CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Attacks against the Jewish community are on the rise in America.
Let's connect the dots.
Anti-Semitic incidents surged in 2022 to the highest levels ever recorded. The Anti-Defamation League reports America saw nearly 3,700 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism.
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That's a 36% increase from the year before. And it's being felt right here in the Carolinas. The Anti-Defamation League tracked at least 44 incidents in South Carolina -- up 193%. North Carolina is seeing at least 39 anti-semitic attacks, up 30%.
And here's the thing: the ADL can't point to just one reason as to why it would increase.
The ADL said an increase in white supremacist propaganda and increases in anti-Semitic incidents at schools and colleges -- might be the reason.
MORE CONNECT THE DOTS
Some leaders in south Carolina are pushing for a hate crimes law to punish people who target others based on their religion or race. Right now it's one of two states without hate crime laws on books.
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