The latest FBI data on hate crimes is from 2020 and it shows about 55% of religiously motivated hate crimes were committed against the Jewish community. In Florida, it was 80%, with 16 anti-Jewish crimes reported.
have been on the rise since 2020 both here in Florida and nationally.
Florida has seen a dramatic rise in anti-Semitic incidents, according to the Anti-Defamation League—a 50 percent increase from 2020 to 2021.Jesse Holzer is a cantor at the Jacksonville Jewish Center. He was asked if the messages make him feel less safe. “The individuals that express antisemitism usually don’t stop, by the way, just with antisemitism. When people express racism, they usually don’t stop with racism. So we need all community leaders, all elected officials and candidates everyone to speak out forcefully and frequently to say that Jacksonville and Duval County are no place for hate,” said Lonny Wilk, Deputy Director ADL Florida.
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