‘Direct encounters with hate’: Record number of anti-Semitic incidents occurred in US in 2019

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The United States had a record number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in 2019, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League.

The organization said Tuesday it found that 2,107 incidents of anti-Semitism took place in the U.S. last year — the highest level recorded in the 40 years that the data has been compiled. It also detailed a 12% jump in anti-Semitic attacks since 2018.

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