Antisemitic incidents in US reached all-time high in 2021, report finds
ABC News
The Anti-Defamation League recorded more than 2,700 antisemitic incidences in 2021, the highest count on record.
Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League's latest annual report.
The organization recorded 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism -- the highest number of incidents on record since the ADL began tracking these attacks in 1979.
This averages to more than seven incidents per day and represents a 34% increase year over year.
"In 2021, the world still wasn't fully reopened yet," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a Tuesday press conference on the findings. "People were still socially distancing. Businesses are still shuttered. Campuses are still closed and yet, 2021, far and away, the highest total we have ever seen."
