Adl Audit Finds Anti-Semitic Incidents Remain Constant; More Than 1,500 Incidents Reported Across U.S. In 2003

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NEW YORK, March 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The number of anti- Semitic incidents remained at a consistent and disturbing level in 2003, according to newly released statistics from the Anti- Defamation League (ADL). The annual ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today, counted a total of 1,557 anti-Semitic incidents across the United States in 2003, as compared with 1,559 incidents reported in 2002.

"Though the number of anti-Semitic incidents has remained virtually unchanged in the United States, the levels continue to be disturbing and unacceptable," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, and author of Never Again? The Threat of the New Anti- Semitism. "While we take comfort that America has not witnessed the kind of raw manifestations of anti-Jewish hatred that has plagued parts of Europe and other nations in recent years, there is a consistent wellspring of anti-Semitic activity in the United States that continues to concern Jewish communities."

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Adl Audit Finds Anti-Semitic Incidents Remain Constant; More Than 1,500 Incidents Reported Across U.S. In 2003

Anti-Semitic incidents included in the Audit comprise physical and verbal assaults, harassment, property defacement, vandalism and other expressions of anti-Jewish sentiment. Among the most serious incidents reported in 2003 were an arson attack that destroyed a Holocaust museum in Indiana, the attempted fireb...

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