Posted on 12/17/24
| News Source: JPost
Crimes motivated by anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli feelings increased 90% and 450%, respectively, in Los Angeles in 2023, according to the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations.
They were the highest levels ever for both categories, the commission said this week in its annual analysis of hate crimes. There were 242 anti-Jewish hate crimes in Los Angeles in 2023, compared with 127 in 2022.
Anti-Israeli crimes spiked from 4% to 22% of hate crimes against Jews, and 50% of anti-Israel crimes were violent, the report said.
Hate crimes in general rose 45% in Los Angeles in 2023, the report said. The majority of hate crimes targeted African Americans, LGBT communities, Jews, and Hispanic groups, with antisemitic crimes representing 18% of all hate-motivated crimes in Los Angeles, the report said.
At schools, Jews were the second-most targeted group after African Americans, comprising 20% of hate-motivated crimes.