Good Wednesday morning.
In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on Hadassah’s upcoming Zionism conference and an upcoming Jewish comics convention. We feature an opinion piece by clergy and staff from the East End Temple in Manhattan about ways to support emotional health in parents and caregivers. Also in this newsletter: Ronnen Harary, Adam Sandler and Susie Gelman. We’ll start with a new report from the Anti-Defamation League identifying a major rise in antisemitic events since the Oct. 7 terror attacks.
In the wake of Hamas’ massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, antisemitic incidents in the U.S. have spiked by 388%, according to a new study released today by the Anti-Defamation League, reports eJewishPhilanthropy’s Haley Cohen.
The preliminary findings identified a total of 312 antisemitic incidents between Oct. 7-23, 190 of which were directly linked to the Israel-Hamas war. The findings are a sharp contrast from the same period last year, when ADL reported 64 anti-Jewish incidents, only four of which were Israel-related.
Jonathan Greenblatt, the group’s CEO, said the findings are alarming but not surprising, as it is typical for antisemitic incidents to rise globally when conflict erupts in Israel. During the last Israel-Hamas war, in May 2021, the ADL reported a 115% increase in antisemitic events from May 11 through the end of that month, compared with the same period in 2020.
“From white supremacists in California displaying antisemitic banners on highway overpasses to radical anti-Zionists harassing Jewish people because of their real or perceived support for the Jewish state, we are witnessing a disturbing rise in antisemitic activity here while the war rages overseas,” Greenblatt said in a statement.
Major increases in antisemitic activity have also been seen in Jewish communities around the world since the Oct. 7 attacks. In France, there have been 588 antisemitic incidents reported to police as of Monday; Germany has seen a 240% increase of antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7, compared to last year, almost all of which have been related to Israel; and London police have reported at least 218 antisemitic hate crimes reported from Oct. 1-18, more than 13 times the number from the same period last year.
“We will continue to work with our staff team of security experts and thousands of volunteers around the country to keep our Jewish institutions and events safe,” Richard Priem, COO and deputy national director of Community Security Service, told eJP.
Read the full report here.
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