Tel Aviv – An annual report by an Israeli university says the number of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide declined in 2010 but remains high overall.
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Tel Aviv University researchers say 2010 saw a 46% drop in the number of violent incidents targeting Jews relative to 2009 — from 1,129 to 614.
But the report released Sunday said the 2010 number was still among the highest recorded since the late 1980s. It says the drop was largely because 2009 had a particularly high number of incidents linked to Israel’s military offensive that year in the Gaza Strip.
The researchers found a “rising trend in the number of anti-Semitic incidents over the past decade.”
The report said the highest numbers incidents were recorded in Britain, France and Canada.
Don’t fool yourself, antisemitism never dicrease. As my Rabbi says: “If I had to report to the police every time I am told “Dirty Jew”, I’d spend more time at the police station than in my house.” So there is a difference between a dicrease in antisemtism and how many antisemtic acts are reported. The article should have said “The number of antisemetic acts reported to the police and/or the media decreased in 2010”