Antisemites adopted a new tactic for spewing their hate when the COVID-19 pandemic closed synagogues and Jewish schools and community centers: hijacking video conferences.
The Anti-Defamation League counted 196 cases of antisemitic “Zoom bombing” attacks in the US last year, including 114 against Jewish institutions, according to an annual report that the organization is releasing Tuesday.
The Jewish civil rights group found that the overall number of antisemitic incidents dropped by 4 percent last year after reaching a record high in 2019. The decrease in incidents — from 2,107 in 2019 to 2,024 last year — included a 49 percent decline in assaults, an 18 percent drop in vandalism cases and a 61 percent reduction in incidents at non-Jewish K-12 schools.
But the total remained historically high in 2020, with the third-highest tally since the ADL began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979. Intruders disrupting video conferences on Zoom and other platforms offset a dramatic drop in antisemitic incidents in more traditional settings, according to the ADL, which provided The Associated Press with a copy of the report ahead of its release.
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{Matzav.com}
