94% of antisemitic hate crimes in New York were against Charedi or Orthodox Jews

Chasidic and Orthodox Jews in New York City were the most targeted group for antisemitic hate crimes in New York, according to a new report.

The report, which was carried out by Americans Against Antisemitism (AAA), a US-based organisation founded in 2019 in response to growing antisemitism, found that Orthodox Jews in New York were the victims in 94 per cent of the 194 antisemitic assaults reported between 2018 and 2022.

The findings also showed 77 per cent of incidents took place in predominantly Orthodox neighbourhoods, and that nearly a quarter of the assailants were teenagers. Of all the assaults that prompted criminal proceedings, just two resulted in convictions.

AAA founder Dov Hikind told The Algemeiner: “We’ve never seen anything like this,

“Shouldn’t there be a plan for how we’re going to deal with it? What’s the answer? Education? We’ve been educating everybody forever for God’s sake, and things are just getting worse.”

Mr Hikind also claimed that if another minority group was experiencing this level of violence committed against it, there would be more concern.

NEW: Hate Crimes Report by @AmericansAA & @IsraelBitton finally confirms what we've long known anecdotally:

94% of Anti-Jewish Assaults in New York City (2018–2022) Were Against Orthodox Jews; and

97% Were Perpetrated By Other Minorities.

For the full report, watch this clip: pic.twitter.com/i3zKH7xAUO
— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) December 28, 2022

The NYPD reported in December that the number of antisemitic hate crimes in the city during the month of November had increased by 125 per cent from the previous year, with Jewish New Yorkers accounting for 60 per cent of all hate crimes that occurred.

Antisemitic hate crimes this year included the sending of racist notes to several restaurants in the Bronx and the uncovering of a plot to attack synagogues in Manhattan.

The study, based on data provided by the NYPD, also found that 97 per cent of the assaults carried out on Jews were done by members of other minority groups, with over two-thirds, 69 per cent, being African American.

In the UK, crime statistics released by the Home Office showed that despite making up less than one per cent of the UK's population, Jews were the victims of nearly a quarter of all religious hate crimes.

In London, according to the Metropolitan Police, there were 534 antisemitic hate crimes committed between January and November of 2022, with 45 reported in November alone.

In December, a man in Stamford Hill stalked and assaulted an Orthodox Jewish woman, yelling “dirty Jew” before snatching her shopping bag. In August, a woman in North London hit a Jewish woman over the head with a wooden stick, saying “I am doing it because you are a Jew”, while in that same week three people accosted a Jewish teenager by knocking off his hat and saying “f---- Jew”.