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National Anti-Semitism
Acts against Jews a stunningly high
percentage of U.S. hate crimes.
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November
9 •
2006
merica logged
could not verify the corn-
1,227 religious-
plaint:' Kellman said.
bias hate crimes
These incidents included
last year, of which 848, or
swastikas burned into the
69 percent, were against
lawn or spray painted onto
Jews or Jewish institutions.
brick, job-related matters,
Anti-Jewish incidents
student harassment and
accounted for 11 percent
Jewish prisoner rights.
of the 7,163 total number
"Seventy percent of the
Of hate crimes reported.
complaints that we receive
That's a numbing FBI
are involved in a school
Betsy Kell man
finding given that Jews
setting in some way, from
make up fewer than 2 per-
elementary school to col-
cent of the U.S. population.
lege Kellman said. "They run the
In contrast, anti-Muslim incidents in
gamut from tests on the High Holidays
2005 totaled 128.
to teachers not getting time off for the
Other bias-motivated crime catego-
High Holidays to students being dis-
ries listed in the FBI's 2005 Uniform
criminated against for being Jewish:'
Crime Reporting Program include
In contrast to hate complaints,
racial bias, sexual orientation bias,
Kellman said she receives hundreds of
ethnicity/national origin bias and dis-
-calls claiming discrimination each year.
ability bias.
Her staff sifts through them to deter-
Nationally, religious-bias incidents
mine which are the most blatant.
fell.by 147 from 2004. Anti-Jewish and
Michigan ranks third in FBI-
anti-Muslim incidents each fell 8 per-
reported hate crimes reported behind
cent. .
only California (1,379) ancl•New Jersey
Nationally the largest category of
(738). "That's not a place to be proud
anti-Jewish hate crimes was property
of:' Kellman said. Massachusetts fol-
focused — namely, property destruc-
lowed with 371 hate-crime incidents:
tion and vandalism. Categories with
In contrast, New York logged only
lesser incidents reported include intim- 249 complaints in 2005. The California
idation, assault, burglary, larceny, arson New Jersey and New York totals repre- .
and robbery.
sented slight drops from 2004.
The 1,227 religious-bias hate crimes
To help reverse the rise in anti-
reported last year in America repre-
Semitic acts in Michigan, Kellman's
sents an 18 percent drop from 2004
office just finished providing anti-bias
(1,374).
training for state police officers. In
The FBI lists 640 complaints of hate
December, an officer will attend the
crimes in Michigan for 2005, up 84
ADL advanced training school in
from the year before. The increase is
Washington.
partly due to the city .of Detroit report-
Detroit is again reporting hate crimes
ing after a few years of not doing so
to the FBI thanks to the ADL helping
and partly due to the state's sagging •
the city figure out to re-do its statistical
economy.
forms. Detroit reported 49 hate crimes
"This is a gloomy.FBI report',' said
in 2005. Of the 50 cities listed in the
Betsy Kellman, executive director of
FBI report, Los Angeles was the highest
the ADL/Michigan Region office in
with 219 such crimes. Cleveland, one of
Bloomfield Township. "With unemploy- Detroit's Midwest neighbors, reported
ment rising, I think these figures will
just 15. Chicago reported 38.
continue to rise."
Detroit's renewed participation partly
explains why Michigan's numbers are
Michigan Findings
up, Kellman said.
The ADL investigated 18 anti-Semitic
The ADL also has extended train-
.
complaints in 2005, similar to the
ing so that Detroit officers could better
year before."These were incidents
identify hate crimes. "There had been a
resistance to hate crimes, cultural dif-
where property was damaged or anti-
Semitism was blatant versus com-
ferences and community sensitivity','
plaints where we made a determination Kellman said.
that the situation was iffy, where the
complainant exaggerated or where we