Just last month, a man wielding a machete stabbed five Jews rejoicing during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York — an area with a large population of Orthodox Jews. One man was put into a coma.

The next day, reports emerged about the suspect. Grafton E. Thomas, who has a history of mental illness and is being charged with a hate crime, had conducted various online searches in the weeks leading up to the attack, one of which was “Zionist Temples” in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and in Staten Island.