Only 1994 saw more, with 2,066 anti-Semitic incidents. According to the report, published Tuesday , the ADL counted 1,986 anti-Semitic incidents in 2017, a 57 percent increase over the year before. The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States rose nearly 60 percent in 2017, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League, marking the largest single year increase the organization has ever recorded. “The consistent increase of anti-Semitic incidents against students of all ages is deeply troubling,” Greenblatt said. The most anti-Semitic incidents last year occurred in the first three months of 2017, as the country reeled from a particularly contentious presidential election.

Source: Huffington Post February 27, 2018 19:30 UTC