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Anti-Semitic assaults increase in U.S.

Violent anti-Semitic attacks in the United States rose 50 percent last year to a total of 56, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

“And we know that for every incident reported, there’s likely another that goes unreported,” said Jonathan Green­blatt, CEO of the ADL, which produced the study and calls the trend “very concerning.”

The increase occurred as the total number of anti-Semitic incidents—including physical and verbal assaults and vandalism—remained fairly steady, rising 3 percent from 2014.