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Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents 2001 2001 Anti-Defamation League1׳ Audit of Anti-Semitic An Orthodox Jewish man looks at a doorway Incidents painted with anti-Semitic graffiti in Brooklyn, New York. Anti-Defamation League 823 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 www.adl.org 291.73 (212) 885-7700 A67 Fax:(212) 867-0779 2001 ר &(f H COMMITTEE*!׳"*' THE AMERICAN Blaustein Library Glen A. Tobias, National Chair Abraham H. Foxman, National Director Thomas C. Homburger, Chair. National Executive Committee Caryl M, Stern, Chief Operating Officer/Senior Associate National Director Kenneth Jacobson, Senior Associate National Director/Director, International Affairs David Schaefer, Chair, Civil Rights Committee Rosina K. Abramson, Director, Civil Rights Alan M. Schwartz, Director Research and Publications Oren Segal, Senior Research Analyst, Civil Rights Information (.enter This publication was funded !n pari by a bequest from the estate ol Sidney Weisner, and in part by a generous grant front the William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute on Terrorism and Extremism Copies of this report are in the Rita and Leo Greenland Human Relations Library and Research Center © 2002 Anti-Defamation League Printed in the United States of America /VII rights reserved Web site: www.adl.org CONTENTS Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents 2001 Executive Summary 3 Preface 4 The Findings 5 A Note on Evaluating Anti-Semitic Incidents 7 Anti-Semitism on the Internet 8 Harassment, Threats and Assaults 9 Vandalism Incidents 10 Campus Incidents 12 The Regional Breakdown 14 Appendices Appendix I. - Anti-Semitism Worldwide 17 Appendix II. - ADL Confronts Anti-Semitism on Campus 2001 25 Appendix III. - Federal Action to Confront Hate Violence 27 Appendix IV. - State Hate Crime Statutes (Charts) 31 ADL 1997 AUDIT OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDEN TS The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all." Now the nation s premier civil rights/human relations agency fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, ADL defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all. A leader in the development of materials, programs and services, ADL builds bridges of communication, understanding and respect among diverse groups, carrying out its mission through a network of 30 Regional and Satellite Offices in the United States and abroad. Executive Summary • In 2001, 40 states and the District of • Among the worst anti-Semitic incidents were Columbia reported 1,432 anti-Semitic inci- a synagogue arson in Tacoma, WA, a bomb dents to the Anti-Defamation League. This threat directed at a synagogue in Des marks approximately an 11% percent Moines, IA, a cemetery desecration in decrease in anti-Jewish incidents from 2000, Greensburg, PA (headstones overturned and when the total was 1,606. defaced with swastikas), and the mailing of Holocaust denial materials to a Holocaust • Anti-Semitic activity reported in 2001 com- survivor in New York City. (None of these prised 877 acts of harassment (intimida- acts resulted in personal injury.) tion, threats and assaults), the same number as in 2000. As in the past, harassment • A total of 85 anti-Jewish incidents were directed at individuals and institutions made reported on college campuses nationwide, a up more than half of all the incidents report- 23% increase from 2000, when there were ed (approximately 61%). Also, 555 acts of 69 incidents reported. After a five-year gen- vandalism were reported — the lowest total eral trend of decline, campus incidents have in 20 years — which reflects a decrease of increased for two straight years. 24% from 2000, when 729 incidents were reported. Acts of vandalism include arson, • Higher security awareness by Jewish commu- violence against Jewish institutions, cemetery nity institutions and the significant law desecration and other forms of property enforcement mobilization since September damage. 