(Jewish Group) Anti-Semitic hate crimes rose by 14% in 2019, according to the FBI
The number of anti-Semitic hate crimes in the United States increased significantly in 2019, according to the FBI, in a year that saw three lethal attacks against Jews.
Anti-Semitic incidents again comprised the majority of hate crimes based on religion. In addition, the number of hate crime murders overall more than doubled nationwide last year.
But the Anti-Defamation League cautioned that the FBIs numbers probably represent just a fraction of total hate crimes committed in the country.
The FBI recorded 953 hate crimes against Jews in 2019, a 14% increase from the 835 recorded in 2018 and similar to the 938 in 2017. In 2019, hate crimes against Jews comprised 62% of all hate crimes based on religion, up from 58% in both of the previous two years.
Last year saw a series of lethal anti-Semitic attacks that sparked fear and anxiety among American Jews. A synagogue shooting in Poway, California, killed one person exactly six months after the October 2018 synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in which 11 Jews were murdered.
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2016 - 1,538 single-bias hate crime offenses were motivated by religion. Of these offenses:
54.2 percent were anti-Jewish.
24.8 percent were anti-Islamic (Muslim).
2017 - 1,679 single-bias hate crime offenses were motivated by religion. Of these offenses:
58.1 percent were anti-Jewish.
18.7 percent were anti-Islamic (Muslim).
2018 - 1,550 single-bias hate crime offenses were motivated by religion. Of these offenses:
57.8 percent were anti-Jewish.
14.5 percent were anti-Islamic (Muslim).
2019 - 1,715 single-bias hate crime offenses were motivated by religion. Of these offenses:
60.2 percent were anti-Jewish.
13.2 percent were anti-Islamic (Muslim).
Over half of all hate crimes against religion target Jews, who make up almost 1/5th of victims of all hate crimes. But, Jews aren't a real minority, nor face real bigotry and discrimination...or so I have been told.