Anti-semitism surges in Pennsylvania during COVID – Pennsylvania, home to American’s fifth largest Jewish community, has seen anti-Semitic incidents spike during the pandemic. | Israel National News

In March 2020, in the early days of COVID-19, graffiti discovered in Philadelphia, where 194,200 out of the state’s 434,165 Jews live, included swastikas and the “1488” symbol, which according to the ADL is a combination of a 14-word white supremacist slogan and 88 which stands for “Heil Hitler.”