Antisemitism in the United States in the 21st-century

In the 2010s, antisemitism and the number of violent antisemitic attacks on Jews experienced an upward surge in the United States, a nation that had long been regarded as relatively free from antisemitism. Antisemitism grew and, in the late 2010s, the number of physical attacks on Jewish institutions and attacks on individual Jews dressed in Jewish religious clothing surged. Culprits for physical attacks include ideological Islamists and white supremacists.[1][2][3]

2013 knockout game

During the 2013 knockout game spate of violent assaults, all reported "knockout" assaults in New York City targeted Jews.[4][5]<[6] ABC Nightline reported that New York City police believed that antisemitism was likely to be a motive in the attacks, as all eight victims were identified as Jewish.[7]

Brooklyn assaults

2019 saw a spate of attacks in which a pedestrians wearing identifiably Jewish clothing were assaulted, beaten and often knocked to the ground by an assailant or group of assailants, many of whom shouted antisemitic slurs.[8][9][10] The assailants were black and Hispanic.[11]

One assailant, Tiffany Harris, who was released without bail after attacking a Jewish woman, attacked three other Jewish women the very next day; all of the victims were dressed in distinctively Jewish clothing.[12][13]

Although the Williamsburg and Crown Heights neighborhoods of Brooklyn where most of the assaults have taken place are experiencing gentrification, no similar assaults have been reported on the gentrifiers, although their clothing makes them easy to identify.[11]

According to Jamie Kirchick, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, antisemitism has been a particular problem in parts of America's black community since the split between the mainstream Civil rights movement led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and the more radical Black Power movement of the late 1960s, and leaders on the political left continue to foment antisemitism.[14]

A 2019 study found that 28% of African Americans believed that they were seeing more Black people that they personally knew express anti-Semitism than in the past.[15] In the same study, 19% of African Americans believed that Jewish people were impeding Black progress in America.[15] Four percent (4%) of African Americans self-identified as being Black Hebrew Israelites in 2019.[15]

List of violent attacks (in chronological order)
Memorials to victims outside the Tree of Life synagogue

References
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  2. "Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents: Year in Review 2018". ADL. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. "Anti-Semitic attacks". New York Times. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. "Police Added in Brooklyn Neighborhood Amid "Knockout Game" Attacks". WNBC. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  5. Gartland, Michael (2013-11-23). "I Was A Victim Of The Knockout Game". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  6. Velez, Natasha (2013-11-22). "Jewish Man Clocked In 'Knockout' Attack". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  7. "Sucker Punch: Possible Spike in 'Knockout Game' Attacks". ABC Nightline. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  8. "NYPD Steps Up Patrols". New York Times. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  9. "Antisemitic Attacks fuel continuing rise in Hate Crimes in New York". New York Times. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  10. "4 teens busted in string of attacks on Jewish men in Brooklyn". New York Post. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  11. Rosen, Armin (15 July 2015). "Everybody Knows: As the leading targets of hate crimes, Jews are routinely being attacked in the streets of New York City. So why is no one acting like it's a big deal?". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  12. "NY woman released after attacking Jewish woman, assaults another woman". Jerusalem Post. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  13. "Woman accused of assaulting 3 Jewish women arrested again day after release". New York Post. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  14. Jamie Kirchick (June 2018). "The Rise of Black Anti-Semitism". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  15. Earls, Aaron. "African Americans Have Mixed Opinions and Often No Opinions on Israel". LifeWay Research. LifeWay. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  16. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/monsey-stabbing-victim-josef-neumann-dies-council/2350100/
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