Antisemitism on the Left Newsrael News Desk AUG 14, 2025
Ritchie Torres: Attacks on Jews in US highest in history
Rep. (D) Ritchie Torres wrote on his personal X account. The Israeli government must take this issue up with mayors in hardest hit cities!
The Jewish community makes up just 2% of the U.S. population, yet it is the target of 70% of all religion-based hate crimes. According to the FBI, antisemitic hate crimes are at their highest level since 1991. The ADL reports that antisemitic incidents are at their highest level since it began tracking in 1979.
Hate crimes against Jews are rising even as overall hate crimes decline. The evidence is painfully clear: antisemitism in America has metastasized into a crisis. To ignore it is not neutrality but complicity.
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