Antisemitic incidents in US spiked to record high in 2021, ADL reports – Jewish civil rights group also reports surge during Gaza fighting last May; CEO Greenblatt says political instability and polarization main causes for increase in cases | Timesofisrael

JTA — The number of antisemitic incidents recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in the United States reached an all-time high in 2021, according to a new report by the group.
The 2,717 incidents identified in news articles by the ADL or reported to the ADL directly in 2021 represent a 34% increase from the 2,024 incidents of antisemitism tallied by the group in 2020. Previously, the 2,107 incidents in 2019 were the highest total since the ADL began publishing annual counts in 1979.