An alarming report shows rising antisemitism in Pa., days after a white supremacist campaign targeted Port Richmond – By Jesse Bunch (The Philadelphia Inquirer) / Mar 23 2023
A sweeping report from the Anti-Defamation League shows antisemitic incidents increased nationally in 2022. In Pennsylvania, incidents rose 65% and were already observed in Port Richmond this week.
Residents in Port Richmond awoke Monday to find they’d become the site of a white supremacist recruitment campaign.
Hundreds of stickers with racist, antisemitic messages were plastered to poles throughout the neighborhood, including its main shopping corridor, Richmond Street. Some stickers depicted Nazi symbols and ethnic caricatures; others supported Kanye West and his flagrant comments about Jewish people.
According to a sweeping new report from the Anti-Defamation League, these incidents are becoming disturbingly more common.
Figures from the anti-hate organization showed sharp rises in antisemitic activity nationwide last year. Pennsylvania saw a 65% increase.
