Attacks on Jewish faith in NYC part of a larger problem, including Texas

A string of attacks on people of the Jewish faith in New York is just the latest in a disturbing trend, nationwide, and in Texas.

Hate crimes targeting people because of their religion are on the rise. The FBI's latest report shows that, last year in Texas, there were 59 attacks motivated by religion, state wide. Two of those were in San Antonio.

Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham from Congregation Agudas Achim says the reason we don't see the volume of attacks like other cities our size is because there has been tremendous work between leaders of different faiths to build bridges

"We're showing that we stand together as a community," he says. "If you try to go after one of us, you go after all of us."

But he says there are still people with hate in their hearts. That, he says, is fueled by the internet.

"In today's polarizing climate, people will pick up things on social media and run with it, and believe it, even though there is no truth behind it."

Back in 2015, anti-Semitic graffiti was found on a storage shed on their property, off Huebner Road. Since then, he says there has not been another attack, and for that, they are grateful. But, he says, the work continues to build understanding between faiths, though an interfaith commission, to keep it that way.


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