The New York City Police Department (NYPD) released new data on Jan. 2 stating there was a 24% increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City from 2018 to 2019.
Spectrum News reports that there were 185 anti-Semitic hate crimes reported to the NYPD from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 in 2018; there were 229 anti-Semitic hate crimes reported to the NYPD over the same timeframe in 2019.
Hate crimes overall increased 354 in 2018 to 423 in 2019, an increase of 19%, per Spectrum News.
The report comes after a stabbing at a Chabad rabbi’s home on Dec. 28, wounding five people. One of the victims, 72-year-old Josef Neumann, may not regain consciousness.
There have been at least 13 reported anti-Semitic incidents in New York City since Dec. 23, including one in which a woman is suspected of assaulting a 22-year-old Jewish man on Jan. 1 in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn.
Myriad Jewish groups, including Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey and American Jewish Committee of New York, are co-sponsoring a “No Hate, No Fear” solidarity march against anti-Semitism in Brooklyn on Jan. 5.
“The fact that we are witnessing almost daily anti-Semitic incidents in our region shows that we are facing a crisis that can only be addressed through solidarity across our communities,” ADL New York/New Jersey Regional Director Evan Bernstein said in a statement. “This is why we are calling on all New Yorkers to join us on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 11 a.m. at Foley Square for a ‘No Hate. No Fear.’ Solidarity March.”
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