Antisemitic hate crimes exploded throughout the Large Apple final yr, with 345 anti-Jewish incidents reported, in keeping with troubling NYPD information launched this week.
Jews had been the targets a staggering 54% of the time — greater than all different minority teams mixed — throughout 2024 amid the continuing bloodshed within the Israel-Hamas conflict and pro-Palestinian protests erupting throughout New York Metropolis.
“I’m very scared in regards to the quantity of folks that hate me within the metropolis,” Jonathan Lederer, 23, a Jewish Columbia College scholar who was among the many victims, informed The Publish.
“I’m shocked that we as a society have even gotten so far.”
Lederer was attacked twice in 2024, most just lately in December when anti-Israel protester Tarek Bazrouk allegedly punched him within the face after ranting about Hitler and Nazis.
The variety of anti-Jewish offenses counted final yr marked a 7% improve from 2023, when 323 such crimes had been reported to the NYPD, the info reveals.
Reported hate crimes general had been down by 4%, with 641 tallied final yr in comparison with 671 in 2023, in keeping with the police stats.
Muslims had been focused in 43 crimes reported in 2024, a 65% surge from the earlier yr, in keeping with the info.
Lederer positioned the blame on President Biden, arguing he’s not carried out sufficient to “crack down” on antisemitism.
“An enormous issue is the Biden administration’s unwillingness to do something and crack down on this hatred,” Lederer mentioned.
“There are college students supporting terrorism on campus with overseas visas; they need to have been deported,” he added.
“You may have outdoors international locations making an attempt to affect our tradition and the presidential administration ought to have carried out one thing about it.”
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), who could run for governor, mentioned the Empire State has not carried out sufficient to “defend” Jewish New Yorkers.
“Jewish New Yorkers make up 12% of the inhabitants but account for greater than 50% of hate crime victims in New York Metropolis,” he posted on X.
“New York has essentially failed to guard the Jewish group from a historic explosion of hate crimes.”
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