FBI director says US Jews under threat 'from all sides' amid rise in antisemism

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Source: Times of Israel

The director of the FBI has said the Jewish community in the United States is “getting hit from all sides” and “desperately” needs further support from the agency amid an apparent uptick in antisemitic attacks.

In response to a question by US Congressman Josh Gottheimer on a recently thwarted attack on synagogues in New Jersey, FBI director Christopher Wray said Thursday that the agency was attempting to address the issue by raising the threat of antisemitism to a “national priority.”

“Antisemitism and violence that comes out of it is a persistent and present fact,” Wray said.

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