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(Jewish Group) As antisemitic crimes rise, NYC offers training in 'understanding Jewish experiences'
As antisemitic hate crimes rise, NYC offers new training in ‘understanding Jewish experiences’As antisemitic incidents continue to rise in New York City, a new city-led initiative seeks to address antisemitism on a hyper-local level.
Called “Understanding Jewish Experiences and Antisemitism,” the initiative from the City’s Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), which enforces New York City’s Human Rights Law, aims to educate New Yorkers about their Jewish neighbors — and therefore decrease hate as a whole across the city. The training initiative received a brief mention in City Hall’s Mayor Management Report which was released on Friday, Sept. 16.
The 500-page report gave updated numbers on an assortment of city agencies and programs, including those addressing crime, pandemic response and education. Among the key findings were that hate crimes had risen by 35%, which the report said was “partly due to an influx of incidents during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and amid heightened racial and political tensions across the country.”
Hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers, in particular, have increased every month in 2022 when compared to the previous year. In a separate report, the NYPD reported 24 hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers in August 2022, a 118 percent increase from last year. As a whole, hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers have increased every month in 2022 so far when compared to the previous year.
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