ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE

As antisemitic attacks and white supremacist activity escalate in Massachusetts, the Anti-Defamation League is imploring Beacon Hill policymakers to pass legislation to crack down on hate crimes and online harassment. Massachusetts logged the country’s sixth highest rate of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and assault in 2022, according to a a new report from the ADL Center on Extremism. There were 152…

Massachusetts’ Jewish community is on edge after a mysterious website launched earlier this month listing the names and addresses of scores of local institutions — a number of them Jewish — and calling to “dismantle” and disrupt them. The Anti-Defamation League is organizing an online forum Wednesday to talk about why the pro-Palestine Mapping Project is harmful. U.S. Attorney for...

An investigation is underway following the discovery of pamphlets containing anti-Semitic messaging in Peabody. Peabody police told NBC10 Boston that reports of the pamphlets had been dropped on people’s property in West Peabody, where officers first responded to Antrim Road on Saturday to collect them. The pamphlets have been discovered as Jewish communities are observing Shavuot. We spoke with...

Officials are investigating following the discovery of fliers containing anti-Semitic messaging in Peabody.

Reports of assault, harassment and vandalism against Jewish people remain at an historic high in Massachusetts.

Antisemitic incidents increased at a higher rate in New England than the rest of the country last year, with Massachusetts ranking as the worst offender. The Anti-Defamation League released its annual audit of antisemitic incidents Tuesday, which compiled reports of assaults, harassment and vandalism against Jewish people in 2021. The 42% spike in New England outpaced a 34% increase nationwide. Of…

A Jewish civil rights organization says its annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached a record high last year