A STUDY FINDS A RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE U-S … UP 57 PERCENT ACROSS THE U-S AND 36 PERCENT IN NEW MEXICO SINCE LAST YEAR. THE STUDY IS FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, WHICH AUDITED ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS AND RELEASED THE STUDY THIS WEEK. IT SAYS HARASSMENT AND ASSAULTS ROSE FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND HAS ACTUALLY DOUBLED SINCE 2015.
THE ADL ALSO SAYS THERE WERE TWO BOMB THREATS AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST YEAR. IT ALSO SAYS A WEDDING VENDOR SENT AN ANTI-SEMITIC MESSAGE TO A POSSIBLE CLIENT. INCIDENTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND GRADE SCHOOLS ALSO ROSE LAST YEAR FROM 235 TO 457.
THE ADL SAYS THE ATTACKS HAVE COINCIDED WITH LOWER CIVILITY, HIGHER PARTISANSHIP, AND XENOPHOBIA.
