in at least 40 years, and that's a deeply troubling indicator of larger societal fissures."
2021 Findings: By The Numbers
Total antisemitic incidents: 2,717, up 34 percent
Assaults: 88, up 167 percent
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Antisemitic incidents reach record high in the U.S., Maryland: Report: From the evil vandalism of graves to threatening emails and hate-filled fliers, last year saw incidents of antisemitism jump in Maryland and nationwide.
MARYLAND — Antisemitic incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism, including 55 in Maryland, reached an all-time high in 2021, according to an Anti-Defamation League report released Tuesday.
The ADL's annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents describes 2,717 attacks on Jewish people last year, a 34 percent year-over-year increase, according to the ADL, which began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.
That amounts to an increase of more than seven antisemitic incidents a day.
In July 2021, vandals struck a Jewish cemetery in Baltimore. Thirteen vandalized graves were discovered on Sunday at the German Hill Road Jewish Cemetery in Graceland Park. The antisemitic vandalism, including swastikas, was washed away by members of the Jewish Cemeteries Association of Greater Baltimore.
Howard Libit, the executive director of the Baltimore Jewish Council, told WBAL the Jewish community has seen a spike in antisemitic cases. "Over the last two years, the Association of the Baltimore Jewish Council actually had a task force on antisemitism," Libit said. "We've seen this surge of antisemitic incidents in our state, in our country, in our community."
Some of the antisemitic actions reported to the ADL were:
Some of the antisemitic actions reported to the ADL were:
Harford County: In February 2021, leaders of the Hartford County Young Republicans emailed antisemitic content to their listserv, leading the Maryland Young Republicans to dissolve the chapter.
The party then formed a new chapter, naming Anna Dove and Lindsey Reynolds as acting co-chairs. In video posted on Facebook, Dove, who serves as chief of staff for Del. Michael J. Griffith (R-35B), condemned the email as "incredibly disturbing, anti-Semitic, racist content. … It is despicable that the leadership of the Harford County Young Republicans allowed such a disgusting email to circulate, espousing ideas that the members of its club do not ascribe to," Baltimore Jewish Living reported.
The Maryland Young Republicans said in a statement that the antisemitic email violated the group's bylaws, which prohibit any type of discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religious belief. "More importantly, such rhetoric and hatefulness have no place in our organization, and their actions are not reflective of our Republican values," the group said.
Bowie: On. Feb. 19 and 24, 2002, people associated with the antisemitic Goyim Defense League, including known white supremacists, distributed propaganda that read "Black Lives Matter" on the front and "Every aspect of the slave trade is Jewish", on the back. The second weekend the flier said, "Every single aspect of the COVID agenda is Jewish." (OMG- evil evil evil!)
Dunkirk: On Jan. 2, 2022, the Loyal White Knights, a Klan group, distributed material in a residential area that read: "Dr. King's 'Dream' has come true! Blacks and whites are miscegenating, destroying both races! The communist jews are enjoying it immensely!"
Columbia: In December, authorities said "Heil Hitler" and a swastika were drawn in a school bathroom.
Baltimore: In November, during Hanukah, a rock was thrown through the window of a home displaying a menorah.
Pikesville: In June, a Jewish school received a threatening antisemitic phone call in which the caller said, "The rabbis are responsible for the massacre in Hebron and need their throats slit."
Clarksburg: In April 2021, a Jewish cemetery streamed a funeral over Zoom, which was disrupted by unknown participants who wrote hateful messages and drew swastikas on the screen.
Antisemitic incidents "reached a high watermark across virtually every category" in the audit, the ADL said, including at:
Jewish institutions such as synagogues and community centers, up 61 percent.
K-12 schools, up 106 percent.
College campuses, up 21 percent.
Physical assaults increased 167 percent, incidents of harassment increased 43 percent, and acts of antisemitic violence rose 14 percent, according to the audit.
The ADL reported a surge in violence during the May 2021 conflict between Israel and Hamas. Antisemitic incidents, including violent attacks on Jewish people, increased 148 percent from the previous May as hundreds of anti-Israel protests took place in dozens of U.S. cities on May 10, the date marking the official start of military action.
"While we have always seen a rise in antisemitic activity during periods of increased hostilities between Israel and terrorist groups, the violence we witnessed in America during the conflict last May was shocking," ADL chief executive and national director Jonathan A. Greenblatt said in a news release.
"Jews were being attacked in the streets for no other reason than the fact that they were Jewish, and it seemed as if the working assumption was that if you were Jewish, you were blameworthy for what was happening half a world away."
Anti-Israel protests accounted for only a portion of the violent attacks on Jews in 2021, and not the largest portion, according to the ADL. Physical assaults also spiked in November and December, when there were no contributing geopolitical events.
Nearly 18 percent of the incidents last year — at least 484 — were attributable to actions by domestic extremists, the ADL said.
"When it comes to antisemitic activity in America, you cannot point to any single ideology or belief system, and in many cases, we simply don't know the motivation," Greenblatt said in the release. "But we do know that Jews are experiencing more antisemitic incidents than we have in this country in at least 40 years, and that's a deeply troubling indicator of larger societal fissures."
2021 Findings: By The Numbers
Total antisemitic incidents: 2,717, up 34 percent
Victims: 131
Use of deadly weapons: 11
Fatalities: 0
Harassment: 1,776 incidents, up 43 percent
Vandalism: 853 incidents, up 14 percent
Swastikas used in 578 incidents
States reporting incidents: 50 and the District of Columbia, with the following states accounting for 58 percent of total incidents:
Use of deadly weapons: 11
Fatalities: 0
Harassment: 1,776 incidents, up 43 percent
Vandalism: 853 incidents, up 14 percent
Swastikas used in 578 incidents
States reporting incidents: 50 and the District of Columbia, with the following states accounting for 58 percent of total incidents:
New York: 416
New Jersey: 370
California: 367
Florida: 190
Michigan: 112
Texas: 112
Antisemitic incidents at Jewish Institutions: 525
New Jersey: 370
California: 367
Florida: 190
Michigan: 112
Texas: 112
Antisemitic incidents at Jewish Institutions: 525
Harassment: 413
Vandalism: 101
Assaults: 11
About 25 percent, or 111 incidents, were linked to anti-Zionist or anti-Israel sentiments. Domestic extremist groups or individuals inspired by extremist ideology were responsible for 484, antisemitic incidents, 18 percent of the total, the ADL said.
About 25 percent, or 111 incidents, were linked to anti-Zionist or anti-Israel sentiments. Domestic extremist groups or individuals inspired by extremist ideology were responsible for 484, antisemitic incidents, 18 percent of the total, the ADL said.
White supremacist groups and extremists are responsible for 422 antisemitic propaganda distributions, a 52 percent increase from the year before.
A total of 345 antisemitic incidents in 2021, involved references to Israel or Zionism; of them, 68 appeared in the form of white supremacist propaganda efforts, which the ADL said attempt to strengthen anti-Israel and antisemitic beliefs.
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