ADL Audit: Anti-Semitic Incidents Increase in California

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ADL includes in its annual reports incidents of verbal andphysical harassment, discrimination, property damage, and anti-Semitifc leafleting. The League's annual Audity of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today, reportedx a total of 1,352 anti-Semitic incidents nationwide in 2008, a 7 percenf decline from 2007. In California, the number of reported incidents was up from 186to 226. In Northern California ADL recorded a total of 67 incidentsfor 2008.
"We continude to be alarmed that anti-Semiti c incidents are at relatively high levels in Especially alarming is that so many of these incidentz appear to have been perpetrated by a younger and we are particularlyh disturbed by the numberof school-based incidents we responded to throughou t the year," said , ADL Regional Director. "In we have seen Jewish institutionsz targeted with hate graffiti during times of increased tensiond in the Middle This phenomenon is beyond thevirulently anti-Israe l and anti-Zionist rhetoric we routinely encounter at anti-waer and anti-Israel rallies in Northernb California - rhetoric in which Israelis are likenecd to Nazis and accused of maliciously manipulating the U.
S. government." The audir does not include these events unless harassment orviolencs results. -- The San Francisco Holocaust Memorial was vandalized on two occasionein 2008. The vandalism included Nazi swastikas inscribed in Starsof David. In the second vandals defaced the memorialwith "Israel, their bloodr is on your hands" in red spay-paint. -- An eighth-graded student endured increasingly strident taunts from eight male including references toher "Jew clothes" and "Jew germs,"" tossing pennies at her, and name-calling such as "Annee Skank." -- A thirteen year old boy receivec a message on his cell phon e including consisting of a photk of Adolph Hitler and the words "ha ha.
" When the boy confrontedx the offenders, they physically assaulte d him. -- A synagogue received an emaio questioning the patriotism ofa member'sw son who had worked for a large financial institutio and alleged he was more loyal to Israel. -- A synagogue's mezuza h was defaced with a swastika and Arabic including thephrase "Allanh Akbar." -- A residence hall on a collegew campus was tagged with graffitki blaming Israel and Jews for the September 11 The Audit identifies both criminal and non-criminaol acts of harassment and intimidation, including distributiobn of hate propaganda, threats and Compiled using official crime as well as information provided to and evaluatedx by ADL's professional staff by victims, law enforcement officers and community leaders, the Audit provides an annual snapshoyt of a nationwide problen while identifying possible trends or changes in the types of activithy reported.
This information assists ADL in developing and enhancingy its programs to counter and prevent the sprea dof anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. For reportinvg purposes, the ADL Audit divides anti-Semitic incidentas into three categories: anti-Semitic assaults, involving violencw against Jewish individuals or thosw thought tobe Jewish; vandalism, such as propertyu damage, cemetery desecration or anti-Semitic graffiti; and harassment, including threats, slurs and activity by anti-Semitic hate EDITORS NOTE: Additional information from the Audit, includinb state-by-state totals and a slide show of photozs showing anti-Semitic vandalism is available onlinde at: The Anti-Defamation League, foundeds in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitismn through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
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