11 may help account for the substantial decrease of anti-Semitic vandalism incidents • The biggest declines in anti-Semitic incidents in a year otherwise noted for terrorism. were reported in New York (408, down from 481 in 2000) and California (122, down • The Audit does not exist in a vacuum. There from 257), which together account for virtu- are still many groups dedicated to promoting ally the entire decrease in the totals. their racist and anti-Semitic worldviews. In addition to their mass mailing of anti- 3 ADL 1997 AUDIT OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDEN TS Semitic propaganda and printing of anti- late, has become an increasingly active vehi- Jewish and racist publications, these extrem- cle for transmitting anti-Semitism. (Note: ist groups continue to find in the Internet a "General" Internet-related anti-Semitism not growing vehicle for their hate. In todays aimed at a specific target — e.g., that which atmosphere of heightened security measures is found at ongoing Web sites of hate groups; at Jewish institutions, the Internet, as a chat rooms and message boards; "spam" mes- medium that is inexpensive, can provide sages, and the like — is not part of the statis- anonymity, and is almost impossible to regu- tical findings of the Audit.) Preface Heightened security awareness in response to mail lists. In several instances, Muslim newspapers the events of September 11, the American cam- and Web sites reprinted articles found on Internet paign against terrorism, and the Palestinian sites operated by hate groups. The Internet con- Intifada against Israel, may have contributed to a tinues to play a prominent role in disseminating decline in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in hate literature. the United States last year. According to an ADL poll taken after the While there were still well over 1,000 anti- September 11 attacks, the American people also Semitic incidents reported to ADL in 2001, the overwhelmingly rejected the notion that the close American people did not buy into the anti- U.S.-Israel relationship was to blame for the Semitic conspiracy theories that blamed Jews for September 11 terrorist attack on America. the September 11 attacks. The survey found that 63 percent of the Conspiracy theories and rumors in the after- American people believe that Osama bin Laden's math of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which attack on America occurred because "the terrorists primarily emanated from the Arab and Islamic don't like our values or way of life, not because of world, found wide distribution on the Internet our relationship with Israel." Only 22 percent and in some American Arab newspapers, even believe the attack would not have occurred if the though they had no basis in reality. U.S. were not such a close ally of Israel. ADL documented instances where haters in The finding of the 2001 Audit of Anti-Semitic the U.S. have seen their rhetoric published in the Incidents supports the evidence suggesting that Arab world. Some hate groups also found an anti-Semitism has not increased in the U.S. as a audience in American Muslim newspapers and e- result of the attacks. 4 ADL 1997 AUDIT OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDEN TS The Findings • The number of anti-Semitic incidents docu- populations and thus the most targets of mented by the Anti-Defamation League opportunity) account for 963 of the 1,434 dropped to a total of 1,432 incidents from incidents reported (67%). Florida showed an 1,606 in 2000, an 11% decrease. Of the increase, while New York, New Jersey, instances of anti-Semitism in 2001, there Massachusetts and California showed decreas- were 877 cases of harassment (the same as es in the number of reported incidents. in 2000) and 555 acts of vandalism — the lowest total in 20 years — (down 24% from • A total of 85 anti-Jewish incidents were 729 in 2002). Harassment and vandalism reported on college campuses nationwide, a incidents represent 61% and 39% of the total 23% increase from 2000, when there were incidents respectively. The predominance of 69 incidents reported. After a five-year gen- harassment totals over those of vandalism eral trend of decline, campus incidents have continues an 11-year trend. increased for two straight years. Of these inci- dents, 28% involved the publication of • The five states reporting the most anti- Holocaust-denial materials in campus news- Semitic incidents in 2001 are New York papers, a growing problem. (408), New Jersey (192), Massachusetts (126), California (122) and Florida (115). Together, these states (with the largest Jewish Whal is the ADL Audit? mmr m ou 11 .uis ».״. .t. יו ,A«f<, published jinn: 1I!\ sum I1) lJ׳/־״// u ,״!V ./־.«' !,In! 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It seeks also ro uncover trends in anti-Semitic aui\ity, especially trends in the types of activity repoucd, such as changes in the ptoporiion oi .macks against Jewish institutions. 5 AUDIT OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS YEAR-BY-YEAR, NATIONAL TOTALS 1980-2001* 2500 2000 1500 ON 1000 500 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 NOTE: 1979 report recorded only "Anti-Semitic Incidents," without separate category of threats, harassments, etc.
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