As in previous years, the largest number of all types of hate crime incidents against religious groups targeted Jews. In 2016, there were 684 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents, marking a slight increase from 664 in 2015. ..…

They included specific Jewish labour groups such as the Jewish Labour Bund, left Zionist groups and Jewish-identifying Communist networks who attempted to integrate progressive ideas and Jewish culture; others who mainly identified as internationalists but still demonstrated some concern for combatting..…

Of course, factor contributing to the silence was the evolvement of increasing numbers of non- Jewish Jews, so ignorant of their heritage that they regarded justice and their Democratic as the foremost factors in their Jewish identity.. ... It failed to speak out against..…