Antisemitic incidents rose in 2021 across Georgia and the US

ATLANTA — Hate is on the rise. Within the final yr, the variety of antisemitic incidents has risen throughout the nation, together with right here in Georgia.

2021 noticed extra studies of assaults towards Jewish folks and establishments; file numbers not seen in additional than 40 years.                

Advocates mentioned the rise corresponded with a army battle abroad, however that wasn’t the one issue.

In its annual audit, The Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit Jewish civil rights group, discovered a rise within the variety of assaults and incidents of harassment and vandalism. The report relies on data from legislation enforcement, media retailers and neighborhood teams.

The group factors to combating between Israeli forces and the militant group, Hamas, as having an impact right here in the USA, and world wide.

The abroad battle lasted 11 days and ended with a bilateral ceasefire settlement.

The worldwide conflict wasn’t the one issue, although. The ADL mentioned the rise in 2021 antisemitism additionally coincided with a near-record yr of incidents of white supremacist propaganda, together with instances of racist, antisemitic and different hateful messages.

Based on the report, in 2021, Georgia noticed 49 situations of harassment, vandalism and assaults, a quantity better than the earlier three years.

That possible consists of situations like studies in Cobb County final yr of photographs of swastikas and antisemitic language showing in two county colleges that September. Cobb County’s Board of Training later handed an antisemitism and racism decision. 

The report discovered greater than 2,700 incidents throughout the nation, marking a 34 % enhance from the variety of incidents in 2020.