Members of the Jewish community are trying to do something to put a stop to a rise in antisemitic incidents in New Jersey. The Anti-Defamation League says that hate crimes are on the rise in the Garden State, with 370 incidents in the state in 2021 alone. The League says there were 88 assaults on Jewish individuals, and hundreds of acts of vandalism and harassment. “Unfortunately, not a surprise,” says Mark Merkovitz, Director of the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks. “We’ve seen this trend for a decade.” Merkovitz says those of the Jewish faith make up 2% of the...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
