Audit of 2008 Anti-Semitic Incidents Released

The Anti-Defamation League this week issued its 2008 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents and a press release summarizing the Report's findings. The 2008 findings show a total of 1,352 anti-Semitic incidents, including 37 physical assaults. This is a 7% decline in total incidents from the year before. Among the highest profile incidents were repeated vandalism of the San Francisco Holocaust Memorial and the desecration of numerous of graves at a Chicago Jewish cemetery. The report also includes state-by-state tallies of incidents.