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Latest ADL survey reports
anti-Semitic acts lessening
NEW YORK—Anti-Semitic in
cidents directed against Jews and
Jewish institutions in the United
States decreased notably last year,
according to the annual audit
conducted by the Anti-Defamation
League of B’nai B’rith.
The findings, made public recently
by Nathan Perlmutter, ADL’s
national director, were divided into
two basic categories: 1) Vandalism,
ranging from swastika daubings to
bombings, and 2) Personal assaults,
threats and harassments. They
revealed:
—638 reported incidents of van
dalism against Jewish institutions
and private Jewish homes in 34
states and the District of Columbia,
an 1 1 percent decrease from the
1984 total of 7 15. The638 incidents
included six arsons, as against nine
in 1984; five attempted arsons, as
against eight last year; three
bombings, the same as in 1984; and
three attempted bombings, as against
one in 1984. The report points out
that although there were fewer
incidents of vandalism, several were
particularly disturbing and received
nationwide attention.
—306 anti-Semitic assaults (such
as beatings), threats and harassments
(such as abusive mailings and
telephone calls) against Jews and
Jewish property, a 17 percent decrease
from 369 in 1984.
The audit was prepared by the
research department of ADL’s Civil
Rights Division from data gathered
through the monitoring activities
of the agency’s 30 regional offices
around the country.
Perlmutter pointed out that the
new findings reflect a general five-
year downward trend, interrupted
by a small increase in 1984. He
called the current statistics “en
couraging” and said they were most
likely the result of stricter legislation,
vigorous law enforcement and
increased educational programs.
He added, however, that while the
audit is “a useful yardstick for
measuring one aspect of anti-Jewish
hostility in the United States, there
are other manifestations of anti-
Semitism.” He singled out the
follow ing:
— The criminal conspiracy
launched by "The Order,” a neo-
Nazi group committed to over
throwing the government which it
declares is Jewish controlled. Ten
of its members were convicted by a
Federal Court in Seattle in December
(11 others had earlier pleaded guilty)
for crimes committed in 1984,
Nathan Perlmutter
includingthe murder of Alan Berg,
a Jewish talk show host in Denver,
and a synagogue bombing in Idaho.
—The activities of such other
organized right-wing anti-Jewish
hate groups as the Ku Klux Klan,
the PosseComitatus and the Identity
Church which pose continuing
dangers despite declining member
ship.
—The propaganda of Liberty
Lobby and Lyndon LaRouche’s
organization, even though both
anti-Semitic groups suffered signi
ficant setbacks in 1985 due to defeats
in law suits—Liberty Lobby lost its
suit against William F. Buckley for
calling it anti-Semitic; LaRouche
lost his suit against NBC and ADL
for defamation.
—The collaboration of extreme
left organizations in attacking the
most basic concerns of Jews regarding
the security of Israel.
—The continuing anti-Semitic
rhetoric in the United Nations by
Saudi, Libyan, Jordanian and other
Arab delegates, 10 years after the
passage of the resolution equating
Zionism with racism.
According to the audit. New
York and California were again
the states with the most vandalism
incidents: New York had 199 as
opposed to 237 in 1984; California
had 85 as opposed to 99 the previous
year. New Jersey succeeded Maryland
as the third highest on the list and
was one of the few states with an
increase, 74 as against 56.
The other leading states were
Florida with 47, down 4; Maryland,
38, dow n 31; Pennsylvania, 31. up
3; Illinois 23, up 4; Massachusetts,
22, up 2; Michigan 14, up 7; Virginia
14, up 5; Connecticut, 12, up 7; and
Minnesota, 11, down 4. The re
maining 22 states and the District
of Columbia each reported fewer
than 9 incidents.
(Four incidents were reported in
Georgia, three in Mississippi and
one each in Tennessee, North and
South Carolina.)
Across the country, 78 persons
were arrested in connection with
48 incidents in 1985. In 1984, there
were 84 arrests in connection with
51 incidents. The League noted
that the overwhelming majority of
those arrested continued to be young
people no older than 20 years of
age.
The audit listed chronologically
incidents of anti-Semitic violence
and harassment which attracted
widespread media and public atten
tion. They included:
—A pipe bomb explosion in a
synagogue in Northbrook, 111., a
surburb of Chicago, in April. The
same month, six teenagers were
arrested for spray painting anti-
Semitic graffiti on a Jewish school
in Cedarhurst, Nassau County, N.Y.
In a nearby town. Great Neck,
Nassau County, another Jewish
school suffered $ 125,000 in damage
when it was attacked by vandals
who went on a furniture smashing
rampage;
— In May, arson at the South
Baldwin Jewdsh Center in Nassau
County ignited hundreds of prayer
books and shawls. T he same month
an apartment building in Great
Neck was defaced with swastikas
and threats such as “we kill Jews”
written with feces.
— In July, pipe bombs were
discovered at a San Francisco
synagogue and the home of a local
rabbi. In Denver, swastikas were
scrawled on the childhood home ot
Golda Meir, the late Israeli prime
minister.
—In August, the Milwaukee Jewish
Center and two other Jewish-owned
buildings were defaced with sw'astikas;
—On the eve of Rosh Hashana
in September, vandals scrawled
anti-Semitic slogans on a synagogue
in Laurel, Md.;
— In October, “Jews Must Die”
and “H itler Youth" and other slogans
and swastikas were painted on a
public elementary school building
in Rockville, Md.;
In November, a sign announcing
the future site of a synagogue in
Reston, Va., was cut down alter
having been defaced with swastikas
earlier in the year.
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